Efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device

By designing an automated surgical instrument sterilization device, using mobile transport devices and high-temperature steam sterilization technology, the problem of low cleaning and sterilization efficiency of surgical instruments is solved, and efficient automated cleaning and sterilization process is achieved.

CN120501903AInactive Publication Date: 2025-08-19THE FIRST PEOPLES HOSPITAL OF NANTONG
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Application Number
CN202510709436.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-05-29
Publication Date
2025-08-19
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Technical Problem

In the prior art, the cleaning and sterilization efficiency of surgical instruments is low, making it difficult to meet the needs of high-load surgery.

Method used

A surgical instrument sterilization device including a cleaning chamber and a sterilization chamber is designed. The automatic transport, cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments is achieved through mobile transport devices and push-in and rolling components, and combined with high-temperature steam sterilization and cleaning and spraying technology to improve work efficiency.

Benefits of technology

It realizes efficient cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments, reduces manual intervention, improves work efficiency, and reduces the risk of secondary pollution.

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Abstract

The invention discloses an efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device, relates to the technical field of sterilization equipment, and solves the problem that the efficiency requirements on surgical instrument cleaning and sterilization work are higher and higher. Comprising an equipment body and a movable transfer device, the equipment body comprises a cleaning bin and a sterilization bin, each of the cleaning bin and the sterilization bin comprises an opening and closing door on one side, a corresponding placement workbench is arranged in the outer side direction of each opening and closing door, a movable track and a placement frame moving along the movable track are arranged on each placement workbench, and surgical instruments are placed on the placement frames; the placing workbench further comprises a push-in and push-out assembly used for sending the placing frame on the placing workbench into or out of the corresponding cleaning bin / sterilization bin, and the moving transfer device transfers the placing frame pushed out of the cleaning bin into the sterilization bin. The surgical instrument cleaning and sterilizing device can conveniently carry out final cleaning and sterilizing work on surgical instruments, and the effect of improving the working efficiency is achieved.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of sterilization equipment, and in particular to an efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device. Background Art

[0002] Surgical instruments refer to medical devices used in clinical surgery. In addition to conventional surgical instruments, there are also some specialized instruments: orthopedics, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, burns, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, general surgery, etc. A good surgical instrument can be used for ten years if used and maintained properly, extending the life of the surgical instrument. The handling of surgical instruments before use and after use should be appropriate; However, some hospitals perform more surgeries, and surgical instruments need to be cleaned and disinfected and sterilized after use. In order to adapt to development, the efficiency requirements for cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments are becoming higher and higher. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to provide an efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device, which can facilitate the final cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments and improve work efficiency.

[0004] The above technical objectives of the present invention are achieved through the following technical solutions: An efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device includes an equipment body and a mobile transfer device. The equipment body includes a cleaning chamber and a sterilization chamber. The cleaning chamber and the sterilization chamber each include an opening and closing door on one side, and a corresponding placement workbench is provided on the outer side of the opening and closing door. The placement workbench is provided with a movable track and a placement rack that moves along the movable track. The surgical instruments are placed on the placement rack. The placement workbench also includes a push-in and push-out assembly for sending the placement rack thereon into or out of the corresponding cleaning bin / sterilization bin, and the mobile transfer device transfers the placement rack pushed out of the cleaning bin into the sterilization bin.

[0005] Furthermore, the pushing and ejecting assembly includes a mobile trolley, a placement rack is provided with moving wheels and a spacing space for the mobile trolley to move in and out, the mobile trolley is provided with a plug that moves up and down, and a socket compatible with the plug is provided at the bottom of the placement rack.

[0006] Furthermore, the mobile transfer device is located between the equipment body and the placement workbench, and moves back and forth between the cleaning chamber and the sterilization chamber. The mobile transfer device is provided with a docking track for the placement rack to move along it, and both ends of the docking track are through-set. The placement rack moves from the placement workbench into the mobile transfer device through a mobile trolley, and then enters the cleaning chamber. After the cleaning chamber work is completed, the mobile transfer device receives the placement rack pushed out of the cleaning chamber, and then moves it to the sterilization chamber.

[0007] Furthermore, the mobile transfer device includes a first transfer platform and a second transfer platform, the first transfer platform is used to transfer the placement racks entering or leaving the cleaning chamber, and the second transfer platform is used to transfer the placement racks leaving the sterilization chamber.

[0008] Furthermore, a plurality of cleaning guns are provided in the cleaning chamber, and the cleaning guns are located at different heights, and a cleaning nozzle is provided below the outer end; the side to which the cleaning guns are connected is arranged opposite to the opening and closing door, and when the placement rack enters the cleaning chamber, the cleaning guns are inserted correspondingly above the different layers of the placement rack, and the cleaning nozzle sprays cleaning liquid downward to the corresponding layers of the placement rack.

[0009] Furthermore, the sterilization chamber includes a high-temperature steam sterilization component.

[0010] Furthermore, the placement rack includes different layers of shelves, and storage boxes are placed on the different layers of shelves. The storage boxes are provided with air holes distributed thereon, and the surgical instruments are stored in the storage boxes.

[0011] Furthermore, the placement rack is detachably connected to at least a pair of placement rods, and the surgical instrument includes a scissors instrument, and the handle of the scissors instrument is set on the placement rods.

[0012] Furthermore, the placement rod is also provided with limit blocks at intervals; the placement rack is also provided with a number of limit rods at intervals, the limit rods are located below the corresponding limit blocks, the two handles at the upper end of the scissors are located between adjacent limit blocks, and the lower end is located between adjacent limit rods.

[0013] Furthermore, the placement rack is provided with a plurality of rod racks, and the two ends of the placement rod are respectively placed on the corresponding rod racks, and the rod racks are provided with two end limit plates, and the ends of the placement rod are limited between the two end limit plates; the cleaning chamber and / or sterilization chamber are provided with an opening and closing drive component that drives the placement rod to move on the rod rack, and the two placement rods move closer or farther away from each other to drive the scissors instrument to close or open.

[0014] In summary, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: The placement workbench and placement rack are used to facilitate the placement of surgical instruments in batches. The placement rack is moved from the placement workbench into the mobile transfer device by a mobile cart, and then into the cleaning chamber. After the cleaning chamber work is completed, the mobile transfer device receives the placement rack pushed out of the cleaning chamber, and then moves it to the sterilization chamber for sterilization, which can facilitate the final cleaning and sterilization of surgical instruments. You only need to place the placement rack full of surgical instruments on the placement workbench to complete the cleaning and sterilization work, and it can be automatically output, thereby improving work efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device of the present invention; Figure 2This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the main body of an efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device of the present invention; Figure 3 yes Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the enlarged structure of part A.

[0016] In the figure, 1. Equipment body; 11. Cleaning chamber; 111. Opening and closing door; 112. Cleaning gun; 12. Sterilization chamber; 2. Mobile transfer device; 21. Docking track; 22. First transfer platform; 23. Second transfer platform; 3. Placement workbench; 31. Mobile track; 4. Placement rack; 41. Moving wheel; 42. Socket; 43. Storage box; 44. Placement rod; 441. Limit block; 45. Limit rod; 46. Rod rack; 461. End limit plate; 47. Opening and closing drive member; 5. Moving trolley; 51. Plug. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] The specific embodiments of the present invention are further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. This embodiment does not constitute a limitation of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0018] An efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device, such as Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, it includes an equipment body 1 and a mobile transfer device 2. The equipment body 1 includes a cleaning chamber 11 on one side and a sterilization chamber 12 on the other side. The cleaning chamber 11 and the sterilization chamber 12 both include an opening and closing door 111 located on the same side (the opening and closing door 111 is a door structure that closes upward), and a corresponding placement workbench 3 is provided on the outer side of the opening and closing door 111. The placement workbench 3 can also be a structure such as a conveyor belt; the placement workbench 3 is provided with a movable track 31 and a placement rack 4 that moves along the movable track 31. Surgical instruments and other medical supplies are placed on the placement rack 4.

[0019] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the placement workbench 3 includes a push-in and push-out assembly for delivering the placement rack 4 thereon into the corresponding cleaning chamber 11 / sterilization chamber 12, and the mobile transfer device 2 transfers the placement rack 4 pushed out of the cleaning chamber 11 into the sterilization chamber 12, completing the cleaning and sterilization work automatically without the need for dedicated personnel to wait for transfer, etc., thereby improving efficiency; In this embodiment, the pushing and ejecting assembly includes a mobile trolley 5, and a moving wheel 41 and an interval space for the mobile trolley 5 to move in and out are provided under the placement rack 4 (in this embodiment, a moving groove is opened in the placement workbench 3, the cleaning bin 11, the sterilization bin 12 and the mobile transfer device 2, and the mobile trolley 5 is limited to move in the moving groove). A plug 51 that moves up and down is provided on the mobile trolley 5. The plug 51 is driven to rise and fall by a hydraulic or electric module. The bottom of the placement rack 4 is connected to a socket 42 that is compatible with the plug 51. The mobile trolley 5 can sense the corresponding placement rack 4 through a front sensor or visual recognition, and is connected to the corresponding placement rack 4 through the plug 51 and the socket 42, driving the placement rack 4 to move and sending it into the corresponding cleaning bin 11 / sterilization bin 12.

[0020] like Figure 1 As shown, the mobile transfer device 2 is located between the equipment body 1 and the placement workbench 3, and moves back and forth between the cleaning chamber 11 and the sterilization chamber 12. The mobile transfer device 2 is provided with a docking track 21 for the placement rack 4 to move along it, and both ends of the docking track 21 are through-set. The placement rack 4 is moved from the placement workbench 3 into the mobile transfer device 2 by the mobile trolley 5, and then enters the cleaning chamber 11. After the cleaning chamber 11 finishes working, the mobile transfer device 2 receives the placement rack 4 pushed out of the cleaning chamber 11, and then moves it to the sterilization chamber 12; In this embodiment, the table work space above the mobile transfer device 2 is divided into a first transfer platform 22 on one side and a second transfer platform 23 on the other side by a partition. The first transfer platform 22 is used to transfer the placement rack 4 entering the cleaning bin 11, so that it enters the cleaning bin 11, or transfer the placement rack 4 leaving the cleaning bin 11, so that it moves left and right with the mobile transfer device 2 to the sterilization bin 12, and then the placement rack 4 is driven into the sterilization bin 12 by the mobile trolley 5 (and then the mobile transfer device 2 is reset); the second transfer platform 23 can only be used to transfer the placement rack 4 leaving the sterilization bin 12, and the placement rack 4 is sent from the sterilization bin 12 to the corresponding placement workbench 3 by the corresponding mobile trolley 5, and then directly stored in the sterilization room to reduce the occurrence of secondary contamination.

[0021] like Figure 2 As shown, the cleaning chamber 11 and the sterilization chamber 12 can adopt different cleaning and sterilization methods, such as immersion or spraying by lifting and lowering the lifting platform, chemical sterilization, etc., which can be assisted by sterilization means such as ultraviolet light; In this embodiment, a number of cleaning guns 112 are fixed in the cleaning chamber 11. The cleaning guns 112 are located at different heights, and a cleaning nozzle is provided below the outer end thereof; the side where the cleaning gun 112 is connected to the cleaning chamber 11 is arranged opposite to the opening and closing door 111. When the placement rack 4 enters the cleaning chamber 11, the cleaning gun 112 is inserted into the top of the different layers of the placement rack 4, and the cleaning nozzle sprays cleaning liquid downward to the corresponding layers of the placement rack 4; and the sterilization chamber 12 in this embodiment includes a high-temperature steam sterilization component, which is disinfected in the disinfection chamber by high-temperature steam, and can also be combined with maintaining high pressure to improve the sterilization effect; a drying component can also be provided in the cleaning chamber 11 to dry the surgical instruments after cleaning.

[0022] like Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, the placement rack 4 includes different layers, each of which is provided with a storage box 43. The layers are a layered structure composed of array rods. Steam holes are distributed on the storage box 43. Surgical instruments (or other surgical gowns, etc.) are stored in their respective storage boxes 43 to facilitate high-temperature steam sterilization or immersion spraying, etc. Among them, the placement frame 4 can also be detachably connected to at least a pair of placement rods 44, and the surgical instrument includes a scissors instrument, and the handle of the scissors instrument is set on the corresponding placement rod 44; In order to reduce the shaking amplitude of the scissors and reduce the collision during transportation, a plurality of limit blocks 441 are connected to the placement rod 44 at intervals; a plurality of limit rods 45 are also arranged in an array at intervals on the placement rack 4, and the limit rods 45 are located below the corresponding limit blocks 441. The two handles at the upper ends of the scissors are located between the adjacent limit blocks 441 on the corresponding placement rods 44, and the lower ends are located between the adjacent limit rods 45; A plurality of parallel rod racks 46 are fixed on the placement rack 4, and the two ends of the placement rod 44 are respectively placed on the corresponding rod racks 46. The rod racks 46 are connected to two end limit plates 461. The ends of the placement rod 44 are limited between the two end limit plates 461. In this embodiment, the placement rod 44 is directly placed downward on the rod rack 46, and its end is set to an inverted U shape or a semicircular shape that matches the rod rack 46 to facilitate the movement of the guide on the rod rack 46; In order to facilitate the closing or opening of the scissors during the cleaning process, an opening and closing driving member 47 is provided in the cleaning chamber 11 for driving the placement rod 44 to move on the rod frame 46. The two placement rods 44 move closer to or farther from each other to drive the scissors to close or open, so as to open or close the scissors and perform cleaning and sterilization at different angles. The opening and closing drive member 47 in this embodiment includes a lifting component and an opening and closing component. The lifting component can be a vertical linear module, etc. The opening and closing component is connected to the lifting component to achieve lifting; the opening and closing component can drive the two moving blocks to slide by a screw rod, and the two sections of thread on the screw rod are in opposite directions, to drive the two moving blocks to move closer or farther away from each other, and the bottom of the moving block is set to a fork shape or a magnetic type (the magnetic structure can cooperate with the upward limiting structure of the placement rod 44 to reduce the vibration when leaving, and it can also be set to only a block shape, only driving the scissors instrument to open or close once on the inside or outside), so as to fork downward or be sucked on the corresponding position of the placement rod 44 (scissors instruments are placed on both sides of this position) to drive the corresponding placement rod 44 to move to achieve opening and closing, and it can also be replaced by other opening and closing drive structures.

[0023] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications or equivalent substitutions to the present invention within the essence and protection scope of the present invention, and such modifications or equivalent substitutions should also be deemed to fall within the protection scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. An efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device, characterized by: The device includes an equipment body and a mobile transfer device. The equipment body includes a cleaning chamber and a sterilization chamber. Both the cleaning chamber and the sterilization chamber include an opening and closing door on one side, and a corresponding placement workbench is provided on the outer side of the opening and closing door. The placement workbench is provided with a movable track and a placement rack that moves along the movable track. The surgical instruments are placed on the placement rack. The placement workbench also includes a push-in and push-out assembly for sending the placement rack thereon into or out of the corresponding cleaning bin / sterilization bin, and the mobile transfer device transfers the placement rack pushed out of the cleaning bin into the sterilization bin.

2. An efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The push-in and push-out assembly includes a mobile trolley, a placement rack is provided with moving wheels and an interval space for the mobile trolley to move in and out, the mobile trolley is provided with a plug that moves up and down, and a socket adapted to the plug is provided at the bottom of the placement rack.

3. The efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The mobile transfer device is located between the equipment body and the placement workbench, and moves back and forth between the cleaning chamber and the sterilization chamber. The mobile transfer device is provided with a docking track for the placement rack to move along it, and both ends of the docking track are through-set. The placement rack moves from the placement workbench into the mobile transfer device through a mobile trolley, and then enters the cleaning chamber. After the cleaning chamber work is completed, the mobile transfer device receives the placement rack pushed out of the cleaning chamber, and then moves it to the sterilization chamber.

4. The efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The mobile transfer device includes a first transfer platform and a second transfer platform. The first transfer platform is used to transfer the placement racks entering or leaving the cleaning warehouse, and the second transfer platform is used to transfer the placement racks leaving the sterilization warehouse.

5. The efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning chamber is provided with a plurality of cleaning guns, which are located at different heights and have cleaning nozzles at the lower outer ends. The side to which the cleaning guns are connected is arranged opposite to the opening and closing door. When the placement rack enters the cleaning chamber, the cleaning guns are correspondingly inserted above the different layers of the placement rack, and the cleaning nozzles spray cleaning liquid downward to the corresponding layers of the placement rack.

6. An efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 1 or 5, characterized in that: The sterilization chamber includes a high-temperature steam sterilization component.

7. An efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 1 or 5, characterized in that: The placement rack comprises different layers of shelves, on which accommodating boxes are placed, and air-permeable holes are distributed on the accommodating boxes, and surgical instruments are stored in the accommodating boxes.

8. The efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The placement rack is also detachably connected to at least a pair of placement rods, and the surgical instrument comprises a scissors instrument, and the handles of the scissors instrument are sleeved on the placement rods.

9. The efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The placing rod is also provided with limit blocks at intervals; the placing rack is also provided with a plurality of limit rods at intervals, the limit rods are located below the corresponding limit blocks, the two handles at the upper end of the scissors are located between adjacent limit blocks, and the lower end is located between adjacent limit rods.

10. The efficient and convenient surgical instrument sterilization device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The placement rack is provided with a plurality of rod racks, and the two ends of the placement rod are respectively placed on the corresponding rod racks. The rod rack is provided with two end limit plates, and the ends of the placement rod are limited between the two end limit plates; an opening and closing driving part is provided in the cleaning chamber and / or sterilization chamber to drive the placement rod to move on the rod rack, and the two placement rods move closer or farther away from each other, driving the scissors instrument to close or open.