Flexible electric cleaning brush for endoscope pipeline

By designing an electric cleaning brush, a spherical brush driven by a motor reciprocates inside the endoscope tube and is combined with the water flow from the flushing tube, the problem of difficult cleaning of flexible endoscope tubes and inconvenient brush storage is solved, achieving efficient cleaning and easy storage.

CN223629174UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-05TONGJI HOSPITAL ATTACHED TO TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE HUAZHONG SCI TECH
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Application Number
CN202423146724.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-19
Publication Date
2025-12-05
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-19

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Technical Problem

The cleaning of existing flexible endoscope tubing is difficult, time-consuming, and labor-intensive, and the brush body is inconvenient to store and dispose of.

Method used

Design a flexible electric cleaning brush for endoscope channels. The brush uses a motor to drive a spherical brush to reciprocate inside the endoscope channel, combined with the water flow from the flushing tube. The two ends of the endoscope are fixed by clamps, and the motor drives the traction rope to achieve the cleaning, reducing the need for manual labor.

Benefits of technology

It improves cleaning efficiency, reduces labor intensity, simplifies the storage and disassembly of the brush body, and reduces space occupation and environmental burden.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a flexible electric cleaning brush for an endoscope pipeline. The flexible electric cleaning brush comprises a cleaning tank and a brush body, two pipe clamps on one side wall of the cleaning tank are used for clamping the head end and the tail end of an endoscope pipeline respectively, motors are arranged at the positions, located at the two ends of the endoscope pipeline, of the side wall of the cleaning tank respectively, rotating shafts of the two motors are connected with winding wheels, and the two winding wheels are connected with one ends of two traction ropes respectively; the brush body comprises a spherical brush and a connecting rope, and the spherical brush is connected with one end of the connecting rope; wherein the other end of one traction rope is detachably connected with the other end of the connecting rope, the other end of the other traction rope is detachably connected with the spherical brush, the two motors rotate clockwise and anticlockwise at the same time to drive the spherical brush to do reciprocating motion in the endoscope pipeline, so that the inner wall of the endoscope pipeline is scrubbed, the flushing pipe continuously flushes water during scrubbing, and the inner wall of the endoscope pipeline is cleaned. According to the device, manpower is greatly reduced, the efficiency is higher, the spherical brush and the connecting rope are easier to store, and the brush body can be rapidly detached for replacement after cleaning is finished.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to medical equipment technical field, concretely relates to a soft endoscope pipeline electric cleaning brush. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the medical field, soft endoscope is widely used in various in-vivo examinations and treatment processes as an important diagnosis and treatment tool. Due to its unique softness and bendability, soft endoscope can penetrate into the human body for observation and operation, greatly improving the accuracy of medical diagnosis and the effectiveness of treatment. However, the use of soft endoscope is accompanied by a problem that cannot be ignored, which is the cleaning and disinfection of endoscope pipeline.

[0003] In the soft endoscope reprocessing process, cleaning operation, especially the brushing operation, is a very important link, which aims to remove various types of debris adhered to the inner wall of the pipeline, such as blood, body fluid, tissue fragments and residual other dirt, etc. Standard cleaning operation can greatly reduce the pollutants on the surface of soft endoscope and the lumen, which is the prerequisite for subsequent disinfection and sterilization success. However, due to the very long lumen of soft endoscope, the length of common endoscope pipeline can reach 1.2 meters or even longer, in order to ensure that the brush body can completely penetrate the entire pipeline, the brush rod of the brush body needs to have a certain toughness to ensure that it can smoothly enter and pass through the endoscope pipeline, while maintaining sufficient strength and durability to cope with complex cleaning environment.

[0004] However, as the length of the brush body increases, the difficulty of cleaning also increases. During the cleaning process, the operator needs to spend more time and effort to ensure that the brush body can fully contact every corner of the inner wall of the pipeline, which undoubtedly increases the complexity and labor intensity of cleaning work, and also reduces the compliance of the staff in standard brushing. In addition, the storage and disposal of long-handled brush body also becomes a problem that cannot be ignored. Due to its large size, long-handled brush body needs to occupy more space when stored, and may cause certain burden to the environment when disposed. SUMMARY

[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a soft endoscope pipeline electric cleaning brush to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art.

[0006] The utility model discloses a technical scheme that solves the above technical problems as follows: a soft endoscope pipeline electric cleaning brush, including cleaning tank and brush body, the side wall of cleaning tank is provided with two pipe clamps, and the two pipe clamps are used for clamping the first end and the last end of endoscope pipeline respectively, and the side wall of cleaning tank is provided with motor at the two ends of endoscope pipeline respectively, and the rotating shaft of two motors is connected with winding reel, and one end of two winding reels is connected with two traction ropes respectively, the brush body includes spherical brush and connecting rope, and one end of spherical brush is connected with connecting rope, the other end of one traction rope is detachably connected with the other end of connecting rope, and the other end of the other traction rope is detachably connected with spherical brush, and the inner wall of one end of cleaning tank is provided with flushing pipe, and the water outlet of flushing pipe faces the pipe orifice of one end of endoscope pipeline, and the pipe clamps are arranged up and down, and the pipe clamp near one end of flushing pipe is higher than the pipe clamp of the other end.

[0007] The utility model discloses the beneficial effect is: the two ends of endoscope pipeline are fixed on the pipe clamp, and the operating part of endoscope pipeline is located at the pipe clamp of high place, and the first end is located at the pipe clamp of low place, and the connecting rope of spherical brush is inserted into endoscope pipeline from the biopsy hole of operating part one end of endoscope pipeline, and the flushing pipe is opened, and under the action of water flow, the port of first end one end of endoscope pipeline is flushed out, and then the two ends of traction rope are connected with spherical brush and connecting rope respectively, and two motors are started and rotate clockwise and counterclockwise simultaneously, and drive spherical brush to make reciprocating motion in endoscope pipeline, thereby brushing and washing the inner wall of endoscope pipeline, and flushing pipe constantly flushes water while brushing and washing, and the dirt of brushing and washing is flushed out, and the device greatly reduces manpower, and the efficiency is higher, and spherical brush and connecting rope are easier to store, and the brush body can be quickly detached after cleaning and be replaced.

[0008] On the basis of the above technical scheme, the utility model can also be improved as follows.

[0009] Further, the spherical brush is provided with a metal sheet, the end of the connecting rope away from the spherical brush is provided with a metal ball, and the ends of the two traction ropes away from the winding reels are each provided with a strong magnet, and the strong magnet is ferromagnetic connected with the metal sheet and the metal ball.

[0010] Further, the flushing pipe is a universal adjusting pipe.

[0011] Further, a cover plate of transparent material is detachably arranged above the cleaning tank.

[0012] Further, a water pipe interface is arranged on the outside of the cleaning tank, the inside of the water pipe interface is communicated with the flushing pipe, and the outside of the water pipe interface is externally connected with a water supply device.

[0013] Further, a sewage pipe interface is arranged on the outside of the cleaning tank, the inside of the sewage pipe interface is communicated with the cleaning tank, and the outside of the sewage pipe interface is externally connected with a sewage pipeline.

[0014] Further, the bottom wall of the cleaning tank is inclined downward towards the direction of the sewage pipe interface. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 Structure diagram of the present application Figure 1 ;

[0016] Figure 2 Structure diagram of the present application Figure 2 ;

[0017] Figure 3 Structure diagram of the present application

[0018] Figure 4 Structure diagram of the present application

[0019] Figure 5 Prior art reference diagram.

[0020] In the drawings, the components represented by each reference numeral are listed as follows:

[0021] 1, cleaning tank; 11, pipe clamp; 12, motor; 13, winding wheel; 14, traction rope; 15, flushing pipe; 16, strong magnet; 17, cover plate; 18, water pipe interface; 19, sewage pipe interface; 2, brush body; 21, spherical brush; 22, connecting rope; 23, metal sheet; 24, metal ball; 3, endoscope pipeline. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The principles and features of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the drawings, and the examples are only used to explain the present application and not to limit the scope of the present application.

[0023] As shown in Figures 1-4 Example 1, a soft endoscope pipeline electric cleaning brush, comprising a cleaning tank 1 and a brush body 2; one side wall of the cleaning tank 1 is provided with two pipe clamps 11, the two pipe clamps 11 are respectively used for clamping the first end and the second end of the endoscope pipeline 3, the side wall of the cleaning tank 1 is provided with a motor 12 at the two ends of the endoscope pipeline 3, the rotating shafts of the two motors 12 are connected with winding wheels 13, and one end of the two winding wheels 13 is connected with two traction ropes 14 respectively; the brush body 2 comprises a spherical brush 21 and a connecting rope 22, the spherical brush 21 is connected with one end of the connecting rope 22; the other end of one of the traction ropes 14 is detachably connected with the other end of the connecting rope 22, the other end of the other traction rope 14 is detachably connected with the spherical brush 21, the inner wall of one end of the cleaning tank 1 is provided with a flushing pipe 15, the water outlet of the flushing pipe 15 faces the pipe orifice of one end of the endoscope pipeline 3, the two pipe clamps 11 are arranged up and down, and the pipe clamp 11 close to one end of the flushing pipe 15 is higher than the pipe clamp 11 at the other end.

[0024] The two ends of the endoscope tube 3 are fixed on the tube clamps 11, the operating part of the endoscope tube 3 is located on the tube clamp 11 at a high position, the front end part is located on the tube clamp 11 at a low position, the connecting rope 22 of the spherical brush 21 is inserted into the endoscope tube 3 from the biopsy hole at one end of the operating part of the endoscope tube 3, the flushing pipe 15 is opened to flush water, the water flow drives the connecting rope 22 to flush out the port at one end of the front end part of the endoscope tube 3, and then the two traction ropes 14 are connected with the spherical brush 21 and the connecting rope 22 respectively, and the two motors 12 are started to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time to drive the spherical brush 21 to make reciprocating motion in the endoscope tube 3, so as to brush the inner wall of the endoscope tube 3, and at the same time, the flushing pipe 15 continuously flushes water to flush out the stains brushed off. The device greatly reduces the labor and is more efficient. The spherical brush 21 and the connecting rope 22 are easier to store, and the brush body 2 can be quickly removed and replaced after cleaning.

[0025] In specific implementation, rubber pads are arranged on the contact surfaces of the tube clamps 11 and the endoscope tube 3, the clamping diameter of the tube clamps 11 matches the outer diameter of the endoscope tube 3, the tube clamps 11 stably clamp the endoscope tube 3, and the ports at the two ends of the endoscope tube 3 are both open, which is beneficial to the entry of water flow and the discharge of stains.

[0026] Embodiment 2 is a further improvement based on Embodiment 1, which is specifically as follows:

[0027] A metal sheet 23 is arranged on the spherical brush 21, a metal ball 24 is arranged at one end of the connecting rope 22 away from the spherical brush 21, and a strong magnet 16 is arranged at one end of each of the two traction ropes 14 away from the winding wheel 13, and the strong magnet 16 is ferromagnetically connected with the metal sheet 23 and the metal ball 24.

[0028] The metal ball 24 is placed into the endoscope tube 3, and due to the inclined arrangement of the endoscope tube 3, the metal ball 24 rolls downward under the action of gravity, thereby driving the connecting rope 22 to pass through the endoscope tube 3. The arrangement of the metal ball 24 cooperates with the flushing of the flushing pipe 15 to quickly pass the connecting rope 22 through the endoscope tube 3, which is more convenient and fast. In addition, the ferromagnetic connection of the strong magnet 16 with the metal sheet 23 and the metal ball 24 makes the connection and disconnection of the brush body 2 more convenient and fast. In specific implementation, a threaded stud can be arranged on the traction rope 14, and an internal thread sleeve matching the threaded stud can be arranged on the spherical brush 21 and the metal ball 24.

[0029] Embodiment 3 is a further improvement based on Embodiment 1 or 2, which is specifically as follows:

[0030] The flushing pipe 15 is a universal adjusting pipe. The position and angle of the flushing pipe 15 can be adjusted according to actual needs, so that the flushing pipe 15 is directly opposite the port at the high end of the endoscope tube 3.

[0031] Embodiment 4, this embodiment is a further improvement on the basis of embodiment 1, which is as follows:

[0032] The cleaning tank 1 is detachably provided with a cover plate 17 of transparent material above. In the cleaning process, the cover plate 17 can be covered to prevent the water from spilling out, and the transparent cover plate 17 is convenient for observing the internal situation.

[0033] Embodiment 5, this embodiment is a further improvement on the basis of any one of embodiments 1 to 3, which is as follows:

[0034] The cleaning tank 1 is provided with a water pipe interface 18 outside, the inner side of the water pipe interface 18 is communicated with the flushing pipe 15, and the outer side of the water pipe interface 18 is connected with a water supply device. Only need to connect the existing water supply equipment, greatly reduce the cost of production.

[0035] Embodiment 6, this embodiment is a further improvement on the basis of any one of embodiments 1 to 4, which is as follows:

[0036] The cleaning tank 1 is provided with a sewage pipe interface 19 outside, the inner side of the sewage pipe interface 19 is communicated with the cleaning tank 1, and the outer side of the sewage pipe interface 19 is connected with a sewage pipe. No need to lift the cleaning tank 1 to pour sewage, more convenient, time saving and labor saving.

[0037] Embodiment 7, this embodiment is a further improvement on the basis of embodiment 6, which is as follows:

[0038] The bottom wall of the cleaning tank 1 is inclined downwardly towards the sewage pipe interface 19. In order to better discharge sewage.

[0039] Although the embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described above, it can be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are exemplary and cannot be understood as limiting the utility model, and those skilled in the art can change, modify, replace and modify the above-mentioned embodiments within the scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A soft endoscope channel powered cleaning brush, characterized by, The utility model provides a cleaning device for endoscope, including cleaning tank (1) and brush body (2), one side wall of cleaning tank (1) is provided with two pipe clamp (11), two pipe clamp (11) is used for clamping endoscope pipeline (3) first and last two ends respectively, and the side wall of cleaning tank (1) is provided with motor (12) at the both ends of endoscope pipeline (3) respectively, the rotation axis of two motor (12) is connected with winding wheel (13), and one end of two winding wheel (13) is connected with two traction ropes (14) respectively, the brush body (2) includes spherical brush (21) and connecting rope (22), spherical brush (21) is connected with one end of connecting rope (22), the other end of one traction rope (14) is detachably connected with the other end of connecting rope (22), and the other end of another traction rope (14) is detachably connected with spherical brush (21), and the inner wall of one end of cleaning tank (1) is provided with flushing pipe (15), and the water outlet of flushing pipe (15) is towards the one end pipe of endoscope pipeline (3), two pipe clamp (11) are arranged up and down, and the pipe clamp (11) near one end of flushing pipe (15) is higher than the pipe clamp (11) of the other end.

2. A soft endoscope channel powered cleaning brush according to claim 1, wherein, Spherical brush (21) is provided with metal sheet (23), one end of connecting rope (22) away from spherical brush (21) is provided with metal ball (24), one end of two traction ropes (14) away from winding wheel (13) is provided with strong magnet (16), and strong magnet (16) is connected with metal sheet (23) and metal ball (24) ferromagnetic.

3. The electrically powered cleaning brush for flexible endoscopes according to claim 1, characterized in that The flushing pipe (15) is a universal adjusting pipe.

4. The electrically powered cleaning brush for flexible endoscopes as defined in claim 1, wherein, The cleaning tank (1) is detachably provided with a cover plate (17) of transparent material above.

5. The electrically powered cleaning brush for flexible endoscopes as defined in claim 1, wherein, The cleaning tank (1) is provided with a water pipe interface (18) outside, the inner side of the water pipe interface (18) is communicated with the flushing pipe (15), and the outer side of the water pipe interface (18) is connected with a water supply device.

6. The electrically powered cleaning brush for flexible endoscopes as defined in claim 1, wherein, The cleaning tank (1) is provided with a sewage pipe interface (19) outside, the inner side of the sewage pipe interface (19) is communicated with the cleaning tank (1), and the outer side of the sewage pipe interface (19) is connected with a sewage pipeline.

7. A soft endoscope channel powered cleaning brush according to claim 6, wherein, The bottom wall of the cleaning tank (1) is inclined downward towards the sewage pipe interface (19).