Medicinal Solution Collecting Tool Guide Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing endoscope reprocessing systems face challenges in efficiently collecting medicinal solutions for testing, often requiring manual transfer from a stop-cock to a beaker, which can lead to spills and inaccurate concentration testing.
Innovation Solution
A medicinal solution collecting tool with a pillar-shaped portion and guide sections is introduced, allowing for easy insertion and withdrawal from a medicinal solution storing section, enabling automatic collection and testing of the solution without spills, ensuring the collected solution represents the latest concentration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual transfer method is used to collect medicinal solution from stop-cock to beaker, then operation flexibility is maintained, but spillage occurs and measurement accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a collecting tool as an intermediary device between the medicinal solution storing section and the testing apparatus. This tool includes a collecting section with a collecting port that directly interfaces with the storing section, eliminating the need for manual transfer to a beaker. The intermediary tool ensures accurate concentration measurement by providing a controlled collection path that prevents spillage while maintaining operational simplicity.
2Loss of substance
If manual transfer method is used, then equipment simplicity is maintained, but spillage occurs leading to loss of substance
Solution Approach 1:
The collecting tool is segmented into distinct functional portions: a pillar-shaped portion for insertion and withdrawal, a collecting section for holding the medicinal solution, a collecting port for interface with the storing section, and guide sections for positioning. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, preventing spillage while keeping the overall device structure manageable and not overly complex.
3Productivity
If automatic collection is implemented, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The collecting tool is designed to be self-positioning through its guide sections that engage with the pillar-shaped portion. When inserted into the medicinal solution storing section, the guide sections automatically align the collecting port with the storing section opening, and the collecting section fills with solution automatically due to gravity and pressure differential. This self-service mechanism improves collection efficiency without requiring complex automated positioning systems or additional actuators.
Data Source
AI summary
A medicinal solution collecting tool of the invention includes: a pillar-shaped portion including an insertion end and a withdrawal end; a collecting section provided on the insertion end side of the pillar-shaped portion; a collecting port provided on a surface of the pillar-shaped portion; and a guide section provided on the surface of the pillar-shaped portion, the guide section including a first guide section being convex or concave and parallel to an axial direction of the pillar-shaped portion, and a second guide section provided on the withdrawal end side relative to the first guide section, the second guide section being convex or concave and crossing the axial direction of the pillar-shaped portion.