JP6335699B2 - Medical equipment connection system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system in which a plurality of medical devices such as a sterilizer and a cleaning device are arranged and connected.

In hospitals and the like, there is a need for a cleaning device for efficiently and reliably cleaning medical equipment such as scalpels and scissors used in surgery and medical sites.
For example, in the cleaning apparatus of Patent Document 1, jet cleaning is performed, the equipment stored in the cleaning liquid is ultrasonically cleaned by an ultrasonic oscillator, and the air heated by the heater is blown to the cleaned equipment so that the equipment is used. Drying is disclosed.

In hospitals and the like, it is necessary to sterilize objects to be sterilized such as therapeutic bandages, scalpels, forceps, and surgical clothes. In order to sterilize such an object to be sterilized, a steam sterilization apparatus having a pressure container that accommodates the object to be sterilized is often used.
For example, a steam sterilization apparatus such as Patent Document 2 operates so as to sterilize an object to be sterilized by introducing saturated steam into a pressure vessel, pressurizing and heating, and maintaining a predetermined pressure and temperature for a certain period of time. To do.

Japanese Patent No. 4792374 JP 2000-199490 A

In large hospitals, there is a large amount of medical equipment to be cleaned. For this reason, it is common to use not only one cleaning device but also a plurality of cleaning devices.
The same applies to the sterilizer, and a plurality of sterilizers may be used in order to produce a large amount of objects to be sterilized.

By the way, since maintenance and the like may be performed from the side in a cleaning device or a sterilization device, when multiple units are installed, the side surfaces of each device are not installed in close contact with each other, but between adjacent devices. It may be necessary to leave a gap.
However, if a plurality of devices are installed with a gap, there is a problem that a gap between the devices that is not required in a normal state is generated, which is not good in appearance.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a continuous system that can be installed visually when a plurality of medical devices such as a cleaning apparatus or a sterilization apparatus are installed. .

According to the medical device continuous connection system according to the present invention, a system in which a plurality of medical devices including a cleaning device and / or a sterilization device are connected in series, and the plurality of medical devices face the front in the same direction. The front panel is provided in the gap between the medical devices so as to be substantially flush with the front of each medical device, and the front panel is adjacent to the medical device. It is characterized by having a display unit that is electrically connected to one or both of the devices and displays the progress status of one or both of the medical devices .
By adopting this configuration, even when a plurality of medical devices are installed at intervals, the front panel closes the interval between the medical devices, so that it is possible to make a system that looks good. .
Further, according to this configuration, it is possible to easily confirm the progress status of the cleaning process or the sterilization process of the medical device. In addition, although the space efficiency between the medical devices is deteriorated due to the gap between the medical devices, it is possible to pursue the easiness of viewing the medical device by effectively using the gap.

The front panel may be attached to any one of the adjacent medical devices by a hinge device so as to be opened and closed.
According to this configuration, when the medical device needs to be maintained from the side, the front panel can be opened to operate the side of the medical device.

Further, a back panel may be provided in the gap between the medical devices so as to be substantially flush with the back surface of each medical device.
By adopting this configuration, for example, even when the back surface of the medical device is not placed in contact with the wall surface of the room, the interval between the medical devices from the back side is closed, so that it looks good It can be a system. In other words, as medical equipment, there is also a double-sided type equipment that allows medical equipment to be taken in and out from both the front and back sides. When installing such equipment, both the front and back sides can be used in the room. It is because it installs in.

The back panel may be electrically connected to one or both of the adjacent medical devices, and may include a display unit that displays a progress status of one or both of the medical devices. .
According to this configuration, the progress of the cleaning process or sterilization process of the medical device can be easily confirmed from the back side.

Further, the back panel may be attached to any one of adjacent medical devices by a hinge device so as to be opened and closed.
According to this configuration, when the medical device needs to be maintained from the side, the back panel can be opened and the side of the medical device can be operated from the back side.

  According to the medical device continuous connection system of the present invention, when a plurality of medical devices such as a cleaning device or a sterilization device are installed, they can be installed with good appearance.

It is a perspective view which shows the whole structure of the medical device continuous installation system which concerns on this invention. It is a front view of a medical device continuous installation system. It is a rear view of a medical device connection system. It is a front view which shows one washing | cleaning apparatus and one front panel. It is a front view which shows the structure of a front panel. It is sectional drawing in the display part of a front panel. It is sectional drawing in the downward direction rather than the display part of a front panel. It is sectional drawing in the edge part of the display part of a front panel. It is explanatory drawing which shows the electrical connection structure of a medical equipment connection system. It is a front view which shows the structure of a back panel. It is sectional drawing in the display part of a back panel. It is sectional drawing below a display part of a back panel. It is sectional drawing in the edge part of the display part of a back panel.

In this embodiment, an example in which seven cleaning devices for cleaning medical equipment are installed in the lateral direction as an example of a medical device will be described.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of a medical device continuous connection system according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view, and FIG. 3 is a rear view. FIG. 4 is a front view of an individual cleaning device and a front panel in the medical device connection system.

  Each of the cleaning devices 10 is provided with one tank serving as both a cleaning tank and a drying tank, and an opening / closing door 12 is provided on each of the front and back surfaces of the tank. That is, each cleaning apparatus in the present embodiment is provided with the opening / closing doors 12 on both the front and the back, and medical equipment can be taken in and out from both the front and the back.

An operation panel 14 is provided in front of each cleaning device 10. The operation panel 14 is configured by a touch panel, and the content of cleaning can be set by an operator's operation. The operation panel 14 can also display the setting contents, the current cleaning status, and the like.
As described above, the cleaning apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with the open / close door 12 on the back side. Further, a small operation panel 15 is provided on the back side, and the operation of the back door 12 and the cleaning status, abnormal status, and the like can be displayed.

  Each cleaning device 10 is installed with a predetermined gap between adjacent cleaning devices. In the present embodiment, for example, a gap of about 50 to 60 cm is provided. A front panel 16 is provided on the front side and a back panel 18 is provided on the back side so as to close the gap.

In the present embodiment, among the plurality of cleaning apparatuses installed in parallel, the front panel 16 is not provided on the left side of the leftmost cleaning apparatus 10, and the front panel is provided on the right side of the rightmost cleaning apparatus 10. 16 is provided. That is, the front panel 16 is always provided on the right side of each cleaning device 10.
The left side surface of the cleaning device 10 at the left end may be in contact with or close to the wall surface of the installed room, or may be arranged at a predetermined distance from the wall surface of the installed room.
In addition, the front panel 16 provided on the right side of the rightmost cleaning device 10 is not disposed between the cleaning device 10 and the cleaning device 10, but between the rightmost cleaning device 10 and the wall surface of the room. It is arranged to block.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the front panel will be described with reference to FIGS.
5 is a front view of the front panel, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the display portion of the front panel, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view below the display portion of the front panel, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the display portion of FIG. It is an enlarged view of an edge part.

  The front panel 16 is arrange | positioned so that the clearance gap between each washing | cleaning apparatuses 10 may be obstruct | occluded. Therefore, the width of the front panel 16 is substantially the same as the gap between the cleaning devices 10, and the height of the front panel 16 is substantially the same as the height of each cleaning device 10.

A display unit 20 is provided substantially at the center of the front panel 16. The display unit 20 has a vertically long rectangular shape, and a light emitting device is provided inside. The surface of the display unit 20 is formed of a translucent plate material, and the plate material emits light in a predetermined color when the light emitting device emits light.
The vertical length of the display unit 20 of the present embodiment is substantially the same as or longer than the vertical length of the door 12 of the cleaning device 10.

The front panel 16 is formed of a single stainless plate 17 except for the display unit 20.
Square pipes 19 extending in the vertical direction are attached to the left and right ends of the stainless steel plate 17 for reinforcement. One side 21 a of an L-shaped angle 21 is fixed inside the square pipe 19. The other side 21 b of each angle 21 faces the outside and is fixed to the side surface of the cleaning device 10 located on both sides of the front panel 16.

Specifically, the light guide plate 22 is employed as the translucent plate material on the surface of the display unit 20, and the LED 24 as an example of a light emitting device is disposed toward the side surface of the light guide plate.
The light guide plate 22 disperses the light of the LED 24 introduced from the side surface so as to be uniform on the surface, and shines the surface.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the end of the light guide plate 22 is disposed in a U-shaped holding member 25 in plan view, and the LED 24 is disposed in the holding member 25 so as to face the end of the light guide plate 22. ing. Further, the holding member 25 and the square pipe 19 are disposed in a corner portion 17a obtained by bending the end portion of the stainless steel plate 17 into a quadrangular shape.

In the present embodiment, the upper part of the front panel 16 is provided as a fixed part 31 that does not open and close, and the lower part (part including the display part 20) is provided as an openable / closable part 33 that can be opened and closed.
A hinge device 30 is provided at either the left or right end of the opening / closing part 33 of each front panel 16. In the present embodiment, the hinge device 30 is attached between the upper left portion of the opening / closing portion 33 and the lower end portion of the fixing portion 31 and between the lower left portion of the opening / closing portion 33 and the cleaning device 10 on the left side.

  Thus, by providing the hinge device 30 in the opening / closing portion 33 of the front panel 16, the opening / closing portion 33 can rotate around the left end having the hinge device 30 to open and close from the right side. Since the opening / closing part 33 of the front panel 16 can be opened and closed, the operator can enter between the cleaning devices 10 and 10 or the right side of the cleaning device 10 at the right end in the case of the front panel 16 at the right end. it can. For this reason, when it is necessary to perform maintenance on the cleaning device 10 from the side, the opening / closing part 33 of the front panel 16 can be opened to operate the side of the cleaning device 10.

Moreover, it is good to provide the locking device 36 so that the opening-and-closing part 33 of the front panel 16 may not open arbitrarily.
The lock device 36 may be provided with a key or without a key, but if the lock device 36 with a key is employed, it is preferable that only a predetermined operator can open and close it.
The locking device 36 has a stopper 38 that is rotated by a knob or a key. The stopper plate 38 is rotatable between an inner position of one side 21 a of the angle 21 fixed to the cleaning device 10 on the right side of the front panel 16 and a position away from the inner side of the one side 21 a of the angle 21. The front panel 16 is locked and cannot be opened at a position where the stopper plate 38 is in contact with the inside of one side 21a of the angle 21.

In the present embodiment, the locking device 36 is also provided in the fixing portion 31. The locking device 36 provided in the fixing portion 31 can rotate between a position where the stopper 38 is located at the upper inner side of the opening / closing portion 33 of the front panel 16 and a position away from the upper inner side of the opening / closing portion 33. At the position where the clasp 38 is in contact with the upper inside of the opening / closing part 33, the opening / closing part 33 is locked and cannot be opened.
Note that the locking device 36 does not have to be provided in two places as described above, and may be provided only in one place.

The front panel 16 may be formed with a plurality of ventilation holes 32. By configuring the ventilation hole 32 in this manner, exhaust heat or the like from the cleaning device 10 can be discharged from between the cleaning devices 10.
In the present embodiment, the ventilation hole 32 is formed in the fixing portion 31.

Further, the LED 24 of the front panel 16 is electrically connected to the cleaning device 10 on the left side when viewed from the front, and the display unit 20 of the front panel 16 is lit in accordance with the operation of the cleaning device 10 located on the left side of the front panel 16. It is provided to do.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, a signal line 28 is connected to the LED 24 of the front panel 16 from a control unit 26 that performs operation control of the cleaning device 10. The control unit 26 of the cleaning apparatus 10 outputs a signal for lighting the LED 24 to the LED 24 during execution of the cleaning operation. The control unit 26 of the cleaning apparatus 10 does not output a signal for lighting the LED 24 to the LED 24 when the cleaning operation is not being executed. For this reason, the display unit 20 of the front panel 16 is turned on when the left side cleaning device 10 is being cleaned as viewed from the front, and is turned off when not being cleaned.

  In general, since the display unit of the cleaning apparatus 10 itself is very small, it cannot be confirmed whether or not cleaning is in progress unless the display unit is approached and checked. However, in the present embodiment, the vertical length of the display unit 20 of the front panel 16 is substantially the same as the vertical direction of the opening / closing door 12 of the cleaning device 10 as described above, which is very conspicuous. For this reason, when the display unit 20 of the front panel 16 is turned on, the operator can easily identify whether or not the cleaning apparatus 10 is cleaning.

In addition, it is good to comprise so that the lighting color of the display part 20 in the front panel 16 may become a different color for every front panel.
In the present embodiment, the seven front panels 16 are provided. For example, the lighting color of the display unit 20 is lit in different colors from left to yellow, red, green, blue, orange, purple, and light blue. May be.

Also, in each cleaning device 10, a mark having the same color as that of the display unit 20 of the front panel 16 may be attached.
For example, a line having the same color as the lighting color of the display unit 20 of each front panel 16 on the right side may be provided as the mark 40 on the upper and / or lower part of each cleaning device 10 (see FIG. 4).
With this configuration, it is possible to recognize at a glance which of the plurality of cleaning apparatuses is operating by looking at the lighting color of the display unit 44.

Next, the structure of the back panel on the back side will be described.
FIG. 10 is a front view of the back panel, FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the display unit of the back panel, and FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the back panel below the display unit. FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of an end portion of the display unit in FIG.

  The back panel 18 is disposed so as to close the gap on the back side between the cleaning apparatuses 10. Therefore, the width and the vertical length of the back panel 18 are the same as the width and the vertical length of the front panel 16.

A display unit 44 is provided substantially at the center of the back panel 18. The display unit 44 has a vertically long rectangular shape, and a light emitting device is provided therein. The surface of the display unit 44 is formed of a translucent plate material, and the plate material emits light in a predetermined color when the light emitting device emits light.
The vertical length of the display unit 44 of the present embodiment is substantially the same as or longer than the vertical length of the door 12 on the back side of the cleaning device 10.

The back panel 18 is formed of a single stainless steel plate 45 except for the display unit 44.
Square pipes 46 extending in the vertical direction are attached to the left and right ends of the stainless steel plate 45 for reinforcement. One side 48 a of an L-shaped angle 48 is fixed inside the square pipe 46. The other side 48b of each angle 48 faces the outside and is fixed to the side surface of the cleaning device 10 located on both sides of the back panel 18.

Specifically, a light guide plate 50 is employed as a translucent plate material on the surface of the display unit 44, and an LED 24 as an example of a light emitting device is disposed toward a side surface of the light guide plate.
The light guide plate 50 disperses the light of the LED 24 introduced from the side surface so as to be uniform on the surface, and makes the surface shine.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the end portion of the light guide plate 50 is disposed in a U-shaped holding member 55 in plan view, and the LED 24 is disposed in the holding member 55 so as to face the end portion of the light guide plate 50. ing. Further, the holding member 55 and the square pipe 46 are disposed in a corner portion 45a obtained by bending the end portion of the stainless steel plate 45 into a quadrangular shape.

  In the present embodiment, the back panel 18 is not opened and closed, and is fixed between the cleaning apparatuses 10 or between the cleaning apparatus 10 and the wall surface of the room. Accordingly, the rear panel 18 is not provided with a configuration such as a hinge device.

  In the present embodiment, as with the front panel 16, the upper portion 49 of the back panel 18 and the portion where the display portion 44 is formed are separate members. Both of the formed parts are fixed without opening and closing.

  A plurality of ventilation holes 52 are also formed in the back panel 18. In the front panel 16, the ventilation hole 32 is provided in the upper part, but in the rear panel 18, the ventilation hole 52 is provided in the lower part. If comprised in this way, air can be circulated in the up-down direction between the front side and the back side.

  Note that the lighting color of the display unit 44 in the back panel 18 may be configured to be different for each back panel. It is even better if the lighting color of the back panel 18 is the same color as the corresponding front panel. For example, the lighting color of the display unit 44 may be lit in different colors from yellow, red, green, blue, orange, purple, and light blue when viewed from the back.

In addition, it is preferable that a mark having the same color as the color of the display unit 44 of the back panel 18 is also attached to the back side of each cleaning device 10.
For example, a line having the same color as the lighting color of the display unit 44 of the left side rear panel 18 may be provided as a mark on the upper and / or lower part of each cleaning device 10.
These back side colors may be the same as the corresponding front side colors.

  In the embodiment described above, the opening / closing door 12 is provided on both the front and the back of the cleaning device, and the configuration in which the panels are provided on both the front and the back has been described. However, the cleaning device may not be provided with an opening / closing door on the back side, and the panel may be provided only on the front side, and the back side may be disposed so as to contact the wall surface.

In the above-described embodiment, a system in which a plurality of cleaning apparatuses are installed side by side has been described. However, a system in which a plurality of sterilization apparatuses are installed side by side instead of the cleaning apparatus may be used.
Furthermore, it may be a system in which one or more cleaning devices and one or more sterilization devices are mixed and installed side by side.
Moreover, although this embodiment demonstrated the system which connects seven washing | cleaning apparatuses continuously, the number of continuous arrangements is not restricted to this, What is necessary is just two or more units.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cleaning apparatus 12 Door 14 Operation panel 15 Small operation panel 16 Front panel 17 Stainless steel plate 17a Corner part 18 Back panel 19 Square pipe 20 Display part 21 Angle 21a One side 21b Other side 22 Light guide plate 25 Holding member 26 Control part 28 Signal Wire 30 Hinge device 31 Fixing portion 32 Ventilation hole 33 Opening / closing portion 36 Locking device 38 Locking device 40 Mark 44 Display portion 45 Stainless steel plate 45a Corner portion 46 Square pipe 48 Angle 48a One side 48b Other side 49 Upper part 50 Light guide plate 52 Ventilation hole 55 Holding Element

Claims (5)

A system in which a plurality of medical devices including a cleaning device and / or a sterilization device are connected in series,
Multiple medical devices are installed with their fronts facing in the same direction and with a gap between them,
A front panel is provided in the gap between the medical devices so as to be substantially flush with the front of each medical device ,
The front panel is electrically connected to any one or both of adjacent medical devices, and has a display unit that displays a progress status of one or both medical devices. Continuous installation system. The medical device continuous connection system according to claim 1 , wherein the front panel is attached to any one of adjacent medical devices by a hinge device so as to be opened and closed. 3. The medical device connection system according to claim 1 , wherein a back panel is provided in a gap between the medical devices so as to be substantially flush with a back surface of each medical device. The back panel is electrically connected to one or both of the adjacent medical devices;
The medical device continuous connection system according to claim 3, further comprising a display unit configured to display a progress status of one or both of the medical devices. 5. The medical device connection system according to claim 3 , wherein the back panel is attached to any one of adjacent medical devices by a hinge device so as to be opened and closed.

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