DE8500471U1 - Plastic shipping container for the preservation of medical examination material - Google Patents

Description

PROF.DR MED F BURKHARDT ·· ϊ * ■ '.' .. **: '; :

Senior Medical Director 8520 Erlangen, U.3.85 / W

in the Laijdes Investigation Office for the wZTnZZ

·. · .. Healthcare Northern Bavaria

To the

German Patent Office Zweibrückenstrasse 12th

8000 Munich 2

L.

Application dated 7.1.85 (plastic shipping container for the preservation of medical examination material) - rewriting -

AZ: G 85 00 471.5 Description:

"- 'The innovation relates to a cylindrical shipping container from

Plastic that has a length of 150 mm and a diameter of 9 or 7.5 mm. It consists of a short-tube-shaped lower part, a long-tube firm part to be connected to it. gen middle part and a cap to be placed on it, which with

a material carrier projecting into the middle part (swab with Τυρί handle) is connected (letter (A) of the drawing).

% The middle part (letter (B) of the drawing) serves at its

closed lower area for connection with the lower part, being

ι The purpose is to protrude from the cap into its lumen.

? J to protect the swab from contamination.

; The cap (letter (C) of the drawing) closes the middle part 'j from above. A swab handle (1) is attached to it. This has * in the lower area, just above the beginning of the swab (3), a notch (2), which makes it easier to break off at this point.

The lower part (letter (D) of the drawing) has an area at its upper, open end for a plug, bayonet or screw connection with the lower end of the middle part the swab broken off the swab handle is introduced.

The described design of the shipping container has the following Sense:

Usually, medical (or other biological, e.g. veterinary) materials of interest, the is obtained by means of a smear for the detection of microorganisms, without special protection against harmful influences from attending physician sent to the laboratory. This leads to the germs to be detected being removed during transport as a result of dehydration, overgrowth due to accompanying bacteria or other influences die and then no longer or only to a large extent reduced amount are detectable. The informative value of the investigation is often severely limited with this dispatch mode or canceled entirely. If, on the other hand, they are shipped in suitable preservation substrates, sensitive germs can also be detected or the germ flora is retained in its original composition.

To carry out a smear, the doctor first takes the Remove the cap with the tufted stalk and swab attached to it, take the swab from the patient, then loosen the connection between the middle part and the lower part, and insert the swab into the Now accessible substrate, breaks the swab at the notch against the upper edge of the lower part of the swab handle, connects the Lower part back to the middle part and finally put the cap with the rest of the swab handle back in its previous position on the upper opening of the middle part (letter (E) of the Drawing).

In contrast to other procedures in which a separate tube is used for the swab and for the substrate, the shipping container enables the dry swab not soaked with the preservation substrate to be sent to the doctor and the swab sunk into the preservation substrate after the smear has been carried out in one piece. It is therefore not necessary to keep two parts at the doctor's office before taking a smear, and shipping is both easier and cheaper, since only a single vessel has to be transported.

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List of reference symbols

for the graphic representation of the "plastic shipping container for the preservation of medical examination material"

File number G 85 00 471.5

(A) Complete shipping container, ready to be transported from the laboratory to the doctor

(B) Long tubular middle section

(C) Push-on cap with swab handle and swab

(D) Lower part (with filled in preservation substrate)

(E) Complete shipping container, ready to be transported back from the doctor to the laboratory

(1) swab handle

(2) notch

(3) swabs

Claims (1)

«■ Il I I ft I t «&« C Ο 3 * Claim to protection for the "plastic shipping container for preservation medical examination material " (New version)
File number: G 85 00 471.5 Plastic shipping container for the preservation of medical investigation material, characterized in that it consists of three interconnected outer parts, namely a lower part of approx. 4 cm, a middle section of approx. 12 cm and one with a swab handle connected cap of approx. 2 cm length, with an outer diameter of the parts of 7.5 (middle part) or 9 cm (lower part and push-on cap). The lower part is a short tube that is attached to its opening Attached thread, bayonet lock or plug-in device connected to the lower end of the long tubular central part is and is used to hold a preservation substrate. The cap has a swab handle and attached swab tied together. It closes the long tubular middle section Above, inde -., i it is attached to this. The swab handle contains a break notch just above the swab.