Patent ID: 7690284
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: A61M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A safe lancet disposer, comprising: a cutting unit, comprising: an insertion plate having therein an insertion hole into which an end of a needle of a lancet used for blood collection is inserted a support plate disposed under the insertion plate, with a guide groove formed in an upper surface of the support plate and extending from a first end of the support plate towards a second end, an elongated guide hole formed in the guide groove and communicating with the insertion hole, and a guide slot extending from the second end of the support plate to an intermediate position along the guide groove; and a cutting plate movably disposed in both the guide groove and the guide slot, with a cutting hole formed in the cutting plate and communicating with both the insertion hole and the elongated guide hole so as to cut the end of the needle inserted into the cutting hole through the insertion hole, a stop protrusion integrally provided under the cutting plate and extending towards the guide slot, and a mounting hole formed through the cutting plate; a receiving unit, comprising: a receiving housing perpendicularly disposed under the support plate, with a receiving hole longitudinally formed through the receiving housing and communicating with the elongated guide hole; and a receiving container removably inserted into the receiving hole so that the cut end of the needle which drops through the elongated guide hole is contained in the receiving container; and an operating unit, comprising: an operating lever rotatably mounted to a second surface of the receiving housing such that an upper end of the operating lever is coupled to the cutting plate through the guide slot, thus moving the cutting plate so as to cut the end of the needle inserted into the cutting hole, wherein the receiving housing is coupled to the support plate and the insertion plate by a locking bolt, which is tightened to the receiving housing after passing through the support plate from an upper surface of the insertion plate, a lower surface of the receiving housing is defined by a stopper which openably closes the receiving hole, and the receiving housing comprises: a first hinge protrusion, provided on the second surface of the receiving housing at a position adjacent to an upper end of the receiving housing; a first spring seat, formed in the second surface of the receiving housing below the first hinge protrusion so that a first end of a lever spring is inserted into the first spring seat; and a first knurled surface, formed at a lower position on the second surface of the receiving housing.