JP2580907B2 - Pregnancy test equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pregnancy test device, which is inexpensive, easy to handle, and has a structure that can be opened when a urine collection unit and a judgment unit of the test device are required. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various types of inspection tools of this type have been known, and the structure of a typical conventional inspection tool is shown in FIG. That is, the distal end portion 19 of the test tool main body 18 is a urine collecting portion, and the upper portion of the main body is provided with a window portion 20 for checking the presence or absence of a color reaction due to the collected urine. In conventional products, the judgment site for judging the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration is always exposed, so care must be taken not to touch it directly when using it, so that it does not get dirty, or Defects such as complicated structure and inconvenient use have been pointed out, and further improvement has been desired.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide a pregnancy test device that can be manufactured at low cost, is easy to handle, and can easily open the urine collection unit and the determination unit only when necessary.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a urine collecting section for contact-absorbing urine, a reagent section arranged in contact with the urine collecting section, and a urine collecting section. The base portion in which urine collected by the collection portion moves through the reagent portion, a determination portion that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy by the presence or absence of coloration by urine that has moved through the base portion, and these urine collection portions, It comprises a test tool main body having a fixing member for integrally fixing the reagent section, the base material section and the determination section, and a wrapper for storing the test tool main body, wherein the wrapper is a urine collecting section of the test tool main body. And a means that can be opened so that only the determination unit is sequentially exposed.

[0005] The invention of claim 2 provides a urine collecting section for contact-absorbing urine, a reagent section arranged to be in contact with the urine collecting section, and urine collected by the urine collecting section, A base unit that moves through the base unit, a determination unit that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration by urine that has moved through the base unit, and a urine collection unit, a reagent unit, a base unit, and a determination unit. And a slide plate slidably provided on the fixing member so that only the urine collection unit or the determination unit is exposed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a urine collecting section for contact-absorbing urine, a reagent section arranged to be in contact with the urine collecting section, and urine collected by the urine collecting section being provided with the reagent. A base unit that moves through the base unit, a determination unit that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration by urine that has moved through the base unit, and a urine collection unit, a reagent unit, a base unit, and a determination unit. A fixed member, and an outer cylindrical member that allows the fixed member to slide inside the outer cylindrical member by a predetermined distance. The urine collection unit or the fixed member slides inside the outer cylindrical member. The determination section is exposed from the outer tubular member.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the urine collecting portion and the judging portion are not exposed before use, and the urine collecting portion is exposed at the time of urine collection and the judging portion is first exposed at the time of inspection check. Therefore, there is no danger of accidentally touching or soiling the determination unit during use, and there is no inconvenience in use. In addition, in order to expose the urine collection part and the determination part, it is very simple to open the wrapper in the invention of claim 1, to move the slide plate in the invention of claim 2, and to slide the fixing member in the invention of claim 3. It is easy and convenient to handle because it can be operated and the urine collection unit does not need to be touched directly by hand.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a cross-sectional view and (b) is a plan view.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a test tool main body, which is made of a material such as glass fiber capable of absorbing urine and has a rod-shaped base material 3 having a certain thickness, and one end of which is in contact with the back surface side. The reagent part 2 disposed in the manner described above, the moisture absorbent part 4 disposed so as to be in contact with the back surface of the other end of the substrate 3, and the lateral sides of the substrate 3, the reagent part 2 and the moisture absorbent part 4 The central portion, which covers the portion and the bottom portion and integrally fixes them so as to cover them, comprises a slightly wide fixing member 5. The left portion of the test tool main body 1 in FIG. 1, that is, the surface of the base material 3 on the side where the reagent portion 2 is present is a urine collection portion A, and the right portion on the opposite side is a colored portion on the surface of the base material 3 And a determination unit B that determines the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration of the coloration unit 6.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a protective bag for accommodating the inspection tool main body 1 and has break lines at two places. That is, by breaking the protective bag 7 from the urine collection break line 8 at the urine collection break line 8 and the determination break line 9, the urine collection part A of the test tool main body 1 is pulled from the determination break line 9 again. The breaking portions B of the inspection tool main body 1 are respectively exposed by breaking.

Reference numeral 10 denotes an outer bag, and the inspection tool main body 1 stored in the protective bag 7 is further stored in the outer bag 10 and provided as a commercial product.

Next, the method of use will be described.
Is opened and the protective bag 7 inside is taken out. When collecting urine,
The urine-collecting breaking line 8 of the protective bag 7 is torn to expose the urine-collecting portion A of the test tool main body 1 and urine is collected here (see FIG. 2A). Urine is absorbed by the base material 3 and the reagent part 2
Reacts with the reagent, and further moves the base material 3 by capillary action, and reaches the coloring portion 6 after a certain time.

After the urine is collected, this time, the breaking line 9 for determination of the protective bag 7 is torn to expose the determining portion B of the test tool main body 1,
After a certain period of time has elapsed since urine collection, an inspection is performed by confirming the presence or absence of coloration of the coloration portion 6 (see FIG. 2B).

As described above, the urine collecting section A and the judging section B are stored in the protective bag 7 and are not exposed before the inspection, but are easily exposed by tearing the protective bag 7 at a predetermined position during the inspection. Since there is no risk of accidentally touching or soiling the determination unit B during use, the urine collection unit A does not have to be touched directly by hand. It is easy to handle and convenient.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view, FIG.
(C) is a sectional view taken along line AA 'of (b). The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the repeated description is omitted. However, the difference in the configuration from the first embodiment is, as is clear from FIG. To outer cover
11 is provided, and the slide plate 12 is provided so as to be slidable left and right on the fixing member 5 while being guided by the groove inside the outer cover 11. In this embodiment, instead of the protective bag in the first embodiment, the slide plate 12 is slid left and right to expose the urine collection part A or the determination part B of the test tool main body 1. That is, urine collection is performed after the slide plate 12 is moved all the way to the right in FIG. 3 so that the urine collection section A of the test tool main body 1 is exposed (see FIG. 4A). Next, the slide plate 12 is moved to the opposite side (full left side in FIG. 3) so that the determination portion B is exposed, and it is confirmed whether or not the color portion 6 has color (see FIG. 4B).

FIGS. 5A and 5B show a third embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view, FIG.
(C) is a sectional view taken along line AA 'of (b).

The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will not be repeated. However, the structural features of this embodiment are, as apparent from FIG. The fixing member 5 is configured to be slidable. That is, the knob portion 14 formed integrally with the center portion of the fixing member 5 projects from a window 17 formed in a predetermined size above the outer cylindrical member 13. , The fixing member 5 slides inside the outer tubular member 13, and the urine collection unit A or the determination unit B of the test tool main body 1 is exposed from the outer tubular member 13.
In addition, a semi-cylindrical projection 15 is provided at the center of the side surface of the fixing member 5 so that the knob portion 14 can move smoothly, and a semi-cylindrical projection 15 on the inner side surface of the outer cylindrical member 13 engages with the semi-cylindrical projection 15. Cylindrical recesses 16 are arranged side by side in a row over the moving distance of the knob 14, that is, the width of the window 17.

According to the present embodiment, the urine is collected by the knob 14
Is moved all the way to the left side of FIG. 5 so that the urine collection part A is exposed (see FIGS. 6A and 6B). After urine collection, the knob part 14 is now turned to the opposite side (FIG. 5). It is moved to the right side (full right side) so that the determination unit B is exposed, and it is confirmed whether or not the coloration unit 6 has color (see FIGS. 7A and 7B).

The reagents and color reagents used in the present invention are generally easily decomposed by heat. For this reason, it is preferable that packaging with the outer bag of the present invention and the protective bag of the first embodiment be performed at a low temperature. Specifically, using a heat sealing agent that can be sealed at a low temperature,
It is preferable to use a self-adhesive sealant called a so-called cold sealant.

[0021]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the urine collecting section and the judging section are not exposed before use, and the urine collecting section and the judging section are respectively exposed for the first time during use. Therefore, there is no danger of accidentally touching or soiling the determination unit during use, and there is no inconvenience in use. Moreover, exposing the urine collection unit and the determination unit can be performed with a very simple operation,
In addition, the urine collection unit does not need to be touched directly by hand, so that handling is simple and convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A and 1B show a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view and FIG. 1B is a plan view.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state in the first embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B show a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 3B is a plan view, and FIG. 3C is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA 'of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state of use in a second embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B show a third embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 5B is a plan view, and FIG. 5C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG.

6 (a) is a cross-sectional view and FIG. 6 (b) is a perspective view showing a use state at the time of urine collection in a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view and FIG. 7B is a perspective view showing a use state at the time of determination in a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the structure of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A urine collection section B judgment section 1 test tool main body 2 reagent section 3 base material 4 hygroscopic agent section 5 fixing member 6 coloring section 7 protective bag 8 urine collection break line 9 judgment break line 10 outer bag 11 outer cover 12 slide Plate 13 Outer cylindrical member 14 Knob 15 Semi-cylindrical projection 16 Semi-cylindrical dent 17 Window

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A urine collection unit for contact-absorbing urine, a reagent unit arranged to be in contact with the urine collection unit, and a base unit on which urine collected by the urine collection unit moves through the reagent unit A judging unit for judging the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration by urine that has moved through the base member, and a fixing member that integrally fixes the urine collection unit, the reagent unit, the base member, and the judgment unit. A test tool main body, and a wrapper for storing the test tool main body, wherein the wrapper has a means that can be opened so that only the urine collection unit and the determination unit of the test tool main body are sequentially exposed. Pregnancy test equipment characterized by the following. 2. A urine collection unit for contacting and absorbing urine, a reagent unit arranged to be in contact with the urine collection unit, and a base for moving urine collected by the urine collection unit through the reagent unit. Material part, a determination part for determining the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration by urine that has moved through the base part, and a fixing part for integrally fixing the urine collection part, the reagent part, the base part and the determination part A pregnancy test tool, comprising: a member; and a slide plate slidably provided on the fixing member so that only the urine collection unit or the determination unit is exposed. 3. A urine collecting part for contacting and absorbing urine, a reagent part arranged in contact with the urine collecting part, and a base for moving urine collected by the urine collecting part through the reagent part. Material part, a determination part for determining the presence or absence of pregnancy based on the presence or absence of coloration by urine that has moved through the base part, and a fixing part for integrally fixing the urine collection part, the reagent part, the base part and the determination part A member, and an outer cylinder member that allows the fixing member to slide inside the outer cylinder member by a predetermined distance, and the urine collection unit or the determination unit slides in the outer cylinder member so that the urine collection unit or the determination unit is the outer cylinder. A pregnancy test device exposed from a member.