JP2522212Y2 - Stool collection container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for collecting stool used as a sample for clinical test, particularly for detecting occult blood, enzymes, viruses, etc., and suspending the sample in a solution in a container. The present invention relates to a stool collection container that is convenient to be transported in a suspended state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Fecal occult blood testing is widely used for screening for colorectal cancer and rectal cancer. In general, a specimen is prepared and inspected at a hospital based on stool collected at home. In qualitative analysis using latex, there is a restriction on the amount of stool at the time of sample preparation, so the specified stool collection stick is used, but the exact amount of stool is collected even using a stool collection stick Conventionally, after collecting stool, extra stool was removed by wiping the stool stick with paper or the like.

[0003] However, the stool is dirty and has a strong smell. When the stool is wiped off with paper or the like, the stool may adhere to a hand or the like by mistake, and the cap of the stool collection container is opened to take the stool on the stool collection stick. For this reason, the creator of the specimen often suffered from bad odor, which was a problem. In addition, with the conventional stool collection container containing the lysate, especially for some subjects such as the elderly, even if the lid was intended to be closed after stool collection, the lid could not be completely closed, and the liquid leaked during transportation. May occur.

[0004] To solve the above-mentioned problem, Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 2-140468 discloses a stool collection container. This stool collection container is one in which an elongated container main body having a drip portion at the tip is sealed with a lid with a stick, a rubber stopper having a stick insertion hole is fixed inside the container main body, and the lid and the container main body are fixed. The gap is sealed with an O-ring, and a malt and a filter are provided inside the drip part. Insert a stick into the rubber stopper insertion hole and wipe off excess stool attached to the stick. Has become. However, this stool collection container also requires the rubber stopper to be fixed inside the container body, which is expensive because the rubber stopper is expensive. It is necessary to pierce the sealing part of the dripping part with a drilling machine when dropping the liquid), it is troublesome, there is a risk of getting hands dirty, and it is necessary to wash the drilling machine each time, It has disadvantages such as.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has a lower cost than conventional ones.
An object of the present invention is to provide a stool container in which the dropping portion of the suspension can be opened by a simple operation of twisting and cutting without any trouble in production, and which has good reproducibility of the inspection.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a bottomed tubular body comprising a dissolving solution container having a mouth and a small-diameter dripping portion having a closed end, and a stick insertion hole. A rubber plug inserted and fixed to the mouth of the tubular body, and a plug having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the rubber plug and having a shape similar to the stick insertion hole of the rubber plug, wherein the plug has a stick. A cap member attached to the mouth of the tube so as to close the insertion hole, and a filter inserted and attached to the dropping portion of the tube adjacent to the solution storage portion, and a filter of the dropping portion A stool container is provided with a break between the closed ends for separating the closed ends.

[0007] According to the above configuration, when the defecation stick (similar to the stick insertion hole and having an outer diameter slightly larger than the inner diameter thereof) is inserted through the stick insertion hole of the rubber stopper, The excess stool adhering to the stool is wiped clean with a stick insertion hole smaller than the outer diameter of the stool collection stick, so that a fixed amount of stool sample is collected in the lysis solution in the lysis solution container. In addition, when the suspension is dropped on the test device, the opening can be opened by a simple operation of simply cutting off the tip of the dropping portion at the break portion. In addition, by providing a liquid reservoir in the above-described configuration, the amount of the dropped fecal sample can be determined quantitatively.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an axial sectional view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the stool collection container of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the stool collection container of the present invention has a tubular body 1 comprising a dissolving solution container 2 having a mouth 6 and a small-diameter dripping portion 3 having a bottom 7.
And a rubber stopper 4 inserted and fixed to the mouth 6 of the tube 1.
And a cap member 5 for sealing and protecting the mouth 6 of the tube 1 mounted on the rubber stopper 4, and a filter 8 inserted in the drip portion 3 adjacent to the solution container 2. ing. The rubber plug 4 has a stick insertion hole 9 formed therein, and the cap member 5 is provided with a plug portion 10 that is inserted into the stick insertion hole 9 to protrude. This plug part 1
0 is formed in a shape similar to the shape of the stick insertion hole 9, and the outer diameter thereof is formed larger than the inner diameter of the stick insertion hole 9.

Next, each component will be described in detail.
The lysis solution storage unit 2 is a portion that stores a lysis solution (not shown) and a portion that stores a stool collection stick (C in FIG. 3) to which a stool sample is attached.
The portion that transitions from to the dropping portion 3 is smoothly reduced in diameter and connected to the dropping portion 3 having a small diameter. The rubber stopper 4 is inserted into the mouth 6 of the solution container 2, and the rubber stopper 4 falls off or the tube 1
Is fixed to the inner wall of the mouth portion 6 so as not to move toward the inside of the cap member. A thread groove 11 corresponding to the thread 12 of the plug portion 10 of the cap member 5 is provided on the inner wall of the mouth portion 6 as fixing means. Have been. As the fixing means, a pair of annular projections (not shown) separated according to the thickness of the rubber plug 4 or a combination of an annular projection and a pressing member (not shown) can be used. The mouth portion 6 is formed in a circular cross section, but may be reduced in diameter to a smaller diameter than the body portion, and the shape of the body portion is a flat shape such as an elliptical shape or a rectangular shape for convenience in mailing. It may be.

The dropping portion 3 is a portion for filtering a suspension (S in FIG. 3) of the stool sample dissolved in the dissolving solution in the dissolving solution storage portion 2 and dropping the suspension on a test paper or the like. A filter 8 for filtering the suspension S is inserted in a portion adjacent to the storage section 2.
Is provided at the closed end, that is, at the bottom 7 side, adjacent to the liquid pool 14. The inside diameter of the dropping portion 3 is usually formed to be a small diameter of 0.3 to 2 mm. The suspension S filtered through the filter 8 from the broken end of the opening of the dropping portion 3 and quantified in the liquid reservoir 14 is formed. It is designed to be dropped. The filter 8 is capable of filtering undigested solid matter that becomes an obstacle during the test, and any filter can be used as long as it does not adsorb the substance to be detected. absorbent cotton,
A sintered body of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene or polyethylene is preferably used. Further, the liquid pool 14 is for quantifying the amount of the suspension S dropped, and the break portion 13 is usually an annular V-groove formed in the tube wall. In general, glass or synthetic resin is used as a material for forming the tube 1, but polypropylene, polyester, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and the like, which can be seen from the outside and can be easily broken when the suspension S is dropped. Etc. are preferably used. Further, if necessary, the breaking portion 13 may be protected by a cover member (not shown) or the like so as not to be broken during mailing or the like.

The rubber stopper 4 is inserted into the mouth 6 of the tubular body 1 and seals the mouth 6 in cooperation with the stopper 10 of the cap member 5. The rubber stopper 4 penetrates in the longitudinal direction about its axis. A stick insertion hole 9 is formed, and an opening 6
A thread 12 corresponding to the thread groove 11 on the inner wall is formed. The stick insertion hole 9 is a hole for inserting the stool stick C into the solution storage unit 2 and is formed in a shape similar to the cross-sectional shape of the stool stick C to be adopted.
The hole diameter is slightly smaller than the cross-sectional dimension of the stool collection stick C so that the stool collection stick C inserted therethrough can be inserted and an excess stool sample attached to the stool collection stick C can be wiped off. I have. The plug 10 of the ordinary cap member 5 except when the feces collection stick C is inserted.
Sealed. As a material for forming the rubber stopper 4, a rubber-like elastic material such as a synthetic rubber such as butyl rubber, butadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, isoprene rubber, nitrile rubber, and ethylene-propylene rubber is preferably used.

The cap member 5 attached so as to cover the rubber stopper 4 and the mouth 6 of the tube 1 is provided with the rubber stopper 4 and the mouth 6.
Has a function of covering the stool attached near the stick insertion hole 9 on the surface of the rubber stopper 4 and preventing the odor from leaking out after the stool sample is charged. A plug portion 10 for closing the stick insertion hole 9 of the rubber plug 4 is formed on the shaft on the inner surface thereof so as to protrude therefrom. The cross-sectional shape of the plug 10 is similar to the cross-sectional shape of the stick insertion hole 9, and the size of the cross-section is the stick insertion hole 9.
The hole is slightly larger than the hole diameter so that the hole can be inserted and the hole can be closed. The cap member 5 has a skirt (a side wall of the cap which is annularly protruded) so that it can be attached to the mouth 6.
May be provided, and the forming material is not limited, but generally, synthetic resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, polyvinyl chloride, and olefin-based elastomer are preferably used.

Next, a method of using the stool collection container of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First, the cap member 5 is removed from the stool collection container, and then the stool collection stick C is pierced into the excreted stool to allow the stool sample to adhere to the stool sample. At this time, the excess stool sample adhering to the stool collection stick C is wiped off, and only the stool sample in the groove remains, so that a fixed amount of stool sample can be put into the solution storage unit 2. Next, when the cap member 5 is attached to the mouth portion 6 again, the stool container can be sent to the hospital by mail or other methods in this state. in this case,
The stick insertion hole 9 is sealed by the stopper 10 of the cap member 5, and the rubber stopper 4 is compressed by the stopper 10 so that the adhesion between the inner wall of the mouth 6 and the rubber stopper 4 is strengthened. The suspension S in 2 does not leak out. In the hospital, the portion of the closed end including the bottom 7 of the drip portion 3 from the sent feces collection container is twisted at the break portion 13 to open the drip port, and the suspension S inside is placed on a test paper or the like. Inspection can be performed by dropping on

[0014]

[Effects of the invention] As is clear from the above description, the use of the stool collection container of the present invention facilitates operation during use, has good reproducibility, and causes leakage of the suspension during transportation. A stool container without stool can be provided. Further, since the number of parts is small, it is possible to provide a low-cost feces collection container. In addition, when the suspension is dropped, the tip of the dropping portion is opened by twisting, so that there is no need to worry about soiling the hands and the like with the suspension.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an axial sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the stool collection container of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tube 2 Dissolution liquid accommodation part 3 Dropping part 4 Rubber stopper 5 Cap member 8 Filter member 9 Stick insertion hole 10 Plug part 11 Screw groove 12 Thread 13 Break part 14 Liquid pool S Suspension

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A bottomed tubular body comprising a dissolving solution storage portion having a mouth portion and a small-diameter dripping portion having a closed end, and a rubber having a stick insertion hole and being fixedly inserted into the mouth portion of the tubular body. A plug and a plug having a shape similar to the stick insertion hole of the rubber plug and having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter thereof, and the plug was attached to the mouth of the tube so as to close the stick insertion hole. A cap member and a filter inserted into the drip portion of the tubular body adjacent to the solution storage portion, and a break portion for separating the closed end between the filter of the drip portion and the closed end is provided. Stool collection container provided. 2. The stool collection container according to claim 1, wherein a thread groove is formed at the mouth of the tube, and a thread is formed on the rubber stopper. 3. The container according to claim 1, wherein a liquid reservoir is provided near the filter at the dropping portion, and a break portion is provided on the closed end side adjacent to the liquid reservoir.