US20100307649A1

US20100307649A1 - First-aid case for home visits

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Publication number: US20100307649A1
Application number: US12/812,905
Authority: US
Inventors: Raquel Santos Dominguez
Original assignee: Elite Bags SL
Current assignee: Elite Bags SL
Priority date: 2008-01-15
Filing date: 2009-01-15
Publication date: 2010-12-09
Also published as: BRPI0905617A2; ES1066985U; ES1066985Y; CN201328949Y; WO2009090283A1

Abstract

The Nurse's Bag for home nursing visits, specially designed for transporting medical materials, having a prism shaped body (2), with support pegs (3) on its underside (4), and a handle (5). The bag main characteristic is that the body divides into two parts (2 a) and (2 b) that are held together by a zipper (18), the parts can open completely allowing them to be on the same plane, and inside of both parts they have multiple compartments (19) of different sizes and characteristics. These compartments (19) can be extracted and set to the bottom of the bag (1) using tapes (20) made from Velcro® or similar ones, allowing for easy removal and replacement. The bag has inside at least one small mesh bag (27), and also several elastic bands (29) for holding smaller elements

Description

As is stated in the description, this invention refers to a bag for home nursing visits, and it has several characteristics and innovative advantages over similar bags that are already known. Specifically, the invention consists of a bag that will allow the transport of necessary medical materials required for home visits by nurses and similar persons. Its structural design and configuration have been very well studied to allow the bag to have an orderly organization and a quick, comfortable and efficient, view, localization and access to all of its contents, allowing all of the materials to be readily available to the professional on just one plane, allowing expeditious use, which reflects in improvements in aid to the patient.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Presently, and in reference to the technical specifications, it must be mentioned that, as a reply to the petitioner, the existence of an invention that has similar technical, structural and design characteristics to the ones proposed here is unknown.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The nurse's bag for home visits that the invention proposes, is designed as an innovation in its field, since, it is possible to efficiently and in a practical way safely transport medical materials, while presenting many advantages over bags that are used for the same purpose. Specifically, the proposed bag is designed to contain the required elements for the intended use, offering perfect organization for each element, thanks to the distribution of the independent compartments that it has, while keeping them perfectly protected from blows, by the padded protective material, and also from external agents such as moisture and dust, since it has external zippered closures that keep its interior properly isolated. In addition, the bag allows the quick and easy localization and extraction so that each product and instrument may be used, because the bag opens into two halves that will be flat on the same plane, in a way that all of its contents are in view and perfectly accessible. In the inside of each one of the parts, the proposed bag has multiple compartments or receptacles, each with different shape characteristics that are acceptable for the different types of elements, which can be easily extracted enabling their use, because in their interior the compartments have removable fastening systems with Velcro® or similar. In this way, some of the mentioned compartments have a prismatic shape that, as if they were a case, have an upper lid with a zipper closure, being the lid optionally transparent to allow the view of its interior contents. The compartments can also be thermal to insure the proper keeping of certain medications, or they can be made as mesh bags so they can easily adapt to the irregular shapes of certain elements, like smaller instruments. It is important to also note, that some compartments carry their interior fastening systems such as rubber bands, or mobile transverse or longitudinal separators that allow for perfect organization and distribution of the inside space of each one allowing the adjustments according to needs. It must be noted that the distribution, size, amount and configuration of the bag compartments may vary in function depending on the requirements. The inside of the bag also has, elastic bands for directly holding certain elements, with adjustable straps as clamps allowing the incorporation of other extractable compartments that can be interchanged, depending on the need, meaning, that depending of the service that is going to be given, some extractable compartments may be substituted for a spare case with a different shape and function. Finally, it must be said that the bag that the invention proposes, besides being of the proper size for its use, it can be carried in several ways, allowing it to adapt to all carrying needs. Therefore, the new nurse's bag for home nursing visits represents an innovative structure with structural and build characteristics unknown to this day for the intended purpose, with details properly stated in the final claims that accompany this descriptive report, which together with its practicality, provide sufficient basis to the granting the privilege of exclusivity to the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

To complete this description and to better convey the characteristics of the invention, attached to this descriptive report, and as an integral part of it, is a set of drawings, that illustrating but not limiting show and represent the following: FIG. 1.—Shows in a perspective view, the front face of one example of the bag which is the matter of this invention, and the elements of the part can be seen. FIG. 2.—Shows in a perspective view, the rear face of the bag, and the different modes for carrying it can be clearly appreciated. FIG. 3.—Shows a view of the underside of the bag, where the support pegs that are integrated can be observed. FIG. 4.—Shows in a perspective view, the front face of the bag, where in an adjoined representation and apart from the exterior compartment available on that face, its shape and contents are better shown. FIG. 5.—Shows a perspective view of the open bag, where the internal configuration can be seen with the different elements present. FIGS. 6 to 9.—In perspective views different examples of the compartments are shown, cases or bags that can be incorporated to the inside of the bag to keep in an orderly fashion the elements for its intended use.

PREFERRED RENDITION OF THE INVENTION

The previously mentioned figures can be seen, and according to their adopted numbers, a preferred rendition of the invention can be observed, which includes the indicated and described parts and elements in detail, as follows. Therefore, taking into account FIGS. 1 to 3, it can be noticed that the bag (1) is essentially constituted by one body (2) of approximate prismatic shape, equipped with support pegs (3) on its underside (4), and a handle (5), one shoulder belt (6) and large shoulder straps (7) that allow for different ways to carry the bag It should also be mentioned, as can be observed in FIG. 2, that in its back part (8) there is a storage space that is accessible through a zipper (9) where the shoulder straps can be stored (7), and also has a central latch (10) that can optionally allow connection to a wheeled structure so that it can be taken as a cart. Observing FIG. 4, it can be noticed that the bag (1), has on its front face an exterior compartment (11) with a flap (12) and snap closures (13), on its anterior part, the flap (12) has a zipper (14) that allows access to a flat storage space, that has in the external compartment (11) flat pouches (15) where an extra pouch is kept (16) as well as a support with a rigid clip (17). Observing FIG. 5, one can see that the body (2) that forms the bag (1) divides into two parts (2 a) and (2 b) that are held together by a zipper (18), the parts can open completely allowing them to be on the same plane, and in this way all of the contents are perfectly at reach. As can be seen on FIG. 5, both in the inside of the rear part (2 a) of the body (2) as in the front part (2 b) there are multiple compartments (19) of different sizes and characteristics useful for keeping in an orderly fashion each one of the different medical elements for which the bag was intended, allowing the possibility of changes depending on the required needs. The compartments (19) can be removed, since they are held at the bottom of the bag (1) using tapes (20) made from Velcro® or similar ones, allowing for easy removal and replacement. The compartments (19) also have approximate prismatic shapes, and as if they were cases have a top lid (21) with a zipper closure (22). Optionally, the lid (21) can be transparent so the contents of the case can be seen, as can be observed in FIGS. 6 and 7. The case type compartments (19) can have inside transverse or longitudinal separators (23) that will allow adjustments that are required because they are mobile and can set and adjusted with the use of tapes made of (24) Velcro® or similar, as can be observed in FIG. 7, and can also be, as can be seen in FIG. 8, insulated, and have also a central separator (25) with rubber bands for attachment (26) for ampoules or similar delicate elements can be stored. It should be noticed that due to the characteristics of the described compartments (19) they can be changed around at the time of manufacture depending of intended use. In addition, the bag contains inside at least one small mesh bag (27), which as can be seen in FIG. 9, when required, can also be fixed to the inside of the body (2) with attachment straps (28) made of Velcro® or similar. It should also be noted that the bag (1) has in the inside, located in the frontal part (2 b) of the same example shown several elastic bands (29) that can be used for strapping in smaller elements. Finally, it should be noted that inside the bag (1), in addition to the elastic bands already mentioned (29), for strapping down different elements, it also has adjustable tapes (30) that are used for clamping down some of the already described case compartments (19), allowing their interchange for others of a different shape and/or function, based on the intended use. The nature of the invention has been sufficiently described, as well as the way it is used, any expert in this subject will not require any further explanation as to its reaches and advantages derived from it, and we manifest that it can essentially be produced even if there are small variations in the details of the example given, which will have equal protection to the one being granted as long as the fundamental principle is not altered, changed or modified.

Claims

1.-7. (canceled)

8. Nurse's Bag for home nursing visits, especially designed for transporting medical materials, having a prism shaped body, that has support pegs on an underside, as well as a handle, body that conforms the bag, and is divided into two parts and by using a zipper, the parts can open completely allowing them to be on the same plane, and inside of both parts they have multiple compartments of different sizes and characteristics that are appropriate to keep inside in an orderly way the different medical elements required, being the compartments removable and being set to the inside of the bag by using tapes made of Velcro® or similar, which makes them easily removed and set; and the bag has in the interior at least one mesh bag, which if required can be set to the interior part of the body in the same fashion, using attachment straps made from Velcro® or similar, and the bag has inside, several elastic bands that can be used for strapping in smaller elements, compartments that have approximate prismatic shapes, and as if they were cases have a top lid with a zipper closure; on the lid that can be transparent to allow the contents to be seen, and the compartments have inside transverse or longitudinal separators that are mobile and can be set and adjusted with the use of tapes made of Velcro® or similar.

9. The Nurse's Bag for home nursing visits, according to claim 8, has the particularity that the compartments can be insulated, and have also a central separator with rubber bands for attachment for ampoules or similar delicate elements can be stored.

10. The Nurse's Bag for home nursing visits, according to claim 8, has the particularity that the bag, on the front end has an exterior compartment with a flap and snap closures, and where in the anterior part, the flap has a zipper that allows the access to a flat storage space that has in the external compartment with flat pouches where an extra pouch is kept as well as a support with a rigid clip.

11. The Nurse's Bag for home nursing visits, according to claims 8, is characterized by the fact that the bag has for transportation, in addition to the handle also has a shoulder belt and large shoulder straps, and has, on the back face, a storage space, accessible through a zipper where the shoulder straps can be stored, and also has a central latch that can optionally allow connection to a wheeled structure so that the bag can be taken as a cart.

12. The Nurse's Bag for home nursing visits, according to claim 8, has the particularity that inside the bag also has adjustable belts that can work as clamps when holding the described case compartments, allowing the interchange of these for others of a different shape and/or function.