EP0804367B1 - Deformable container for injecting medicinal or cosmetic substances - Google Patents

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EP0804367B1
EP0804367B1 EP95907597A EP95907597A EP0804367B1 EP 0804367 B1 EP0804367 B1 EP 0804367B1 EP 95907597 A EP95907597 A EP 95907597A EP 95907597 A EP95907597 A EP 95907597A EP 0804367 B1 EP0804367 B1 EP 0804367B1
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Antonio Fontana
Giovanni Ferrari
Evro Fabbri
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02—Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/024—Closures in which a part has to be ruptured to gain access to the contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B11/00—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use
    • B05B11/01—Single-unit hand-held apparatus in which flow of contents is produced by the muscular force of the operator at the moment of use characterised by the means producing the flow
    • B05B11/04—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles
    • B05B11/048—Deformable containers producing the flow, e.g. squeeze bottles characterised by the container, e.g. this latter being surrounded by an enclosure, or the means for deforming it
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/32—Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
    • B65D47/10—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages having frangible closures

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  • the present invention concerns a deformable container for injecting medical or cosmetic substances, in the form of a liquid or a foam, and injecting it into a cavity of the human body, for example, into the anal cavity, the nose or the ears.
  • the state of the art includes the Italian patent for utility model No. 213.228 by the same applicant, concerning a bellows dispenser for medicinal substances for microenemas, with incorporated cannula, including bellows with a cylindrical body equipped with a cannula whose axis is aligned with the axis of the bellows.
  • the said bellows dispenser is rather uncomfortable to use, in that it obliges the user to rotate his wrist in order to squeeze the body of the bellows; furthermore, it is impossible to completely empty the said body, as the reduction in the axial length of the bellows when it is compressed is limited by the folds of the bellows being brought close with each other.
  • the state of the art also includes deformable containers, with drip nozzle or atomiser, for introducing liquids in the nasal cavity or in the ears; the said containers also have the defect that they are difficult to empty completely, due to the limited deformability of the said container.
  • collapsible containers for various uses are available from the documents GB-A-775.799 (having the features set forth in the preamble of claim 1), FR-A-2.456.667, GB-A-798.338, FR-A-2.004.243 US-A-3.580.427 and FR-A-2 576 876.
  • the present invention sets out to resolve the technical problem of finding a deformable container for injecting medicinal or cosmetic substances, in the form of a liquid or a foam, into cavities of the human body, that can be almost completely emptied, reducing to a minimum the quantity of substance contained in it that can not be used and which does not oblige the user to perform unnatural rotations of the wrist when using the container.
  • the present invention resolves the said technical problem by adopting a deformable container having a body in the form of a bellows and a dispensing cannula with the features set forth in claim 1.
  • the advantages offered by the invention are: it is easier and more comfortable to use, particularly when the container is used for microenemas; the container can be almost completely emptied, thereby reducing to a minimum the quantity of substance that is not used; simplicity and low production costs.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first version of container as described
  • Figure 2 is a view as in Figure 1, with the protective stopper removed
  • Figure 3 is an exploded, partially sectioned view of the container in Figure 1
  • Figure 3A is a partial longitudinal section of the container in Figure 1, assembled
  • Figure 4 is a side view of the container in Figure 1 during use
  • Figure 5 is a view as in Figure 1, relating to a second version of the container as described with a cannula plug
  • Figure 6 is a view as in Figure 3, relating to the container in Figure 5
  • Figure 7 is a view as in Figure 3A, relating to the container in Figure 5.
  • Figure 1 shows a container according to the invention, consisting of a body 2 in the form of a bellows, with a neck 3, whose axis is perpendicular to the axis of the bellows.
  • the body 2 of the bellows is made up of a number of pairs of layers folded as in an accordion, with transverse dimensions increasing from the extremities of the bellows towards the centre and with the intermediate layers being annular in shape.
  • the outline of the layers can be polygonal or curved.
  • the body 2 is therefore collapsible in a double truncated pyramid or cone with the wide bases at the centre.
  • the neck 3, ( Figure 3) has an external ring 4, in an intermediate position, and a conical enlargement at the opening 6 of the said neck.
  • a cannula shaped dispenser 7 is inserted in the opening 6 of the neck 3, the said dispenser having at its lower end a ring 8 bearing on the rim of the neck 3, and a lower cylindrical enlargement 9 for its insertion in opening 6 of the neck 3 so as to form a seal.
  • a cap 11 is inserted on the cannula 7 and the neck 3, consisting of a hollow cylindrical base 12, whose internal diameter is smaller than the external diameter of the ring 4 to enable the lower edge of the said base to sit on it.
  • the top of the cap 11 ends in a removable stopper 16 connected with the base 12 along a predetermined fracture line 16a.
  • the stopper 16 has an internal protuberance 17 to close the dispensing aperture 18 of the cannula 7.
  • Figure 5 shows a second version 19 of the container as described in which the cannula 7 and the cap 11 are replaced with an integrated cap 20 with a cannula 21 (figure 6).
  • the base 22 of the cap 20 is hollow with, on its inside, a conical seat 23 for the enlargement 5 of the neck 3 and annular projection 24 acting as undercut for the enlargement 5.
  • a substantially cylindrical protuberance 25 extends downwards that is inserted in and seals the neck 3.
  • a removable closing seal 26 for the opening 27 of the cannula 21 is connected to the said opening along a predetermined fracture line.

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Description

The present invention concerns a deformable container for injecting medical or cosmetic substances, in the form of a liquid or a foam, and injecting it into a cavity of the human body, for example, into the anal cavity, the nose or the ears.
The state of the art includes the italian patent for utility model No. 213.228 by the same applicant, concerning a bellows dispenser for medicinal substances for microenemas, with incorporated cannula, including bellows with a cylindrical body equipped with a cannula whose axis is aligned with the axis of the bellows.
The said bellows dispenser is rather uncomfortable to use, in that it obliges the user to rotate his wrist in order to squeeze the body of the bellows; furthermore, it is impossible to completely empty the said body, as the reduction in the axial length of the bellows when it is compressed is limited by the folds of the bellows being brought close with each other.
The incomplete discharge of the body of the bellows makes it impossible to make use of all the substance contained in the dispenser.
The state of the art also includes deformable containers, with drip nozzle or atomiser, for introducing liquids in the nasal cavity or in the ears; the said containers also have the defect that they are difficult to empty completely, due to the limited deformability of the said container.
Examples of collapsible containers for various uses are available from the documents GB-A-775.799 (having the features set forth in the preamble of claim 1), FR-A-2.456.667, GB-A-798.338, FR-A-2.004.243 US-A-3.580.427 and FR-A-2 576 876.
The present invention sets out to resolve the technical problem of finding a deformable container for injecting medicinal or cosmetic substances, in the form of a liquid or a foam, into cavities of the human body, that can be almost completely emptied, reducing to a minimum the quantity of substance contained in it that can not be used and which does not oblige the user to perform unnatural rotations of the wrist when using the container.
The present invention resolves the said technical problem by adopting a deformable container having a body in the form of a bellows and a dispensing cannula with the features set forth in claim 1.
The advantages offered by the invention are: it is easier and more comfortable to use, particularly when the container is used for microenemas; the container can be almost completely emptied, thereby reducing to a minimum the quantity of substance that is not used; simplicity and low production costs.
Some embodiments of the invention are illustrated, purely by way of example, in the two tables of drawings attached in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first version of container as described; Figure 2 is a view as in Figure 1, with the protective stopper removed; Figure 3 is an exploded, partially sectioned view of the container in Figure 1; Figure 3A is a partial longitudinal section of the container in Figure 1, assembled; Figure 4 is a side view of the container in Figure 1 during use; Figure 5 is a view as in Figure 1, relating to a second version of the container as described with a cannula plug; Figure 6 is a view as in Figure 3, relating to the container in Figure 5; Figure 7 is a view as in Figure 3A, relating to the container in Figure 5.
Figure 1 shows a container according to the invention, consisting of a body 2 in the form of a bellows, with a neck 3, whose axis is perpendicular to the axis of the bellows. The body 2 of the bellows is made up of a number of pairs of layers folded as in an accordion, with transverse dimensions increasing from the extremities of the bellows towards the centre and with the intermediate layers being annular in shape.
The outline of the layers can be polygonal or curved.
The body 2 is therefore collapsible in a double truncated pyramid or cone with the wide bases at the centre.
The neck 3, (Figure 3) has an external ring 4, in an intermediate position, and a conical enlargement at the opening 6 of the said neck.
A cannula shaped dispenser 7 is inserted in the opening 6 of the neck 3, the said dispenser having at its lower end a ring 8 bearing on the rim of the neck 3, and a lower cylindrical enlargement 9 for its insertion in opening 6 of the neck 3 so as to form a seal. A cap 11 is inserted on the cannula 7 and the neck 3, consisting of a hollow cylindrical base 12, whose internal diameter is smaller than the external diameter of the ring 4 to enable the lower edge of the said base to sit on it. Inside the said cylindrical base there are: a seat 13 for the snap insertion of the ring 8 of the cannula 7; a conical seat for the insertion in it of the conical enlargement 5 of the neck 3 of the container 1 and an annular projection 15 acting as undercut for the enlargement 5. The top of the cap 11 ends in a removable stopper 16 connected with the base 12 along a predetermined fracture line 16a. The stopper 16 has an internal protuberance 17 to close the dispensing aperture 18 of the cannula 7.
Figure 5 shows a second version 19 of the container as described in which the cannula 7 and the cap 11 are replaced with an integrated cap 20 with a cannula 21 (figure 6). The base 22 of the cap 20 is hollow with, on its inside, a conical seat 23 for the enlargement 5 of the neck 3 and annular projection 24 acting as undercut for the enlargement 5. Inside the cap 20 a substantially cylindrical protuberance 25 extends downwards that is inserted in and seals the neck 3.
A removable closing seal 26 for the opening 27 of the cannula 21 is connected to the said opening along a predetermined fracture line.
Operation is as follows: once the stopper 16, or the seal of guarantee 26, has been removed, the cannula 7, or 21, is inserted in the cavity of the body in which the substance contained in the container 1, or 19, has to be introduced, and the body 2 of the container is compressed in a transverse direction with respect to the axis of the cannula, so dispensing the substance contained in the body 2.
It is to be noted that with the layers of the body 2 of the bellows completely compressed, the configuration of the layers of the bellows, with dimensions decreasing outwards, enable a greater degree of compression and, consequently, a better emptying of the body 2.
In the case of the first version of container, as in Figures 1 to 3A, it is possible to close the container by inserting stopper 16 in the cannula 7 in such a way that the internal protuberance 17 shuts off the opening 18 of the cannula: this enable one or more subsequent utilisations of the container.

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  1. A deformable container for dispensing medical or cosmetic substances, comprising a body in the form of a bellows (2) with cross-sectional dimensions increasing from the extremities towards the center of said body, and an opening (6), the axis of the bellows (2) and the axis of the opening (6) being substantially perpendicular with respect to each other, characterized in that the container is provided with a dispensing cannula (7, 21) sealingly engaging said body at said opening (6), coaxial therewith, and in that said bellows has the shape of a double truncated pyramid or cone with the wide bases thereof joining on a plane which includes said axis of the opening (6).
  2. A deformable container according to claim 1, characterized in that said bellows (2) comprises a number of pairs of layers folded as in an accordion with transverse dimensions increasing from the extremities of the bellows towards said joining wide bases, whereby said body is collapsible by compression along the axis of the bellows, the pairs of layers more distant from said joining wide bases being adapted to be squeezed inside the ones closer to said joining wide bases.
  3. A deformable container according to claim 2, characterized in that the outline of said layers is polygonal or curved.
  4. A deformable container according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is further provided with a cap (11, 20) for closing the dispensing aperture (18, 27) of said cannula (7, 21).
  5. A deformable container according to claim 4, characterized in that said cap (11, 20) is closed by a removable closing seal (16, 26) connected to said cap (11, 20) through a predetermined fracture line (16a).
  6. A deformable container according to claim 5, characterized in that said closing seal (16) has an internal protuberance (17) adapted to shut off the dispensing opening (18) of the cannula (11) between utilizations.
  7. A deformable container according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said cannula (7, 21) has devices (8, 9) for sealingly coupling to a neck (3) of the container in which said opening (6) is formed, and in that said cap (11, 20) is provided with devices (13, 14, 15, 23, 24, 25) for sealingly coupling with said neck (3) .
  8. A deformable container according to claim 5, characterized in that said cap (20) is made integral with the cannula (21).
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