EP1707500A1 - Im gebrauch eingestellter mischbehälter - Google Patents

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EP1707500A1
EP1707500A1 EP20040703265 EP04703265A EP1707500A1 EP 1707500 A1 EP1707500 A1 EP 1707500A1 EP 20040703265 EP20040703265 EP 20040703265 EP 04703265 A EP04703265 A EP 04703265A EP 1707500 A1 EP1707500 A1 EP 1707500A1
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Keiji Hamamoto
Seiji Yoshimura
Shitomi Tamaoki
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Taisei Kako Co Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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    • A61J1/2089—Containers or vials which are to be joined to each other in order to mix their 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
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    • B65D81/3205—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces
    • B65D81/3211—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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    • A61J1/2048—Connecting means
    • A61J1/2065—Connecting means having aligning and guiding means

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  • the present invention relates to a set of containers for mixing its contents at the time of administration, which is capable of storing freeze-dried solid form of medication and either solvent or dispersion medium separately, and for mixing them at once in administration.
  • Said conventional type of container set for mixing at the time of administration is filled up with the solid ingredient and the liquid ingredient and tight sealed under sterile conditions in a packing factory, kept and transported with being kept sterile, and at the timing of use, the inside of which is not exposed to the ambient air. So it is capable of being handled highly hygienically and preventing beneficial effect from being lost by conducting dissolution just before use.
  • a vial bottle, a solvent container different from the vial bottle, and a spray bottle are sold as a set, and at the timing of use, a solid ingredient in the vial bottle is mixed and dissolved into a liquid ingredient in the solvent container and this mixed medicine is filled in the spray bottle for use.
  • packing materials will become bigger, the cost for storing and transporting will be more expensive and it will not be preferable for the environment because the vial bottle and the solvent container will be unwanted so that the quantity of wastes will increase.
  • the medicine may seep even with a careful treatment so that it will be difficult to mix two medicines in a concise rate and also, if the wet medicine attaches outside of the container, bacteria would breed so that it would be a problem in a view of an aspect of good hygiene.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a container set for mixing at the time of administration, which is able to store each of two components in each container and carry out a mixing operation in administration surely without seeping liquid medicine by the means wherein especially airtight state of the mouth of the liquid container is kept until the containers are connected each other.
  • the container set for mixing at the time of administration in this invention may comprise a first container which has a first opening portion, a plug body which is removably attached to the first opening portion so that an internal space of the first container is sealed off against ambient air, a second container which has a second opening portion, a cap which is attached to the opening of the second container.
  • a first container which has a first opening portion
  • a plug body which is removably attached to the first opening portion so that an internal space of the first container is sealed off against ambient air
  • a second container which has a second opening portion
  • a cap which is attached to the opening of the second container.
  • the first container may preferably be comprised of the vial bottle, and the second container be preferably comprised of a blow-formed resin bottle with a vapor barrier property suited to store the liquid ingredient.
  • Each container may have a body portion, which has a bottom, on its opening portion integrally, and internal space of this body portion may be used as a storing room for content.
  • the plug which seals the opening of the first container is preferable a rubber plug made from Butyl-rubber and the like. To make the plug sealing more assured, an aluminum foil on the plug body may be put or the cap may be attached on the opening portion of the first container in a manner wherein the plug body is covered and held.
  • Said cap may have a first cap part which is attached to the second opening portion liquid tightly and a second cap part which is fitted liquid tightly to the first cap part and has a connecting opening portion which is connectable to the first opening portion liquid tightly.
  • This second cap part may be relatively movable from a first position where the first and second cap parts seal internal space of the second container off from ambient air, to a second position which is located axially inward from the first position.
  • a connecting path may be formed in the cap, the path connecting internal space of the first container and internal space of the second container, the internal space of the first container connected to a connecting opening portion of the second cap part.
  • said connecting opening portion may be configured to be connectable to the opening of the first container, when the second cap part is located at the first position.
  • each of the cap parts may be formed in a tube shape and internal space of these cap pats may serve as said connecting path.
  • solid ingredient such as freeze dried medicine may be stored in the first container in the antiseptic condition
  • liquid ingredient which serves as solvent or dispersion medium of the solid ingredient may be stored in the second container in the antiseptic condition.
  • the second container connected to the opening portion of the first container is pushed to the first container side, the second cap part is pushed by the first container and moved from the first position to the second position, said connecting path is formed in the cap, and the liquid ingredient in the second container is displaced in to the first container without leaking.
  • the second container is turned with being connected to the first container, so that the mixed liquid medicine is displaced from the first container turned upside down to the second container passing through the connecting path.
  • the first container and the cap are detached from the opening portion of the second container, and a discharging unit such as an eye-dropper nozzle or a pump spray unit is attached to the second opening portion, so that it is capable to use the second container as a discharging container of the mixed liquid medicine.
  • a discharging unit such as an eye-dropper nozzle or a pump spray unit is attached to the second opening portion, so that it is capable to use the second container as a discharging container of the mixed liquid medicine.
  • the first cap part may be configured to engage to the second opening undetachably when the second cap part is located at the first position, and such that said engagement to the second opening portion is released when the second cap part is located at the second position.
  • the first cap part may have an engaging portion which is releasably engaged to the second opening portion in a manner wherein moving in an axial direction to the second opening portion is prevented.
  • the second cap part may have a lock portion and a release portion, the lock portion holding forcibly the engaging portion so as to engage to the second opening portion when it is located at the first position, the release portion engaging the engaging portion so as to be moved to a direction such that said engagement is released when it is located at the second position.
  • the first cap part may have an inside tube portion which is extended outwardly in the axial direction of the second opening portion and a plug which is fixed at an end of the inside tube portion.
  • the external diameter of the plug may be smaller than the internal diameter of the first opening portion, an opening portion may be formed between the plug and the inside tube portion, the connecting opening portion may be fitted into the first opening portion, the inside tube portion is fit into the connecting opening portion, the plug may be fitted liquid-tight into an end portion of the connecting opening portion when the second cap part is located at the first position so that the connecting path is closed, and the plug may be released from the connecting opening portion when the second cap part is located at the second position so that the connecting path is formed.
  • said plug may be formed separately from the inside tube portion and the said plug is attached to the inside tube portion from the axially end side, so that an external rim of the plug is engaged to an end surface of the connecting opening portion of the second cap part.
  • the plug and the inside tube portion may be formed integrally, the plug and the inside tube portion may be connected integrally through multiple connecting ribs which are spaced and placed peripherally, and the space between the connecting ribs may serve as an opening portion.
  • the container set for mixing at the time of administration in the present invention may have a stopper mounted detachably.
  • the stopper is contact to the second cap so as to be prevented from moving from the first position to the second position. By that, it is able to prevent the second cap part from being accidentally moved to the second position, the opening portion of the second container from being opened, and the liquid ingredients from being exposed to the ambient air.
  • the stopper may be detachably attached to an external peripheral of the body portion of the second container, or to an external peripheral of the first cap part.
  • the connecting opening portion of the second cap part is to be fitted in to the first opening.
  • the second cap part may further have an engaging piece which is located radially outside of the connecting opening portion and extends to an axial end side.
  • the first opening may have a flange portion projected radially outside, and said engaging piece may be engaged axially to a rim of a base end side of the flange portion when the connecting opening portion is fitted in to the first opening portion.
  • the container set for mixing at the time of administration in the present invention may mainly comprise a first tube portion which is mounted onto the external peripheral side of the second opening portion and a second tube portion which is linked to the first tube portion.
  • An internal diameter of the second tube portion may be smaller than the internal diameter of the second opening portion.
  • the second cap part may have a plug which is fitted into a base end portion of the second tube portion. The plug may be formed to close the connecting path when the second cap part is located at the first position and form the connecting path when the second cap part is located at the second position.
  • the first cap part may further have a third tube portion which is linked to an other end side of the second tube portion. The connecting opening portion of the second cap part may be fitted into the first opening portion.
  • the second cap part may have a flange portion which extends radially outwardly from the base end portion of the connecting opening portion. Said flange portion may be fitted into the third tube portion and an internal peripheral surface of the third tube portion may have an engaging protrusion portion which engaged to the flange portion in a manner wherein the second cap part is prevented from moving from the first position to the second position.
  • the third tube portion may be elastically deformable in an axially external direction in a manner wherein the engagement between the engaging protrusion portion and the flange portion is released.
  • the procedures of the present invention for mixing in administration are: (1) the solid ingredient is sealed and stored in the first container and the liquid ingredient which is to be solvent or carrier fluid is sealed and stored in the second container; (2) at the timing of use, the first container is opened while a sealing storing state of the second container is kept, the second container is connected to the opening portion of the first container, the connecting path which connects the internal space of the first container and the internal space of the second container is formed, the first ingredient and the second ingredient are mixed through the path, and the mixed liquid medicine is stored in the second container; (3) after said mixing, the first container is detached from the second container, the discharging unit which is used for discharging liquid in the second container is attached to the second container so that the mixed liquid medicine in the second container becomes dischargeable, and the second container used as a liquid ingredient container is used as a mixed medicine discharging container.
  • the number of containers which comprises a set are two, so that the package will not be too big compared to the case wherein there is a spray container formed separately, so it is possible to attempt to handle easily and reduce the cost.
  • the second container which is used as storing container for the liquid ingredient before the mixing in administration, is reused as the discharging container for the mixed liquid medicine, so that the cost reduction by reducing constituent elements, waste reduction and the improvement of the environment may be attempted.
  • the first container comprises the bottle body made from a material which has a good gas barrieracy such as glasses (e.g. a conventional vial bottle).
  • glasses e.g. a conventional vial bottle.
  • a top member e.g. A ring shaped top with a lock mechanism disclosed in Japanese published unexamined application H09-278051 gazette
  • This top member may have an engaging member which has multiple talons around a rim of a discotic top plate portion, and a cylindrical holder member which is fixed to an external side of the multiple engaging talons of said engaging member.
  • the engaging talon of which a lower end side is elastically deformable radially expanded and reduced, may extended from the rim of the top plate portion to down below.
  • engaging member and a lower side of the holder member are molded integrally, trough the breakable connecting portion.
  • connecting portion is broken by pushing the holder member downward relatively to the engaging portion, the holder portion is attached onto the external peripheral of the multiple engaging talons, and the multiple engaging talons are deformed radially inwardly by the holder member, so that this engaging talon is engaged to the external peripheral of the first opening portion.
  • engaging portions concave portion or protrude portion
  • which are engaged each other when the holder member is attached to the external peripheral of the engaging talons may be formed on each internal peripheral surface and external peripheral surface, so that the holder member is prevented from detaching accidentally.
  • thread portions which are screwing each other, may be formed on the internal peripheral surface of the holder member and the external peripheral surface of the engaging talons, so that the holder member is screwed to the multiple engaging talons.
  • the engaging portion which engages to the external rim of a neighborhood of the upper end of the engaging member may be located on a internal peripheral of the neighborhood of the lower end of the holder member, so that it is capable to detach the engaging member from the opening portion as the holder is pulled up.
  • This top member is preferably used for holding the plug body made from Butyl-rubber which is attached to the opening portion of the glass vial bottle and improving the assuredness of the air tightness, and may be reused in other than the container set for mixing at the time of administration in the present invention.
  • Figs. 1 to 3 illustrate a mixing container in administration of a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • This mixing container in administration has mainly a vial bottle 1 (a first container) for storing a solid ingredient made from freeze-dried medicine, a resinous bottle 2 (a second container) for storing a liquid ingredient as solvent or fluid for the solid ingredient. Additionally, said liquid itself may have an active ingredient.
  • This set can be preferably used as, for example, a pump spraying container for collunarium, and also, used in ad libitum application.
  • the vial bottle 1 is made from glass and it has an opening portion 4 (a first opening portion) integrated with an upper end of a body 3 which has a cylindrical shape with a bottom.
  • a plug body 5 made from rubber such as Butyl-rubber is liquid tightly plugged in this opening portion 4 and a top member 6 (a plug body block) is coated on it to prevent the plug body 5 from accidentally being pulled off.
  • an upper end of the opening portion 4 has a flange portion 7 which is projecting radially. Said top member 6 is attached to the opening portion 4 by engaging to this flange portion 7.
  • the flange portion 7 may be formed on axial midstream of the opening portion 4.
  • Forming the flange portion 7 on axial midstream causes a structure of an upper surface of an opening of the vial 1 to be two-tier and there is a gap between the flange portion 7 and a brim portion 9 of the plug 5, so that it enables pulling off the plug body 5 easily by putting a tip of fingers into this gap.
  • the plug body 5 has an airtight stopper 8 which is fitted in the opening portion 4 and the brim portion 9 which touches an upper surface of the opening portion 4 integrally.
  • An external diameter of the brim portion 9 is almost the same as the flange portion 7 of the opening portion 4.
  • a concave part 10 which extends from its lower end upwardly is formed.
  • the top member 6 has an engaging member 13 which has multiple talons 12 around a rim of a discotic top plate portion 11, and a cylindrical holder member 14 which is fixed to an external peripheral side of the multiple engaging talons 12 of said engaging member 13.
  • These engaging members 13 and the holder member 14 may be, at the timing of the production, molded integrally through a connecting portion which is able to be broken easily. At the timing of capping which follows filling up the vial bottle 1 with freeze-dried medicine, the connecting portion may be broken by pushing the holder member 14 and both of them may be separated. Additionally, it is preferable to make the top member 6 from resin which is discarded by incinerating.
  • each engaging talon 12 of which a lower end side is elastically deformable radially expanded and reduced, is formed as a long plate, extended from the rim of the top plate portion 11 to down below, and formed wherein the lower end side is expanded radially outwardly more than the upper end side in a non-transformed state.
  • On an inside peripheral surface of the engaging talon there is an engaging protrusion portion 15 which is engageable to the flange portion 7 of the opening portion 4.
  • There is a stretching portion 16 which projects radially outwardly at the lower end of the engaging talon 12.
  • the holder member 14 comprises a tube whose internal diameter is almost the same as an external diameter of the top plate portion 11, and a flange portion 17 which projects radially outwardly at the upper end of said holder member 14.
  • a length of an axis of the holder member 14 is almost as long as a length of an axis of said engaging member 13.
  • freeze-dried medicine solid ingredient
  • drug solution is filled in the sterilized vial bottle 1 in a clean room.
  • the plug body 5 is half plugged into the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1 and the liquid ingredient is vaporized in the freeze-drying device so that the vaporized steam is discharged through the air pass of the concave part 10 to the outside of the bottle.
  • the plug body 5 is plugged completely into the opening portion 4 so that the freeze-dried medicine is air tightly sealed and kept in the room of the vial bottle 1.
  • the engaging member 13 of the top member 6 is lied over the plug body 5 and the opening portion 4 and the holder member 14 is pushed strongly, so that the connecting portion 15 gets broken, the holder member 14 is attached around the external peripheral side of the engaging part 13, the engaging talons 12 are elastically deformed radially internally by the holder member 14, and the engaging protrusion part 15 is engaged to the flange portion 7 of the opening portion 4.
  • the plug body 5 is held completely by the top member 6 unless the holder member 14 is separated from the engaging member 13.
  • the bottle 2 is such that a cylindrical opening portion 22 is integrally molded to an upper end of a bottomed cylindrical shaped body 21.
  • a bottomed cylindrical pedestal 23 is fixed to a lower part of the bottle 2.
  • the bottle 2 is formed in the manner wherein the body portion 21 is, at the middle in the axial direction of it, radially bulged and formed, and its diameter is getting gradually smaller as it goes from the middle in the axial direction to a bottom.
  • the opening portion 22 of an upper end of the bottle 2 has a cylindrical shape which opens upwardly.
  • Its external peripheral surface has a screw portion 22a, which is used for screwing an after mentioned pump spraying device, and a flange portion 22b, which is located at a lower side (base side) of the screw portion and projected axially outwardly, is formed integrally.
  • a cap 30, which is mainly comprised of a cylindrical first cap part 31 and a cylindrical second cap part 32, are attached.
  • the opening portion 22 is sealed air and water tightly, while, at the timing of use, the cap 30 is used as a connecting adapter to the vial bottle 1, so that a two ingredients mixing process is easily carried out.
  • the first cap part 31 has a ring-shaped base portion 31a which touches an upper surface of the bottle opening portion 22 and a cylindrical sealing tube portion 31 b which is extended from said base portion 31 a, water tightly fitted to the bottle opening portion 22 and by that it is attached to the opening portion 22 water tightly. Also, the first cap part 31 has multiple engaging pieces 31c (engaging portion) extended axially inwardly (downwardly) from a brim of an outer peripheral of the base 31 a. These multiple engaging pieces 31c are placed equally spaced in a peripheral direction and formed freely deformable in a manner wherein a lower end of the each engaging piece 31c is expanded radially outwardly.
  • each engaging piece 31 c has a turn-backed guiding engaging portion 31d.
  • the first cap part 31 has a cylindrical inside tube portion 31e which is extended axially outwardly (upwardly) from a brim of an inner peripheral of the base 31 a, a rod 31f which integrally formed at an end portion of said inside tube portion 31 e, and a plug 31 g which is fixed at an end of the inside tube portion 31e by being fitted to the rod 31f.
  • the plug 31g is formed separately and the other components are formed integrally by an injection molding and the like.
  • An external diameter of the plug 31 g is smaller than an internal diameter of the mouth portion 4 of the vial bottle 1.
  • the second cap part 32 is fitted liquid tightly onto the first cap part 31 and has a connecting opening portion 32a which is liquid tightly connectable to the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1.
  • the second cap part 32 is movable relatively to the first cap part from the first position (see also Fig.1), wherein internal space of the bottle 2 is sealed from the ambient air by the first and the second cap part 31 and 32, to the second position which is located axially inwardly more than the first position.
  • a connecting pass which connects internal space of the bottle 2 and internal space of the vial bottle 1 connected to the connecting opening portion 32a of the second cap part 32 is formed.
  • the second cap part 32 has a flange portion 32b which extends from an end portion of the connecting opening portion 32a, multiple, in a peripheral direction, of engaging pieces 32c which is located radially outside of the connecting opening portion 32a and extends from the flange portion 32b to an axial end side (outside), a releasing portion 32d which extends from the flange portion 32b to an axial base side (inside), and a main body portion 32e which extends from an external rim of the flange 32b to the axial base side.
  • Said engaging pieces 32c has an engaging protrusion part 42 on its inside surface close to an end.
  • the second cap part 32 is capable of zipping up the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1 by the manner wherein the engaging protrusion part 42 is axially engaged to a base side rim of the flange portion 7 of the vial bottle 1.
  • a locking portion 32f which forcibly holds down the engaging pieces 32c from an external surface side in a manner wherein the engaging pieces 31 c of the first cap part 31 are engaged to the flange portion 22b of the bottle opening 22 when the second cap part is located at the first position, inflation-formed on internal peripheral surface of the main body portion 32e of the second cap part 32, so that the first cap part is engaged to the bottle opening 22 without being separated.
  • Said releasing portion 32d is axially separated from the guiding engaging portion 31d of the first cap part 31 and an end portion of said releasing portion 32 and the guiding engaging portion 31 d is located axially opposite.
  • both engaging surfaces of the end portion of the releasing portion 32d and the guiding engaging portion 31d are formed tapered.
  • an end portion of the connecting opening portion 32a is radially gathered up in a needle-nosed manner.
  • an external peripheral rim of the plug 31 g is engaged to an end surface of the connecting opening portion 32a, and an end opening of the connecting opening portion 32a is sealed water and air tightly by the plug 31, so that the connecting pass is closed.
  • the plug 31 g is separated axially from the connecting opening portion 32a and inserted into the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1 so that said connecting pass is formed.
  • a stopper 44 which is touched to a lower end surface of the main body portion 32e, is detachably attached to the bottle body 21 so that the second cap part 32 is prevented from moving from the first position to the second position.
  • an outside cap 45 is screwed further on said cap 30 and this outside cap 45 prevents especially periphery of the plug 31g from being contaminated. It is possible to pack the cap 30 with a silver foil instead of the outside cap 45.
  • the procedure (a) shows features at delivery, in other words, a state at the timing of the transportation and storage.
  • detach the top plate portion 6 and the plug body 5 from the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1 and the outside cap 45 of the bottle 2 is detached as illustrated in a procedure (b).
  • the bottle 2 is turned upside down and the connecting opening portion 32a is pushed into the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1 so that both containers 1 and 2 are connected.
  • the second cap part 32 is prevented from moving to the second position by the stopper 44, so that it does not happen that an end of the connecting opening portion 32a opens before finishing connecting and causes leaking.
  • the stopper 44 is removed and the bottle 2 is further pushed, as shown in the procedures (e) and (f), so that the second cap part 32 is moved axially relatively to the first cap part 31, the plug 31 g is released from the connecting opening portion 32a, the connecting pass which connects internal space of the vial bottle 1 and one of the bottle 2, so that the liquid ingredient in the bottle 2 flows into the vial bottle 1 through the connecting pass.
  • the releasing portion 32d of the second cap part 32 is engaged to the guiding engaging portion 31d of the engaging pieces 31 c of the first cap part 31, the engaging pieces 31 c are expanded their diameter radially outwardly by the releasing portion 32d, and the engagement between the engaging pieces 31 c and the bottle opening portion 22 is released.
  • the vial bottle 1 is pulled away from the bottle 2, so that the cap 30 is pulled away together with the vial bottle 1 since the engagement between the cap 30 and the bottle opening portion 22 has already been released as mentioned above.
  • a separately prepared discharging unit 50 such as pump spray unit is attached to the bottle opening portion 22 so that the bottle 2, which has been used as a container for the liquid ingredient before mixing, is used as a discharging container.
  • the pump spray device 50 has a cylindrical cap member which is screwed to the opening portion 22, a suction tube which sucks up the liquid stored in internal space of the bottle 2 from a bottom of the room, a pump portion which generate a suction force to suck up the liquid through the suction tube, and a spraying portion which is used for spraying the sucked liquid to the outside.
  • the suction tube, the pump portion and the spraying portion are formed axially in a succession, and the pump portion is fixed and held by the cap member.
  • the suction tube is located at the middle of the axis of the bottle and extends axially along almost all length of the bottle.
  • each constructional elements are made from the material ad libitum, however, preferably, the rubber plug, the vial bottle, the plug, the top portion of the vial bottle, and bottle are made from Butyl-rubber, glass, low-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and high-density polyethylene, relatively.
  • Other constructional elements are preferably made from polypropylene or high-density polyethylene.
  • Fig. 4 and 5 show a container set for mixing at the time of administration in a second embodiment of the present invention. It is especially preferably used as an otological dissolving container in administration.
  • the similar structures as said first embodiment are numbered the same symbol and of which the explanations are omitted, different structures and effects will be described and explained.
  • the first cap part 31 does not have said engaging pieces and is screwed onto the external peripheral of the bottle opening 22.
  • the plug 31 g is molded integrally with other constituent elements and the plug 31g and the inside tube portion 31e is connected integrally through multiple connecting ribs 31h which is peripherally spaced and placed.
  • the space between the connecting ribs 31 h is an opening portion 41.
  • This plug 31 g is only fitted into the inner peripheral of the connecting opening portion 32a and it is not engaged to the end surface of the connecting opening portion 32a to prevent the second cap part 32 from releasing.
  • the main body portion 32e of the second cap part 32 is fitted onto the first cap part and there is an under cut portion 46 at this fitting point so that the second cap part 32 is prevented from coming off from the second cap part 31.
  • the releasing portion 32d, the guiding engaging portion 31d and the lock portion 32f in the first embodiment are not in the second embodiment.
  • Moving the second cap part 32 to the second position does not automatically release engaging (screwing) between the first cap part and the bottle opening portion 22. Therefore, in the pro-processes after mixing two liquids, the vial bottle 1 and the bottle 2 are relatively revolved, so that the cap 30 is detached from the bottle opening portion 22.
  • an engaging point wherein the second cap part staying at the second position and the first cap part 31 are engaged in the direction of rotating operation, is located at the proper position, for example, the lower end portion of the main body portion 32e of the second cap part 32.
  • the discharging container 50 in this embodiment has a discharging nozzle.
  • Fig. 6 and 7 show a container set for mixing at the time of administration in a third embodiment of the container set for mixing at the time of administration. Only the shape of a bottle is different from the one in the second embodiment, so the same numbers are used and the explanations are omitted. In addition, it is especially preferably used as an eye dropper.
  • Fig. 8 to 10 show a container set for mixing at the time of administration in a forth embodiment of the present invention and it is especially preferably used as an otological dissolving container in administration.
  • the vial bottle 1, its plug configurations, and the bottle 2 are the same as said first embodiment, so the same numbers are used and the explanations are omitted but the different configurations and the different effects are explained.
  • the cap 50 which is mainly comprised of a cylindrical first cap part 51 and cylindrical second cap part 52 is attached to the opening portion 22 of the bottle 2 of this embodiment.
  • the opening portion 22 is sealed air and water tightly with the cap 50, while, at the timing of use, the cap 50 is used as a connecting adapter to the vial bottle 1, so that a two ingredients mixing process is easily carried out without fail.
  • the first cap part 51 is mainly comprised of a cylindrical first tube portion 51a which is screwed onto the external surface side of the bottle opening portion 22, a cylindrical second tube portion 51 b which is formed in a succession from the first tube portion 51a, a cylindrical third tube portion 51 c which is formed in a succession from an axial end side of the second tube portion 51b, and a cup-shaped holder 51d which is formed in a succession from an axial end side of the third tube portion 51c.
  • the first tube portion 51a has a thread portion, which screwed onto a screw portion 22a of the external peripheral of the bottle opening portion, on its internal peripheral surface.
  • An external diameter and an internal diameter of the second tube portion 51b are smaller than the internal diameter of the bottle opening portion 22, in the illustrated example, a base end portion of the second tube portion 51b is inserted into the bottle opening portion 22.
  • the first tube portion 51a and the second tube portion 51b are integrally connected through a flange portion 51e, and a lower surface of this flange portion 51e is facing to the opening upper surface of the bottle opening portion 22.
  • a rubber packing 53 between the flange portion 51e and the bottle opening portion 22.
  • a third tube portion 51 c is comprised in a manner wherein it is capable of fitting onto the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1, and when the third tube portion 51c is fitted onto the opening portion 4, an engaging protrusion part 54, which is axially engaged to a base end portion of the flange portion 7 of the opening 4, is formed on an internal peripheral surface of the third tube portion 51c. Also, as shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, the third tube portion 51c has a slit 55 so that a certain point in a circumferential direction of the third tube portion 51 c is capable of being elastically deformed radially outwardly, to have the third tube portion 51c fitted easily onto the opening portion 4.
  • the holder portion 51d has a shape which fits in the shape of a shoulder and body portion of the vial bottle 1.
  • an external peripheral surface of the upper side of the vial bottle 1 is held by the internal peripheral surface of the holder portion 51d.
  • the second cap part 52 is mainly comprised of a cylindrical connecting opening portion 52a which is air tightly and liquid tightly fitted into the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1, a cylindrical joint portion 52b which is connected in succession to said connecting opening portion 52a and fitted into the second tube portion 51b axially slidable, a cylinder-with-a-bottom-shaped plug 52c which is fitted into an axial base end portion of the second tube portion 51 b, and a flange portion 52d which is formed from an axial base end portion of the connection opening portion 52a to a radially outward direction.
  • the plug 52c is separately formed and the other structures are integrally formed. Also, an end portion of the plug 52c and a base end portion of the joint portion 52b are attached.
  • the second cap part 52 is relatively movable to the first cap part 51 from a first position wherein the internal space of the bottle 2 is sealed from the ambient air by the first and the second cap part 51 and 52 (see also Fig. 8) to a second position which is located inward in the axial direction of the bottle 2 from the first position (see also Fig. 10(d)).
  • a connecting path which connects the inside room of the bottle 2 and the inside room of the vial bottle 1 which connected to the connecting opening portion 52a of the second cap part 52 is formed in the cap.
  • the plug 52c has an opening portion 56 which goes through an inside to an outside on its peripheral wall, and when the second cap part 52 is moved to the second position, the opening portion 56 of the plug 52c is exposed under a base end portion of the second tube portion 51 b so that said connecting path is opened.
  • the opening portion 56 of the plug 52c is stored above the lower end portion of the second tube portion 51b and said connecting path is blocked by this plug 52c.
  • the flange portion 52d of the second cap part 52 is fitted into the third tube portion 51 of the first cap part 51.
  • the flange portion 52d is prevented from moving to the second position of the second cap part 52 by engaging to the engaging protrusion part 54 axially.
  • the certain point in a circumferential direction of the third tube portion 51 c is capable of being elastically deformed radially outside, as stated above. So the third tube portion 51c is forcibly pushed and expanded out radially when the vial bottle 1 connected to the connecting opening portion 52a is pushed strongly, and the engagement between the flange 52d and the engaging protrusion part 54 is released so that the relative movement to the second position becomes capable.
  • a cover cap 45 is attached to a top end portion of the holder portion 51d, so that the interior of the first and the second cap part are prevented from contamination.
  • the process (a) shows delivery form i.e. the state at the timing of shipping or storing.
  • delivery form i.e. the state at the timing of shipping or storing.
  • the top member 6 and the plug 5 is removed from the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1 and the cover cap 45 of the bottle 2 is removed as shown in the process (b).
  • the bottle 2 is turned upside down, as shown in the process (c), and the connecting opening portion 52a is pushed into the opening portion 4 of the vial bottle 1 so that both containers 1 and 2 are connected.
  • the bottle 2 is further pushed, as shown in the process (d) and (e), the second cap part 52 is moved axially relatively to the first cap part 51, the opening portion 56 of the plug 52c is exposed to the internal space of the bottle, the connecting path which connects the internal space of the vial bottle 1 and the internal space of the bottle 2 is formed in the cap 50, and the liquid ingredient in the bottle 2 flows into the vial bottle 1 through the connecting path.
  • the present invention in administration, when the first container and the second container are connected so that the solid ingredient and the liquid ingredient are mixed, it is capable to precisely generate mixed liquid medicine in a defined mixing rate without leaking the liquid ingredient and handle it hygienically. Also, after carrying out the mixing operation, the mixed liquid is stored in the second container, and the discharging unit is attached to this container, and it can be used as a discharging container such as a spray container, so that it is able to operate mixing in administration precisely, at the same time, with an attempt to make a package smaller and reduce waste products.

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