JP2000225126A - Medical kit container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the total depth of a medical kit case shallower, allowing the case to save a sufficient quantity of disinfection liquid in the medical kit case with a disinfection liquid pot for storing medical implements sterilized and sealed. SOLUTION: This molded case, made of filler-containing polypropylene, has partition walls 5 inside the storage part 4 to form sections 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D. In the case, the center part of the partition wall and surrounding wall enclosing the section 6A is folded up so that the bottom 9A of the section 6A is higher than the folded part. By pressing the bottom 9A downward and stretching (folding back) the partition wall, the depth and capacity of the section 6A can be increased. Therefore, even though the overall depth of the case is shallow, a sufficient quantity of disinfection liquid can be saved in the section 6A by expanding the section 6A if the section 6A is used as a disinfection liquid saving pot.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for medical kits for storing and sterilizing hermetically sealed medical instruments such as syringes, gauze, cotton balls, tweezers, etc. The present invention relates to a medical kit container having a configuration suitable for forming a pot portion for medical use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent medical practice, medical instruments used for treatment, surgery, artificial dialysis and the like, especially medical instruments requiring sterilization such as syringes, gauze, cotton balls, tweezers, hemostatic tape, etc., are formed into plastic bags. Medical kit packs, which are packed and sealed, and then sterilized, have become widespread. Such a medical kit pack can be used immediately after opening, and can be disposed of as it is after use, thus simplifying sterilization work and sterilization equipment, preventing hospital-acquired infection, and artificial dialysis (CAPD) at home. It has been very effectively used for such reasons.

However, in such a bag-filled medical kit pack, the operation of packing a soft member such as a gauze or a cotton ball into a bag is a rate-determining step, so that the production efficiency is not improved and the production cost is increased. In addition, from the user's point of view, when medical equipment is not stored according to the medical procedure, when using the medical equipment, it is necessary to search for the necessary medical equipment in the bag or to remove all once. There is
In particular, it was inconvenient for people who had dialysis at home (CAPD).

Recently, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a plurality of storage portions 62A,
62B, 62C, and 62D are defined and these storage portions 6 are formed.
2. Description of the Related Art Containerized medical kit packs 63 in which various medical instruments such as cotton balls, gauze, tweezers, and the like are arranged and stored in 2A, 62B, 62C, and 62D, and the upper surface is sealed and sterilized are becoming popular. Such a container-filled medical kit pack 63
According to the method, the cost can be reduced by the higher production efficiency compared to the bag-packed one, and since the medical instruments are stored in an organized state, it is very easy for the user to use, and furthermore, Since the disinfecting solution reservoir pot portion 64 can also be formed in the container 61, it is possible to avoid reusing the disinfecting solution reservoir pot portion 64 and further prevent hospital infection.

[0005]

However, such a medical kit pack packed in a container has a problem in transportation and storage space because it is bulky as compared with a packaged medical kit pack. In particular, it is necessary for the dialysis (CAPD) person at home to bring a large number of medical kits from the hospital to the home at one time, so that the burden of transportation and storage space at this time was serious.

[0006] In this case, simply reducing the size of the container is not sufficient. In other words, when forming the disinfecting solution storage pot portion, the disinfecting solution storage pot portion needs to have a certain depth (about 20 mm) in order to sufficiently store the disinfecting solution in the pot portion. Is done. For this reason, the depth (height) of the container could not be simply reduced.

[0007] In view of the above problems, the present invention can reduce the depth (height) of the entire container even if a disinfecting solution reservoir is formed, and furthermore, It is an object of the present invention to provide a medical kit container capable of storing a sufficient amount of a disinfecting solution in such a disinfecting solution storage pot.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] To solve such problems,
The present invention relates to a medical kit container having a plurality of storage sections defined by partition walls inside the container, wherein the storage section is formed by folding back an intermediate portion of a partition wall forming at least one storage section so as to be capable of being folded back. The medical kit container was configured such that the bottom surface of the portion was located above the bent portion.

In the case of a medical kit container having such a structure, when a folded partition wall is used, it is folded back and extended, so that the depth and volume of the storage section surrounded by the partition wall are obtained. Can be increased. If such a storage portion is used as a disinfecting solution storage pot portion, a sufficient amount of disinfecting solution can be stored by increasing the depth and volume when used. Accordingly, a medical kit container capable of forming a shallow depth of a container and storing a sufficient amount of a disinfecting solution even when a disinfecting solution storage pot portion is formed. Can be.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on examples.

The container 1 of this embodiment is formed of a polypropylene containing a filler, and as shown in FIG. 1, a flange 2 having an appropriate width is formed along a rectangular side portion. A frame-shaped ridge 3 is formed along the central part of the surface of the, and a storage part 4 having an appropriate depth is formed inside the flange 2,
In the storage section 4, a partition wall 5 is formed at a position one step below the flange 2 to form compartments 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D.

Each of these compartments 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D is formed so as to be surrounded by the partition wall 5 or to be surrounded by the partition wall 5 and the peripheral wall 7. 2A, as shown in FIG. 2, a middle portion of a partition wall 5A and a peripheral wall 7A surrounding the compartment (hereinafter, these are referred to as "compartment walls 8A") is bent upward to form a bottom surface 9A of the compartment 6A. To the bent part 1
It is formed so as to be located above 0. That is, the compartment 6A is formed such that the bottom surface 9A is recessed into the compartment 6A when viewed from the lower surface side, in other words, the compartment wall 8A
Is bent and bent, and as shown in FIG. 2, the bottom surface 9A is pressed downward to extend (return) the partition wall 8A, thereby increasing the depth and volume of the partition chamber 6A. It is formed so that it can be done.

Thus, the container 1 is provided in the compartment 6A.
Is used as a disinfecting solution reservoir pot portion, even if the height (depth) of the entire container is formed to, for example, about 10 mm, the disinfecting solution reservoir pot portion (compartment chamber 6A) is used as described above. ) Can be increased to about 20 mm to store a sufficient amount of disinfectant. That is, since the thickness of the container can be made thinner than that of the conventional container, the container does not become bulky even when it is stacked, so that the cost for transportation can be reduced and the storage space in a medical institution or the like can be saved.

The material of the container 1 is not limited to the polypropylene containing filler as described above. Any plastic (resin) having shape retention and flexibility or flexibility can be adopted.

Next, an example of use of the container 1 will be specifically described. The container 1 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
A is used as a disinfectant solution storage pot, and sterilized medical instruments are stored in the other compartments 6B, 6C, and 6D, respectively. For example, the compartment 6B is filled with a cotton ball, the compartment 6C is filled with gauze, nonwoven fabric and hemostatic tape, and the compartment 6D is filled with tweezers and a cotton swab. With the medical devices packed in the respective compartments in this way, sterilizing paper 11 is stuck to the flange 2 to seal the storage section 4. By forming the ridges 3 with the flanges 2, the sealing can be reliably achieved. afterwards,
The medical kit pack 12 can be manufactured by subjecting the sealed container 1 to irradiation with gamma rays or electron beams and sterilization such as ethylene oxide treatment.

Compared with the case of packing such a medical kit in a bag, it is possible to improve production efficiency because there is no storage operation that can be a rate-determining step such as packing a soft member such as a gauze or a cotton ball in a bag. However, the production cost can be reduced accordingly.

As shown in FIG. 4, the medical kit pack 12 contains sterilized medical instruments in an organized state as long as the sterile paper 11 is peeled off and the pack is opened. Therefore, the necessary medical equipment can be used immediately, and it is possible to cope with medical treatments requiring promptness such as emergency treatment, and also to perform medical treatments at home such as artificial dialysis (CAPD) at home. It is very convenient. Also, when performing disinfection, the bottom surface 9A of the compartment 6A is pressed downward to extend the compartment wall 8A and increase the depth of the compartment 6A, so that a sufficient amount of disinfectant is stored therein. Thus, disinfection can be performed using tweezers, a cotton swab, or the like stored in the compartment 6D.

After completion of the medical treatment, the medical kit pack 12 can be discarded as it is, and re-use of medical instruments can be avoided, so that hospital infections and the like can be prevented.

The medical kit container of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a compartment whose depth and volume can be increased like the compartment 6A as shown in FIG. Two or more chambers (compartment chambers 6A and 6B in the figure) can be formed. As means for increasing the depth and volume of the compartment 6A, in addition to the means such as the container 1, a partition wall forming the storage section may be formed so as to be slidable and extendable, or may be formed from an extensible material. Such means can also be adopted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a medical kit container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of a compartment in the container of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a process when storing a medical device in the container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of use of the medical kit pack of FIG. 3 during medical treatment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional medical kit container.

7 is a perspective view showing an example of use of the medical kit container of FIG. 6 at the time of medical treatment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Flange part 3 Protrusion part 4 Storage part 5 Partition wall 6 Partition room 7 Peripheral wall 8 Partition wall 9 Bottom 10 Bending part 11 Sterile paper 12 Medical kit pack

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A medical kit container having a plurality of storage sections defined by partition walls inside the container, wherein an intermediate portion of a partition wall forming at least one storage section is folded back and folded. A medical kit container having a configuration in which a bottom surface of a storage portion is formed above the bent portion.