JP2006131284A - Package - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a package designed such that inside instruments can be taken out from a packaging bag used to sustain an aseptic condition without directly touching by hands of human in an unclean area. <P>SOLUTION: The package is used for storing a medical product 200 while sustaining its aseptic condition. The package comprises the packaging bag 100 for sealing the medical product 200 in, and a strip 120 for fastening the medical product 200 inside the packaging bag 100. The packaging bag 100 is provided with notches 111 and tapes 110. Thus, the bag can be opened so that only the gripping part of the strip 120 is exposed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a package for storing a medical instrument for use in an operation such as diagnosis or treatment using a disposable medical instrument such as a catheter.

  In order to reduce the risk of nosocomial infection and the like, medical procedures such as diagnosis and treatment using disposable medical instruments are spreading. Even in such a situation, a catheter treatment performed by introducing various devices such as a catheter into a puncture hole penetrating an artery formed in a patient's arm, leg, etc. is particularly a lot of disposable medical devices in one treatment. Is used.

  Specifically, pre-operative preparation stages such as a disposable non-woven fabric (draping) laid on the contrast device and a set for infusion consisting of a collection of needles and tubes for instilling heparin, an antithrombotic drug to the patient Drugs such as instruments and disinfectants used for medical treatment, doctor's surgical clothing, absorbent cotton for application of disinfectants, tweezers, forceps, scissors, scalpel knife used after the start of surgery, indwelling needle, introducer sheath and Dilator, introducer guidewire, syringe, angiographic catheter, angiographic catheter guidewire, angiographic agent, microcatheter and other diagnostic and therapeutic instruments, PTCA (percutaneous vasodilatation) guiding catheter ( Shape for right heart, left shape, etc.), PTCA guide wire, PTCA balloon catheter, balloon dilator Indeflator), stent delivery catheters, hemostatic devices used after surgery, beakers for storing primary various drugs, cups and the like, a very wide variety dozens kind Over of the medical device and drug used. These instruments are often basically disposable.

  Disposable instruments are sterilized and delivered in a sealed package at the manufacturer. Therefore, in use, it is necessary to take out the instrument from the package which maintains aseptic conditions. Conventionally, such instruments have been prepared in advance by a nurse or the like to be placed on a table in advance, but do not perform careful disinfection like a doctor (hereinafter referred to as being located in an unclean area). ) Nurses are not allowed to touch any device that can touch the patient's blood directly. Conversely, doctors who have been carefully disinfected for direct contact with the patient, called clean areas, are not allowed to touch the outside of the unclean package (possibly with contamination). Therefore, in such a case, it was necessary for a person in an unclean area to perform a very complicated operation such as using a forceps to remotely remove the instrument from the package.

  Under such circumstances, there is a movement to enclose an instrument used for catheter treatment in a single tray to make a kit, simplify the purchase and arrangement work, and prevent misuse and preparation. For example, see Patent Document 1.

  However, even in such a kit, it was difficult for unclean persons such as nurses to take out the instruments from the packaging bag for maintaining aseptic conditions without touching them directly.

JP-A-11-130132

  This invention is made in view of such a problem, and provides the package body which can take out the instruments in a dirty area without touching a hand directly from the packaging bag for maintaining a sterility state. For the purpose.

  Such an object is achieved by the present inventions (1) to (9) below.

  (1) A package for storing and storing a medical product while maintaining aseptic conditions, a packaging bag for sealing the medical product, and a band for fastening the medical product inside the packaging bag; A package characterized by comprising:

  (2) The package according to (1), wherein the package is configured to open a rectangle by cutting out one side of the rectangle.

  (3) The package according to (2), wherein when the package is opened, at least a part of the strip is exposed to the outside of the package.

  (4) The package according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the medical product is arranged in a tray.

  (5) The package according to (4), wherein the medical product is obtained by wrapping a plurality of instruments arranged in a tray with a cloth-like body.

  (6) The package according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein at least a part of the package is made of a synthetic resin sheet.

  (7) At least one notch is provided in a side portion of the synthetic resin sheet, and at least one tape forming a cut line from the vicinity of the notch is attached to the surface or the inner surface of the synthetic resin sheet. The package according to (6) above.

  (8) The package according to (7), wherein the synthetic resin sheet is stretched and oriented.

  (9) The package according to any one of (6) to (8), wherein the package is composed of the synthetic resin sheet and the gas permeable sheet.

  According to the packaging body of the present invention, the medical product sealed in a sterile state can be taken out of the packaging bag without touching it by pulling it with the belt-like body, so that the preparation time for surgery is It can be shortened and the burden on medical personnel such as doctors and nurses can be reduced. Moreover, a strip | belt shaped object also has a role which prevents a medical product from collapsing in a packaging bag.

  Furthermore, by providing the packaging bag with a notch and a tape that forms a cut line along the notch, only the portion of the strip that is suitable for holding is exposed when opened.

  Hereinafter, the packaging body of this invention is demonstrated in detail based on the suitable structural example shown to an accompanying drawing.

  FIG. 1 is a top view illustrating a configuration example of a medical product storage pack 100 which is an embodiment of the package of the present example, FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the back surface of FIG. In FIGS. 1 to 3, the stored medical product is omitted.

  The medical product storage pack 100 includes a storage unit 101 that stores a medical product, and the medical product is stored in the storage unit 101 in a sealed state. Specifically, as shown in a cross-sectional view in FIG. 2, a transparent synthetic resin sheet 102 mainly forming the upper surface and a gas permeable sheet 103 forming the lower surface are mainly used. As shown in FIG. 4, the seal portion 104 around both the sheets 102 and 103 is bonded (sealed), and the space formed between the two sheets 102 and 103 is defined as the storage portion 101.

  The gas permeable sheet 103 is difficult to be easily cut, but the synthetic resin sheet 102 has a property that can be easily cut. Utilizing this property, opening for taking out a medical product is performed by cutting out a portion constituted by a synthetic resin sheet.

  In the medical product storage pack 100 having such a configuration, the synthetic resin sheet 102 is folded back at one short side (right side in the drawing) to form a part of the lower surface, and the right end portion of the gas permeable sheet 103 in FIG. (Seal portion 105) to create a bag. When the medical product is sealed in the produced bag body, the synthetic resin sheet 102 (folded portion) at the right end in FIG. 1 is cut, and the medical product is inserted and sealed again. Sterilization is performed in that state. In the case of producing a bag body, two synthetic resin sheets can be laminated one above the other instead of folding back the end portion of the synthetic resin sheet 102. In that case, the lower synthetic resin sheet (gas permeable sheet 103 side) is bonded to one side of the gas permeable sheet 103 (seal part 105), and the right end in FIG. If so, there is no need to cut again when inserting the medical product.

  The gas permeable sheet 103 is made of a non-woven fabric or the like, and is a sheet having a property of allowing gas (gas) to pass through but not allowing bacteria to pass through. Since the gas permeable sheet 103 is used, ethylene oxide gas can be used for sterilization. In the case of sterilization that does not use a gas, such as gamma ray sterilization or electron beam sterilization, a packaging form that is sealed without using a gas-permeable sheet may be used.

  The synthetic resin sheet 102 is made of a stretched and oriented film, and is easy to tear only in a specific direction. The medical product storage pack 100 is configured to tear and open the synthetic resin sheet 102 side. The synthetic resin sheet 102 includes, for example, an inner layer of polyethylene and an outer layer of PTFE. According to such a configuration, the inner layer of polyethylene becomes an adhesive layer by heating, and a desired portion can be adhered to the gas permeable sheet 103.

  The synthetic resin sheet 102 is extended in the short side direction (vertical direction in FIG. 1) of the rectangular pack, and a cutting guide tape 110 is attached along the extending direction. The tape 110 is made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape material having a strength higher than that of the synthetic resin sheet 102, and acts as a protective layer when the synthetic resin sheet 102 is torn. Therefore, the cutting line follows the tape 110. It will be a thing. Three tapes 110 are provided along a line connecting notches (V-shaped cuts) 111 provided at two places on the synthetic resin sheet 102. Specifically, there are two on the upper surface of the medical product storage pack 100 and one on the lower surface. This is because, on the lower surface, the gas permeable sheet 103 having the property of being difficult to tear without using tape on the left side (gas permeable sheet 103 side) in FIG. 3 also serves as a guide. By providing such a tape 110, if the user tears the synthetic resin sheet 102 from one of the notches 111, the synthetic resin sheet 102 is cut along a predetermined line by the tape 110, and medical care is performed. The product storage pack 100 can obtain a large opening on the right side in FIGS. The tape 110 can be attached to the surface or the inner surface of the synthetic resin sheet 102. The synthetic resin sheet 102 is not necessarily stretched and oriented as long as it is easily tearable.

  The tape 110 is also useful for preventing curling (rounding) of the synthetic resin sheet 102. That is, the synthetic resin sheet 102 having different materials for the inner layer and the outer layer is particularly shrinkable on the inner layer side made of polyethylene and curled inward, but the outer surface of the synthetic resin sheet 102 is an unclean area. The outer surface should not touch the medical product inside. Since the tape 110 is also provided on the product side (left side in FIG. 1) of the upper surface, the curling of the synthetic resin sheet 102, that is, the possibility of contamination of the internal medical product can be avoided.

  Examples of the medical product 200 stored in the storage unit 101 include medical instruments such as a catheter introduced into a human body, particularly a blood vessel, and its accessories. Such a medical device needs to be sterilized. These are usually one-time disposable products that are sold in sterile, sealed packaging.

  4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating the configuration of the medical product 200. FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the medical product 200 stored in the medical product storage pack 100 is a medical device such as a catheter, a syringe (syringe), an injection needle, forceps, and absorbent cotton in a tray 201 formed of hard plastic or the like. As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), an instrument 202 is stored, and surgical clothes, gloves, masks, drapes (nonwoven fabric used in place of sheets), etc. 203 are placed on the device. And wrapped with a cover cloth 204. The covering cloth 204 is a cloth-like body for protecting medical instruments from various germs on the surface of the wagon by covering them on a wagon (not shown) used for placing instruments during surgery. It consists of a nonwoven fabric similar to drape.

  As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the medical devices installed in the tray 201 of FIG. 4 are covered with a covering cloth 204 from the vertical direction of the drawing, and the left and right are folded in the direction indicated by the arrow 205. Cover.

  In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5C, a band 120 is wound around the longitudinal direction of the medical product 200. The band 120 can be made from the same resin film as the synthetic resin sheet 102. Since the band 120 tightens the medical product 200 from above the drape in the medical product storage pack 100, the drape also serves as a cushioning material, and the band 120 also serves as a luggage string. The medical product 200 can be prevented from collapsing in the storage pack 100, and the medical product 200 is directly touched by pulling the belt 120 when the medical product storage pack 100 is opened. The medical product 200 can be taken out without any problems.

  After the belt 120 is wound around the medical product 200, the belt 120 is bonded by a plurality of triangular heat-sealed portions 121 as shown in FIG. Here, the triangular apex side is configured to face the end side of the band 120, and the base side is configured to face the medical product 200 side. According to such a configuration, the band 120 can be easily removed from the medical product 200 by pulling the both ends of the band 120 in the direction of separating, but the band 120 is peeled off from the medical product 200 side. It becomes difficult. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the belt 200 from being removed during transportation or storage.

  Here, the belt 120 is composed of a two-layer film having a stretched orientation. The reason for using the two-layer film is that all the thickness of the resin is fused in the one-layer film, so that some force is required even at the apex of the triangle in the heat-sealed portion 121 when separating. . In this embodiment, by using a two-layer film, the inner layer is fused, but the outer layer is not fused. As a result, the layer can be peeled off with a small force from the apex of the triangle as a base point. In the case of peeling, it can be removed more easily due to the tearability of the stretched film.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state from opening of the medical product storage pack 100 to taking out the medical product 200 therein. FIG. 7A shows a state in which the medical product 200 is sealed in a sealed state. FIG. 7B shows a state where the end of the medical product storage pack 100 is cut out from the notch 111. In the state of FIG. 7B, the end of the band 120 protrudes from the opening. FIG. 7C shows a state in which the end of the medical product storage pack 100 opposite to the cut-off side is pressed by hand and the band 120 is pulled to take out the medical product 200 inside. By taking such a procedure, it is possible to easily take out the medical product 200 without directly touching the medical product 200 inside by an unclean person. After removal, the band 120 can be easily separated and removed by holding both ends of the band 120 by hand and pulling away in the opposite direction.

  In the above-described embodiment, the medical product 200 is a medical instrument used for surgery such as a catheter to be introduced into a blood vessel and its accessories. However, the medical product 200 is sold in a sterilized state enclosed in a packaging material. The medical product can be applied to any other medical product including pharmaceuticals.

  The medical product storage pack 100 of the present invention was made with the following dimensions.

Medical product storage pack 100: 600mm x 850mm
Synthetic resin sheet 102: 600 mm × 1000 mm (folded end 150 mm)
Gas permeable sheet 103: 600 × 700mm
Band 200: 30mm x 1700mm

It is the top view which showed the structural example of the medical product storage pack 100 which is embodiment of the package of this example. It is side surface sectional drawing of the medical product storage pack 100 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the back surface of FIG. It is a figure explaining the structure of the medical product. It is a figure explaining a mode that the medical product 200 is covered with the covering cloth 204, and the belt | band | zone 120 is wound. It is a figure which shows the form of adhesion | attachment of the belt | band | zone 120. It is a figure explaining a mode from opening of medical product storage pack 100 to taking out medical product 200 in the inside.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Medical product storage pack 101 Storage part 102 Synthetic resin sheet 103 Gas permeable sheet 110 Tape 111 Notch 120 Band 200 Medical product

Claims (9)

A package for storing and storing a medical product while maintaining a sterile condition, the package having a packaging bag for sealing the medical product, and a belt for fastening the medical product inside the packaging bag. A package characterized by. The package according to claim 1, wherein the package is configured to form a quadrangle and to be opened by cutting one side of the quadrangle. The packaging body according to claim 2, wherein when the packaging body is opened, at least a part of the strip-shaped body is exposed to the outside of the packaging body. The package according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the medical product is disposed in a tray. The package according to claim 4, wherein the medical product is obtained by wrapping a plurality of instruments arranged in a tray with a cloth-like body. The package according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein at least a part of the package is made of a synthetic resin sheet. The at least 1 notch is provided in the side part of the said synthetic resin sheet | seat, The at least 1 tape which forms a cutting line from the vicinity of this notch is affixed on the surface or inner surface of the said synthetic resin sheet | seat. The package described in 1. The package according to claim 7, wherein the synthetic resin sheet is stretched and oriented. The package according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the package is composed of the synthetic resin sheet and a gas permeable sheet.

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