JP3032055U - Auxiliary equipment for eye drops - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] To provide an auxiliary device for eye drop instillation, which can be safely and surely applied to an eye to be instilled when eye drops are applied by oneself. SOLUTION: A tubular instrument body 1 having both ends opened and one end opening having a pressing portion 4 for pressing the eye edge of the opened eye.
And an eye drop container 3 provided inside the instrument main body 1 and inserted from the other end opening, and an eye drop eyedrop 7 of the eye drop container 3 is held.
And a holding member 5 for keeping a space between the eye and the eye. The holding member 5 is fitted with a fitting concave portion 6 that fits with the main body portion 3a of the eye drop container 3, and the bottom of the fitting concave portion 6 has eye drops. This is because a fitting hole 8 that fits into the portion 7 is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the device belongs]

 The present invention relates to an eyedrops eyedrop auxiliary device used when the eyedrops are applied by oneself.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 When applying eye drops by yourself, raise your face, hold the eye drop container in one hand and bring it close to the eye to be instilled, turn the eye drop eyedrop downward and gently press the vicinity of the bottom of the eye drop container with your fingers. , Eye drops The procedure is to drop a few drops of eye drops from the eye drops.

However, it is difficult to bring the eye drop instillation part close to the eye to be instilled and maintain a desired space between the eye drop eye drop part and the eye, and the eye drop eye drop part may touch the eyeball or You may feel discomfort by dropping your eye drops on your eyelids and eye drops flowing down to your cheeks.

[0004] Furthermore, it is difficult for the patient after senile cataract surgery to get a sense of distance, and for people with disabilities in the extremities, it is difficult to instill the eye by himself due to shaking of the hands, etc. The reality is that there is a problem and we have to resort to doctors and nurses.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, heretofore, no auxiliary device has been known that can safely and surely apply the eye drops to the eye to be applied when applying the eye drops by oneself. Therefore, although the above-mentioned problem exists, it has not been solved.

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to instill eye drops by himself / herself even if a patient after senile cataract surgery or a person with a disability in the extremities. In doing so, it is necessary to provide an auxiliary device for eye drop instillation at a low price, which can be safely and surely applied to the intended eye.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention relates to claim 1, wherein a tubular instrument main body having both ends opened and having a pressing portion for pressing the eye edge of the opened eye at one end opening, the instrument An eye drop instillation, characterized in that the eye drop container is provided inside the main body and holds an eye drop container inserted from the other end opening, and a holding member for keeping a space between the eye drop eye drop portion of the eye drop container and the eye. It is in an auxiliary device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the holding member according to the first aspect includes a fitting concave portion that fits with a main body of an eye drop container, and a fitting hole that fits an eye drop eyedrop portion at the bottom of the fitting concave portion. It is composed of and.

A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the pressing portion of the first aspect is formed by an opening edge of the instrument body, and an end edge thereof is rounded. By holding the eye dropper container to the holding member provided inside the device body, holding the tool body with one hand and pressing the contact part against the eyelid of the eye to be instilled, the distance between the eye and the eye drop eye drop part Can be instilled while maintaining a constant value.

[0010]

[Embodiment of device]

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show an eye drop eyedrop auxiliary device, which is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material such as vinyl chloride. The instrument body 1 is cylindrical with both ends open, and its diameter is about 30 mm so that it can be pressed across the eyelid, that is, the upper eyelid 2a and the lower eyelid 2b when an ordinary person opens the eyes. The height is 30 to 40 mm so that the eye drop container 3 can be held. Then, the lower end opening edge of the instrument body 1 is formed into a rounded pressing portion 4 so that the upper eyelid 2a and the lower eyelid 2b are not scratched or strongly pressed. .

Inside the instrument body 1, a holding member 5 for holding the eye drop container 3 is provided from the upper end opening toward the lower end opening. The holding member 5 is composed of a fitting recess 6 that fits into the main body 3 a of the eye drop container 3, and a fitting hole 8 that fits into the eye drop eyedrop 7 at the bottom of the fitting recess 6. There is.

The fitting recess 6 has a tapered portion 6a and a tubular portion 6b which is continuous with the tapered portion 6a and into which the main body portion 3a of the eye drop container 3 is fitted. It plays the role of a guide when it is inserted into the tubular portion 6b. A fitting hole 8 for fitting the eye drop eyedrop 7 is formed in the bottom of the tube 6a, and the eyedrop eye 7 projects from the bottom of the tube 6b and projects toward the pressing portion 4. The bottom of the cylindrical portion 6a regulates the amount of protrusion so that the space between the eye drop eyedrop 7 and the eye 9 is kept substantially constant.

The shape of the fitting recess 6 of the holding member 5 is easy to insert and remove the eye drop container 3, and it is desirable that the eye drop container 3 can be held with a light pressing force. Since 3 is usually a cylindrical shape, a cylindrical fitting concave portion 6 is formed, and since a commercially available eye drop container 3 is usually flat, a flat shape fitting concave portion 6 is formed. Can be securely held.

Next, a method of using the auxiliary device for eye drop instillation will be described. When the eye drop container 3 is turned upside down and the eye drop eyedrop 7 is directed downward and inserted into the holding member 5 of the instrument body 1, the eye drop container 3 is guided by the tapered portion 6a of the fitting recess 6 and guided to the tubular portion 6b. Then, the eye drop container 3 1 is fitted into the tubular portion 6b, and the eye drop eye drop portion 7 is inserted into the fitting hole 8 to project from the bottom portion of the tubular portion 6b.

In this state, the instrument body 1 is held with one hand and brought close to the eye 9 to be instilled, and the pressing portion 4 of the instrument body 1 is pressed against the opened eye 9 to cause the pressing portion 4 to move to the upper eyelid 2a. Straddles the lower eyelid 2b, and the eye drop eyedrop unit 7 faces the eyeball at a desired interval. Therefore, when the side wall of the eye drop container 3 is lightly pressed with fingers, the eye drop stored in the eye drop container 3 is dropped toward the eyeball, and eye drops can be reliably applied. Therefore, even after the surgery for senile cataract or those with disabilities in the extremities, the eye drops can be surely applied to the eye 9 which is intended to be instilled by oneself safely.

In the above embodiment, the lower end opening edge of the instrument body is rounded to form the pressing portion, but a plastic ring or rubber ring, which is a separate member from the instrument body, is attached to the pressing portion. May be

Further, the entire eye drop eyedrop auxiliary device is integrally molded of a synthetic resin material, but this auxiliary device can be manufactured by processing an empty container of physiological saline. FIG. 3 shows the procedure for manufacturing the auxiliary device. As shown in FIG. 3A, the bottom portion 11 of the empty saline solution container 10 is cut by the blade 12. Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), slits are made from the lower end edge of the empty container 10 to the peripheral wall of the empty container 10 by the blade 12 to form a plurality of strip pieces 13. Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), the mouth portion 14 of the empty container 10 is inserted into the outer cylinder 15, the plurality of strips 13 are folded back and overlapped with the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 15, and the overlapping is performed. As shown in FIG. 3D, the mating portion is fixed by a vinyl tape 16 for completion. As shown in FIG. 3 (e), in the auxiliary device manufactured from the saline container in this way, the outer peripheral wall formed by the strips 13 becomes the device main body 1 and the inner peripheral wall is the holding member. 5, the mouth portion 14 becomes the fitting hole 8 into which the eye drop eyedrop portion 7 is inserted.

[0018]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to claim 1 of the present invention, the eye drop container is held inside the instrument body having the pressing portion that presses against the eye edge of the opened eye, and the eye drop eye drop of the eye drop container is held. By providing a holding member that keeps a space between the portion and the eye, when applying the eye drop by itself, the eye drop can be safely and surely applied to the eye to be applied. Therefore, there is an effect that even a patient after senile cataract surgery or a person with a disability in the extremities can easily apply the drops by himself / herself.

Therefore, it is also possible to sell this auxiliary device as an accessory to a commercially available eye drop. According to the second aspect, the holding member is provided with the fitting recess for fitting with the main body of the eye drop container and the fitting hole for fitting the eye drop eyedrop at the bottom of the fitting recess. The effect is that the eye drop container can be easily and surely held and is easy to use.

According to the third aspect, by rounding the pressing portion, there is an effect that the eye edge is not scratched and no pain is felt even when strongly pressed, and the safety is excellent. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view and a vertical sectional side view of an eyedrops eyedrops auxiliary device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the eyedrops eyedrops auxiliary device of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a procedure for manufacturing the eyedrops eyedrops auxiliary device of the embodiment from an empty container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Instrument main body 3 ... Eye drop container 4 ... Pressing part 5 ... Holding member 6 ... Fitting concave part 8 ... Fitting hole

Front page continuation (72) Akane Yoshida, Inventor, 2-1-1 1-1 Kishinoura, Hachimannishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture Kyushu Welfare Pension Hospital (72) 2-1-1, Kishinoura, Hachimanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka No. Kyushu welfare pension hospital (72) Creator Miyuki Aoyagi 2-1-1 1-1 Kishinoura, Yawatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A tubular instrument main body having both ends opened and one end opening having a pressing portion for pressing against the eye edge of the opened eye, and an instrument main body provided inside the instrument main body and inserted from the other end opening. An auxiliary device for eye drop instillation, comprising: an eye drop container; and a holding member for keeping a space between the eye drop part of the eye drop container and the eye. 2. The holding member is composed of a fitting recess that fits into the main body of the eye drop container, and a fitting hole that fits into the eye drop eyedrop at the bottom of the fitting recess. The eyedrops eyedrops auxiliary device according to claim 1. 3. The eye drop eyedrops auxiliary device according to claim 1, wherein the pressing portion is formed by an opening edge of the device body, and the end edge is rounded.