JP6824800B2 - Medical containers and port encapsulation members of medical containers - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a medical container having a port and containing a medical liquid inside, and a port encapsulating member of the medical container.

Medical containers such as chemical containers and infusion containers are provided with ports for discharging the stored liquid and for mixed injection of chemicals into the container. The port is made of an elastic material (rubber material, elastomer material) and contains a plug body capable of puncturing a medical device (for example, a connecting needle of an infusion set, an injection needle). Further, the port is generally provided with a cap for holding the plug inside. Further, some ports have a protective sheet detachably fixed so as to cover the upper surface of the plug. This protective sheet functions as a contamination prevention before use of the plug and as a confirmation index of whether or not it has been used. Examples of those provided with such a peelable sheet include Japanese Patent No. 5122878 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-24186 (Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent No. 5122878 Jitsufuku 3-24186 Gazette

Recently, reports of damage caused by foreign matter mixed in infusions that occurred in multiple hospitals have been reported. This is allegedly a crime of puncturing a protective sheet with a needle and mixing a foreign substance into a medical container. Healthcare professionals consider the infusion solution to be unused when the protective sheet has not been peeled off. Therefore, at the time of administration, the presence or absence of needle sticks in the protective sheet and the presence or absence of needle sticks in the plug body after the protective sheet is peeled off have not been confirmed. In addition, it is not easy to confirm the presence or absence of needle sticks in the protective sheet. At the time of administration, it is difficult for healthcare professionals to notice the fact of mixed foreign body injection.
An object of the present invention is a medical container and a port-encapsulating member of a medical container, which makes it easy to confirm puncture by a puncture member into a medical container and can easily recognize that there is a possibility of mixed injection. Is to provide.

Those that achieve the above objectives are as follows.
(1) A medical treatment having a container body, a medical liquid contained in the container body, a port provided in the container body to which a medical device can be connected , and a port encapsulating member attached to the port. It is a container for
The port includes a cap containing an elastic sealing member capable of puncturing the needle tube for discharging a drug solution, which is a medical device, and the port encapsulating member is attached to the cap.
Said port encapsulation member comprises said resilient sealing top surface has covering member, or One the encapsulation portion passing a the inability drug solution discharge needle tube of the port, and a mounting portion to said cap, said encapsulation The portion is a medical treatment exposed by breaking the encapsulating portion main body, the protruding portion protruding upward from the encapsulating portion main body, the breakable portion connecting the encapsulating portion main body and the protruding portion, and the breakable portion. and a tool insertion opening,
The encapsulating portion includes a plurality of opening portions including the protruding portion, the breakable portion, and the opening for inserting a medical device.
The encapsulating portion is provided with a spike-shaped protrusion protruding downward on the inner surface, the protrusion is provided at a position deviated from the central axis of the port encapsulation member, and the protrusion is of the elastic sealing member. It is inserted into the upper surface to regulate the rotation of the port encapsulating member with respect to the cap.
The protruding portion is separated from the main body of the encapsulated portion by breaking the breakable portion , the protruding portion includes a closing portion, and the upper end portion of the protruding portion has a reduced diameter toward the upper end. The outer diameter of the upper end of the protruding portion is smaller than the inner diameter of the opening for inserting the medical device exposed by the separation of the protruding portion, and the separated protruding portion is the upper end portion. A medical container capable of closing the medical device insertion opening by being attached to the medical device insertion opening.

(2) The medical container according to (1) above, wherein the protruding portion includes a protruding portion for a breaking operation of the breakable portion.
(3) The protruding portion includes the closing portion and a bulging portion provided at the upper end portion, and the bulging portion has a diameter reduced toward the upper end of the protruding portion. the upper outer diameter of the exit portion, the medical container according to above has become smaller than the inner diameter of the medical device insertion opening exposing (1) or (2) by the separation of the protrusion.
(4 ) The medical container according to any one of (1) to ( 3 ) above, wherein the port is a medical liquid discharge port.
( 5 ) The medical container according to any one of (1) to ( 3 ) above, which is a mixed injection port.
( 6 ) The medical container according to any one of (1) to (5) above, wherein the encapsulating portion includes a plurality of spike-shaped protrusions protruding downward on the inner surface.

The medical container of the present invention has a container body, a medical liquid contained in the container body, and a port provided on the container body to which a medical device can be connected. The port is provided so as to cover the upper surface of the medical device connectable part (elastic seal member) and the medical device connectable part, and the encapsulating part that the medical device cannot pass through ( passage of the drug solution discharge needle tube). The encapsulated portion includes a main body of the encapsulated portion, a protruding portion protruding from the main body of the encapsulated portion, a breakable portion connecting the main body of the encapsulated portion and the protruding portion, and a medical device inserted due to the breakage of the breakable portion. It has an opening for use. The encapsulating portion includes a plurality of opening portions composed of a protruding portion, a breakable portion, and an opening for inserting a medical device, and the protruding portion is separated from the encapsulated portion main body by breaking the breakable portion. Moreover, the separated protrusion can be attached to the opening for inserting the medical device to close the opening for inserting the medical device.

In this medical container, the upper surface of the medical device connectable part (elastic seal member) cannot pass through the medical tool ( medicine discharge needle tube) , and is composed of a protruding part, a breakable part, and an opening for inserting the medical device. It is covered by an encapsulating portion having a plurality of opening portions to be opened, and the protruding portion is separated from the encapsulated portion main body due to the breakage of the breakable portion, and the separated protruding portion is attached to the opening for inserting a medical device. This makes it possible to close the opening for inserting a medical device. Therefore, by inserting the protruding portion separated from the main body of the encapsulated portion into the opening for inserting the medical device in order to puncture the puncture member in the connectable portion of the medical device, the opening for inserting the medical device once punctured by the puncture member is provided. It is possible to prevent re-puncture and leave an opened portion in which the breakable portion is not broken. As a result, in the case of mixed foreign matter injection, it is necessary to break the breakable part more than necessary, so that the possibility of mixed foreign matter injection into the medical container can be easily recognized, and there is such a possibility. The use of medical containers can be prevented.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the medical container of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a partially broken side view of the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the port of the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a cap having an encapsulating portion used in the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the cap provided with the encapsulation portion shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of a cap having an encapsulating portion used in a medical container according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a front view of the cap provided with the encapsulation portion shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a plan view of the cap provided with the encapsulation portion shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the cap provided with the encapsulation portion shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a medical container according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a front view of the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 16 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the port of the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 17 is an enlarged front view of an encapsulating member according to an embodiment of the present invention used in the medical container shown in FIG. FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the enclosed member shown in FIG. 17 as viewed from the bottom surface side. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the medical container of the present invention. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the medical container of the present invention.

The medical container of the present invention will be described with reference to the examples shown in the drawings.
The medical container 1 of the present invention has a container body 2, a medical liquid 15 housed in the container body 2, and a port 3 provided in the container body 2 to which a medical device can be connected. The port 3 includes a medical device connectable portion 6 and an encapsulating portion 5 that is provided so as to cover the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6 and that the medical device cannot pass through. The encapsulating portion 5 is a breakable portion 54 that connects the encapsulating portion main body 50, the protruding portions 51, 52, 53 protruding from the encapsulating portion main body 50, and the encapsulating portion main body 50 and the protruding portions 51, 52, 53. And the openings 55, 56, 57 for inserting medical devices exposed by the breakage of the breakable portion 54.
The encapsulating portion 5 includes a plurality of opening portions including protrusions 51, 52, 53, breakable portions 54, and openings for inserting medical devices 55, 56, 57, and the protrusions 51, 52, 53 include breakable portions 54. The protruding portions 51, 52, 53, which are separated from the encapsulated portion main body 50 due to the breakage of the above, are attached to the medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57 for inserting the medical device. It is possible to close the openings 55, 56, 57.

The medical container 1 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a container body 2 and a port 3 that communicates with or can communicate with the inside of the container body 2 and can puncture a puncture member that is a medical device. Be prepared. The port 3 is provided with an encapsulating portion 5.
In the medical container 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the port 3 includes a tubular opening 22 formed in the container body and a cap 7 fixed to the tubular opening 22. The tubular opening 22 includes a flange 27 that projects outward from the side surface. The tubular opening 22 is a tubular portion having a substantially same inner diameter and extending a predetermined length.
The medical container 1 of this embodiment includes a container body 2 having a container body and a tubular opening 22 integrally, and a port 3 is a discharge port 3 capable of puncturing a puncture member, and further, for medical use. The container 1 includes a drug which is a medical liquid 15 filled in the container body 2.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the container body 2 has a substantially cylindrical tubular opening 22 having an opening at the upper end, a flat tubular upper portion 23 continuous with the tubular opening 22 and extending downward, and a flat upper portion 23. It includes a flat tubular body portion 21 that is continuous with the tubular upper portion 23 and extends downward, and a flat tubular lower portion 24 that is continuous with the tubular body portion 21 and extends downward.
The tubular opening 22 is a tubular portion having a substantially same inner diameter and extending a predetermined length. In this embodiment, the tubular opening 22 constitutes the port portion 3 in cooperation with the cap 7 described above.
The tubular opening 22 includes a flange 27 that projects outward from the side surface. Further, the tubular opening 22 includes a cylindrical portion 29 that projects upward from the flange 27. Further, the cylindrical portion 29 is provided with a short cylindrical small-diameter tip portion. Further, in this embodiment, a reinforcing annular rib 28 provided below the flange 27 (on the side of the flat tubular upper portion 22) is provided.

Further, the container body 2 has a closed lower surface portion 25, and the lower surface portion 25 is formed with a protruding portion 26 projecting downward. The protruding portion 26 functions as a mounting holding portion for the hanging member 4. The suspension member 4 of this embodiment has a plate-shaped base portion 41 having a through hole through which the protruding portion 26 penetrates, two bendable portions 43 extending from the base portion 41, and ends of the two bendable portions 43. The portion is provided with a U-shaped suspension portion 42 in which each end is connected. The suspension member 4 is bent by a bendable portion 43 so that the suspension portion 42 can be erected, and a suspension portion 44 for suspending the container body is formed in the erected suspension portion 42. It has become.

The container body 2 is made of a thermoplastic resin. Examples of the thermoplastic resin used as the material for forming the container body 2 include polyolefin (polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-propylene copolymer, a mixture of polypropylene and polyethylene or polybutene), polyester (polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate), polyamide, and polyvinylidene chloride. Examples thereof include vinylidene and polyvinylidene fluoride. Of these, polypropylene-based resins with excellent heat resistance are most preferable.
The internal volume of the container body 2 is preferably 50 to 1600 ml, and the diameter of the protruding portion 26 is preferably about 2 to 5 mm. The thickness of the container body 2 is preferably 0.1 to 0.5 mm, the width of the container body 2 is preferably 60 to 150 mm, and the length of the container body 2 is preferably 110 to 250 mm.

Next, port 3 will be described.
In the medical container 1 of this embodiment, the port 3 is a discharge port.
The port 3 is composed of the tubular opening 22 of the container body 2 described above and a cap 7 fixed to the tubular opening 22.
The cap 7 is a cap body 71 fixed to the flange 27 of the tubular opening 22, and a medical device connectable portion (elastic seal member) 6 that is attached to the cap body 71 and is capable of puncturing a puncture member that is a medical device. It consists of.

The cap 7 includes a cap main body 71 having an elastic seal member mounting portion, and a protruding portion (annular protruding portion) 72 protruding outward from the lower end side portion of the main body 71. A fusion rib 73 is provided on the lower surface of the protrusion 72. In the port 3, the lower surface of the protruding portion (annular protruding portion) 72 of the cap 7 faces the flange 27, and both are fixed to each other. Both are fixed by melting the fusion-fitting rib 73.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, the cap 7 includes an encapsulating portion 5. The cap 7 includes an inner cylinder portion 74 that is arranged concentrically with the cap main body 71 and is connected by an encapsulating portion 5.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the encapsulating portion 5 includes an encapsulating portion main body 50, protruding portions 51, 52, 53 protruding from the encapsulating portion main body 50, and the encapsulating portion main body 50 and the protruding portion 51. It includes a breakable portion 54 that connects 52 and 53, and openings 55, 56, 57 for inserting medical devices that are exposed by breaking the breakable portion.
In this embodiment, the encapsulating portion 5 includes a plurality (three) opening portions including protrusions 51, 52, 53, breakable portions 54, and medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57. The number of opening portions may be a plurality, may be two, or may be four or more.

The encapsulating portion main body 50 is provided so as to cover the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6, and the medical device cannot pass through. The encapsulating portion main body 50 seals the upper surface of the cap main body 71, encloses the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6, and is not exposed. For this reason, the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6 is invisible through the encapsulating portion 5.

The encapsulating portion 5 includes a plurality of projecting portions 51, 52, 53 that project upward from the surface of the encapsulating portion main body 50. The encapsulating portion 5 includes openings 55, 56, 57 for inserting medical devices provided in the encapsulating portion main body 50. The protrusions 51, 52, 53 are provided so as to block the openings 55, 56, 57 for inserting medical devices. The protrusions 51, 52, 53 and the medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57 are located on the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, in particular, as shown in FIG. 6, a breakable portion 54 is provided between the protruding portions 51, 52, 53 and the encapsulated portion main body 50. In other words, the protruding portions 51, 52, and 53 are connected to the enclosed portion main body 50 by the breakable portion 54. Therefore, by operating the protruding portions 51, 52, and 53 (specifically, pressing in the lateral direction), the encapsulated portion 5 is broken at the breakable portion 54, and the opening 55 for inserting the medical device, 56 and 57 are exposed.

As shown in FIG. 19, the protruding portions 51, 52, and 53 are separated from the encapsulated portion 5 (enclosed portion main body 50) by breaking the entire circumference of the breakable portion 54. Due to the separation of the protruding portions 51, 52, 53 from the encapsulated portion 5 (enclosed portion main body 50), the entire medical device insertion opening 55, 56, 57 is exposed. As a result, the medical device can be inserted from the upper surface of the encapsulating portion 5, and the medical device can be connected to the medical device connectable portion 6.

The protruding portions 51, 52, and 53 are connected to the fractureable portion 54 at the lower end portion and are on a truncated cone whose diameter is reduced upward. The lower end surfaces of the protruding portions 51, 52, 53 face the medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57. The protrusions 51, 52, and 53 are solidly formed. The protruding portions 51, 52, and 53 may be hollow bodies having a closed portion (for example, an upper end closed portion).

Further, in the case of this embodiment, the protruding portions 51, 52, and 53 are provided with a bulging portion 58 at the tip portion, and the bulging portion 58 is reduced in diameter toward the upper end. The upper end outer diameter of the bulging portion 58 is smaller than the inner diameter of the medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57 exposed by the separation of the protruding portion.

Further, the outer diameter of the upper end of the bulging portion 58 is smaller than the inner diameter of the medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 20, the projecting portions 51, 52, 53 separated is capable reattached medical instrument insertion opening 55, 56, 57 from the upper side of the bulging portion 58. The separated protrusions can close the medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57, in other words, reclose.

Further, the shape of the protruding portion is not limited to the above-mentioned one, and may be the one provided by the cap 7a shown in FIGS. 9 to 13.
The basic configuration of the cap 7a is the same as that of the cap 7 described above, and the encapsulating portion main body 50, the breakable portion 54, and the medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57 are the same. The encapsulating portion 5a includes an encapsulating portion main body 50 and protruding portions 51a, 52a, 53a protruding from the encapsulating portion main body 50. The protruding portions 51a, 52a, and 53a are connected to the encapsulating portion main body 50 by the breakable portion 54.

Then, in the case of this embodiment, the protruding portions 51a, 52a, 53a are provided with protruding portions 51b, 52b, 53b for breaking operation of the breakable portion 54. Specifically, the protruding portions 51a, 52a, 53a are provided with protruding portions for applying a rotational force extending outward from the opposite side portions of the upper portions. Therefore, the breakable portion 54 can be broken by rotating the protruding portions 51a, 52a, and 53a on the upper portion thereof. Therefore, the breaking operation of the protruding portions 51a, 52a, 53a is easy.

Further, in this embodiment, the protruding portions 51a, 52a, 53a are connected to the breakable portion 54 at the lower end portion, and the lower portion on the short truncated cone whose diameter expands upward and the upper portion above the lower portion. It has an extending columnar part. The above-mentioned protrusion for applying a rotational force is provided at the upper end of the cylindrical portion. Further, in the case of this embodiment, the protrusions 51a, 52a, 53a are provided with lower protrusions 51c that enter into the medical device insertion openings 55, 56, 57. The lower protruding portion has a truncated cone shape whose diameter decreases toward the lower end.

The caps (annular caps) 7 and 7a are made of a thermoplastic resin. Examples of the thermoplastic resin used as the material for forming the cap and the encapsulating member include polyolefin (polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-propylene copolymer, a mixture of polypropylene and polyethylene or polybutene), polyester (polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate), polyamide, and the like. Examples thereof include polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride, and ethylene-vinyl alcohol-based copolymers.

Further, it is preferable to use a cap (annular cap) having high compatibility with the material for forming the tubular opening 22 (in this embodiment, the container body 2), particularly preferably the same or the same type of resin. Further, the material for forming the cap (annular cap) is preferably one having a lower melting point than the material for forming the tubular opening 22 (in this embodiment, the material for forming the container body 2).

As shown in FIG. 6, the elastic seal member 6 includes a substantially columnar seal member main body 61, a side portion (annular side portion) 62 provided so as to cover the side surface of the seal member main body 61, and a seal member. It includes a connecting portion (annular connecting portion) 64 that connects the central portion of the main body 61 and the side portion (annular side portion) 62. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the elastic seal member 6 has a recess (annular recess) formed by the upper surface of the connecting portion (annular connecting portion), the upper portion of the side portion (annular side portion), and the upper portion of the sealing member main body 61. ) Is provided. Further, the elastic seal member 6 includes a recess (annular recess) formed by the lower surface of the connecting portion (annular connecting portion), the lower portion of the side portion (annular side portion), and the lower portion of the sealing member main body 61.

In the elastic sealing member 6, the outer diameter of the upper part of the substantially columnar sealing member main body 61 is substantially the same as the inner diameter of the inner cylinder portion 74 at the upper end of the cap (annular cap) 7. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper portion of the seal member main body 61 has entered the inner cylinder portion 74 of the cap 7. Further, in the elastic sealing member 6 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper portion (annular upper portion) of the side portion (annular side portion) 62 is housed in the recess (annular recess) of the cap 7.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the lower portion (annular lower portion) of the side portion (annular side portion) of the elastic sealing member 6 is a cylindrical main body portion 71 of the cap (annular cap) 7 and a cylindrical portion 29 of the container main body 2. It is stored between the small diameter tips. As shown in FIG. 6, the lower end of the inner cylinder portion 74 of the cap (annular cap) 7 and the upper end of the small diameter tip portion of the cylindrical portion 29 of the container body 2 face each other. The connecting portion (annular connecting portion) 64 of the elastic sealing member 6 is sandwiched between the inner cylinder portion 74 of the cap (annular cap) 7 and the small-diameter tip portion of the cylindrical portion 29 of the container body 2. As a result, the space between the tubular opening 22 and the cap 7 is liquid-tight.

As the elastic seal member 6, a medical device, for example, a puncture member (specifically, a needle tube for discharging a drug solution) is used, and the puncture portion is sealed after the puncture member is removed. It is preferable that it is a thing. The elastic sealing member 6 is made of an elastic material. As the material for forming the elastic sealing member 6, various rubbers such as silicone rubber, isoprene rubber, butyl rubber and natural rubber, and various resins such as polyurethane, polyamide elastomer, polybutadiene and soft vinyl chloride are used.

In the above-described embodiment, the cap 7 includes an encapsulating portion 5. However, it is not limited to such a thing. Like the medical container 1a shown in FIGS. 14 to 18, the port 3a includes a cap 7b in which a medical device connectable portion is housed, and the encapsulating portion is attached to an encapsulating member 8 attached to the cap 7b. It may be provided.
In the medical container 1a of this embodiment, the port encapsulating member 8 of the medical container of the present invention is used.

The port encapsulating member 8 of the medical container is an encapsulating member for attaching to the port of the medical container having a port to which the medical device can be connected. The port 3a of the medical container 1a includes a cap 7b in which the medical device connectable portion 6 is housed, and the encapsulating member 8 is attached to the cap 7b. The encapsulating member 8 includes an encapsulating portion 80 that covers the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6 of the port 3a and that the medical device cannot pass through, and a mounting portion (cylindrical main body portion 91) to the cap. The encapsulating portion 80 is a breakage of the encapsulating portion main body, the projecting portions 81, 82, 83 protruding from the encapsulating portion main body, the breakable portion 84 connecting the encapsulating portion main body and the protruding portion, and the breakable portion 84. It is provided with an opening portion including openings 85, 86, 87 for inserting medical devices exposed by. Further, the encapsulating member 8 includes a plurality of opening portions including protrusions 81, 82, 83, breakable portions 84, and openings for inserting medical devices 85, 86, 87, and the protrusions 81, 82, 83 are breakable. The protruding portions 81, 82, 83, which are separated from the main body of the encapsulated portion due to the breakage of the portion 84, are attached to the medical device insertion openings 85, 86, 87 to insert the medical device. It is possible to close the openings 85, 86, and 87.

The medical container 1a of this embodiment includes a container body 2 having a container body 2 and a tubular opening 22 integrally, and a port 3a is a discharge port portion 3a capable of puncturing a puncture member, and further, for medical use. The container 1a includes a drug which is a medical liquid 15 filled in the container body 2. The container body 2 is the same as that described above.

Port 3a will be described.
Also in the medical container 1a of this embodiment, the port 3a is a discharge port.
As shown in FIG. 16, the port 3a is composed of a tubular opening 22 of the container body 2, a cap 7b fixed to the tubular opening 22, and an encapsulating member 8 fitted to the cap 7b. The encapsulating member 8 is provided so as to cover the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6, and includes an encapsulating portion through which the medical device cannot pass.
As shown in FIG. 16, the cap 7b can be connected to a cap body 71 fixed to the flange 27 of the tubular opening 22 and a medical device attached to the cap body 71 and capable of puncturing a puncture member which is a medical device. It is composed of a portion (elastic seal member) 6.

The cap main body 71 includes a tubular main body portion having an elastic sealing member mounting portion, and a protruding portion (annular protruding portion) 72 protruding outward from the lower end side portion of the tubular main body portion. In the port 3a, the lower surface of the protruding portion (annular protruding portion) 72 of the cap body 71 faces the flange 27, and both are fixed to each other. As shown in FIG. 16, the cap (annular cap) 7 has an opening, and the elastic sealing member 6 is housed in a state where the upper surface of the elastic sealing member 6 is exposed at the opening.

The cap main body 71 includes an inner tubular portion 74 that is arranged concentrically with the tubular main body portion and is connected by a connecting portion at the upper portion. A protrusion that comes into contact with the inner surface of the encapsulating member 8 is formed on the upper surface of the connecting portion. In this embodiment, the protrusions are formed in an annular shape.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 14 to 18, the encapsulating member 8 is attached (fitted) to the cap 7b so as to be substantially inseparable.
The encapsulating member 8 includes a tubular main body 91 that constitutes a mounting portion on the cap 7b, and an encapsulating portion 80 provided on the upper surface of the tubular main body 91. The encapsulating portion 80 closes the upper end opening of the tubular main body portion 91. The encapsulating portion 80 covers the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6 and prevents the medical device from passing through.

A plurality of slits 92 are formed on the side surface of the tubular main body 91 forming the attachment portion to the cap 7b, and the lower end thereof engages with the lower surface of the flange 27 of the container main body 2. A section 93 is provided. In this embodiment, the engaging portion 93 is formed by ribs extending inward from the lower end of the tubular main body portion 91.

The rib forming the engaging portion 93 has an inclined surface whose lower surface is inclined upward, and the upper surface is an upright surface that stands up against the inner surface of the tubular main body portion 91. The inclined surface of the engaging portion 93 functions as an guiding portion when the encapsulating member 8 is attached to the cap 7b. The upright surface of the engaging portion 93 engages with the lower surface of the flange 27 and restricts the encapsulating member 8 from coming off from the cap. In this embodiment, the engaging portion 93 is provided on the entire lower end of the tubular main body portion 91.

As shown in FIGS. 14 to 18, the encapsulated portion 80 of the encapsulated member 8 has protrusions 81, 82, 83 protruding from the flat plate-shaped encapsulated portion main body, and the encapsulated portion main body and the protruding portions 81, 82. , 83 is provided with a breakable portion 84 connecting the breakable portions, and openings 85, 86, 87 for inserting medical devices exposed by the breakage of the breakable portion.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the encapsulating portion 80 includes a plurality (three) opening portions including protrusions 81, 82, 83, breakable portions 84, and medical device insertion openings 85, 86, 87. The number of opening portions may be a plurality, may be two, or may be four or more. The encapsulating portion main body is provided so as to cover the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6, and the medical device cannot pass through. The upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6 is invisible through the encapsulating portion 80.

The encapsulating portion 80 includes a plurality of projecting portions 81, 82, 83 that project upward from the surface thereof. Further, the inner surface of the encapsulating portion 80 is provided with spike-shaped protrusions 95 protruding downward. In this embodiment, a plurality (specifically, three) of the protrusions 95 are provided. The protrusion 95 is provided at a position deviated from the central axis of the encapsulating member 8 (in other words, the central axis of the cap 7b). Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the protrusion 95 is inserted into the upper surface portion of the medical device connectable portion 6. As a result, the rattling and rotation of the encapsulating member 8 with respect to the cap 7b are restricted, and the protrusions 81, 82, and 83 can be satisfactorily broken.

The encapsulating portion 80 includes openings 85, 86, and 87 for inserting medical devices provided in the encapsulating portion main body. The protrusions 81, 82, 83 are provided so as to block the openings 85, 86, 87 for inserting medical devices. The protrusions 81, 82, 83 and the medical device insertion openings 85, 86, 87 are located on the upper surface of the medical device connectable portion 6.

As shown in FIGS. 14 to 18, in particular, as shown in FIG. 16, a breakable portion 84 is provided between the projecting portions 81, 82, 83 and the encapsulating portion main body 80. In other words, the protruding portions 81, 82, 83 are connected by the breakable portion 84. Therefore, by operating the protruding portions 81, 82, and 83 (specifically, pressing in the lateral direction), the encapsulating portion 8 is broken at the breakable portion 84, and the opening 85 for inserting the medical device, 86 and 87 are exposed.

By breaking the entire circumference of the breakable portion 84 in the same manner as shown in FIG. 19, the protruding portions 81, 82, 83 are separated from the encapsulating member 8 (encapsulated portion 80). The separation of the protrusions 81, 82, 83 from the encapsulation 80 exposes the entire medical device insertion openings 85, 86, 87. As a result, the medical device can be inserted from the upper surface of the encapsulating portion 80, and the medical device can be connected to the medical device connectable portion 6.

The shape of the protruding portions 81, 82, 83 is the same as that of the protruding portions 51, 52, 53 of the medical container 1 described above, and as shown in FIG. 20, the separated protruding portions 81, 82, 83 are It has become possible re-attached to the medical instrument insertion opening 85, 86 and 87 from the upper side of the bulging portion 88. The separated protrusions allow the medical device insertion openings 85, 86, 87 to be reclosed.
Further, the shape of the protruding portion is not limited to the above-mentioned one, and may be the one provided by the above-mentioned cap 7a shown in FIGS. 9 to 13.

The encapsulating member 8 is made of a thermoplastic resin. Examples of the material for forming the encapsulating member include polyolefin (polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-propylene copolymer, a mixture of polypropylene and polyethylene or polybutene), polyester (polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate), polyamide, polyvinylidene chloride, and polyvinylidene chloride. , Ethethylene-vinyl alcohol-based copolymer and the like.

As the medical liquid 15 stored in the medical containers 1, 1a of the present invention, known ones are used. Examples of the medical liquid include chemicals such as physiological saline, an aqueous glucose solution, and a drug-containing liquid, and a drug solution such as distilled water for injection. In the above-described embodiment, the port is a medical liquid discharge port, but the port is not limited to this, and the port may be a mixed injection port. Further, the medical container of the present invention may be a soft bag type medical container.

1 Medical container 2 Container body 3 Port 5 Encapsulation part 6 Medical device connectable part 50 Encapsulation part body 51, 52, 53 Protruding part 54 Breakable part 55, 56, 57 Opening for inserting medical equipment

Claims (6)

A medical container having a container body, a medical liquid contained in the container body, a port provided in the container body to which a medical device can be connected , and a port encapsulating member attached to the port. There,
The port includes a cap containing an elastic sealing member capable of puncturing the needle tube for discharging a drug solution, which is a medical device, and the port encapsulating member is attached to the cap.
Said port encapsulation member comprises said resilient sealing top surface has covering member, or One the encapsulation portion passing a the inability drug solution discharge needle tube of the port, and a mounting portion to said cap, said encapsulation The portion is a medical treatment exposed by breaking the encapsulating portion main body, the protruding portion protruding upward from the encapsulating portion main body, the breakable portion connecting the encapsulating portion main body and the protruding portion, and the breakable portion. and a tool insertion opening,
The encapsulating portion includes a plurality of opening portions including the protruding portion, the breakable portion, and the opening for inserting a medical device.
The encapsulating portion is provided with a spike-shaped protrusion protruding downward on the inner surface, the protrusion is provided at a position deviated from the central axis of the port encapsulation member, and the protrusion is of the elastic sealing member. It is inserted into the upper surface to regulate the rotation of the port encapsulating member with respect to the cap.
The protruding portion is separated from the main body of the encapsulated portion by breaking the breakable portion , the protruding portion includes a closing portion, and the upper end portion of the protruding portion has a reduced diameter toward the upper end. The outer diameter of the upper end of the protruding portion is smaller than the inner diameter of the opening for inserting the medical device exposed by the separation of the protruding portion, and the separated protruding portion is the upper end portion. It said medical device by being mounted in the insertion opening, a medical container, characterized in that it is possible to close the medical device insertion opening. The medical container according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion includes a protruding portion for a breaking operation of the breakable portion. The protruding portion includes the closed portion and a bulging portion provided at the upper end portion, and the bulging portion has a diameter reduced toward the upper end of the protruding portion. The medical container according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the upper end outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the medical device insertion opening exposed by the separation of the protruding portion . The medical container according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the port is a medical liquid discharge port. The medical container according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the port is a mixed injection port. The medical container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the encapsulating portion includes a plurality of spike-shaped protrusions protruding downward on the inner surface.

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