JPH09122568A - Drug applicator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely apply a drug even on a small lesion part. SOLUTION: A hollow cylindrical main body 10 with the front end 11 closed and the rear end 12 opened, capable of being fitted on the fingertip and comprising an elastic material is provided, and a notch opened on the open end of the main body 10 is furnished on the peripheral face of the main body 10 except a part of the front end 11. For example, the main body 10 is fitted on the fingertip, a drug is applied on a region corresponding to the pad of the finger, the hand is placed on the lesion part, and the drug on the main body 10 is applied on the lesion part while moving the finger.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a drug applicator, and more particularly to a drug applicator used when applying an ointment or the like to an affected area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when applying an ointment or the like to a patient with a skin disease or the like, a bag made of a synthetic resin film is put on the hand, the part corresponding to the fingertips of the bag is applied with the ointment, and spread on the affected area. Alternatively, the ointment is applied to the affected area, the above-mentioned bag is put on the hand, and spread by spreading it to prevent the secondary infection of the practitioner.

[0003]

In such an application method, if the affected area is small, the fingertip cannot be seen well and the fingertip slides in the bag, so that the drug cannot be applied well to the affected area.

An object of the present invention is to provide a drug applicator capable of reliably applying a drug even to a small affected area.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the drug applicator of the present invention comprises a main body made of an elastic material, which has a substantially hollow cylindrical shape with a closed front end and an open rear end. In addition, the main body has a notch left at the front end and a notch opened at the rear end on the peripheral surface.

[0006] For attaching to a hand, for example, the notch is directed toward the front of the practitioner, and one fingertip of one hand is
It is made by fitting it through the notch into the tip of the body. When you push your fingertip into the tip of the body, the body expands due to the notch, and the entire fingertip fits into the body. Once fitted, the body elastically recovers and adheres to your fingertips and is firmly attached to your fingertips, even if they differ in size. The application of the drug is performed by applying the drug to the area of the body of the finger on the body and carrying it to the affected area, and then applying the drug on the body to the affected area, or by applying the drug to the affected area and applying the drug to the affected area of the body in the area of the belly. Made by spreading.
At this time, the drug can be applied directly with the fingertips, so even if the affected area is small, the drug can be applied easily and accurately, most of the hands are open, and the hands do not get damp even in the summer. You can do it efficiently. Removal from the fingertip is done by, for example, pulling out the main body together with the tissue paper from the fingertip.

The drug applicator of the present invention is provided with a cover having one end closed and the other end open so that the main body can be housed therein. The cover may be opened, the fingertips may be fitted into the main body inside the cover, the fingertips fitted with the main body may be removed from the cover, and after applying the drug, the fingertips attached to the main body may be put into the cover and the main body may be stored again in the cover. . Such a cover can reliably prevent bacteria from adhering to the main body, can be disposed of without touching the main body that has touched the affected area, and the size is smaller than conventional bags, so it can be discarded. The quantity can be reduced.

[0008]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of a drug applicator of the present invention.

The main body 10 is made of a molded product of an elastic material such as rubber or soft synthetic resin, and as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, has a hollow cylindrical shape with a front end 11 closed and a rear end 12 open. Is formed in. The part including the front end 11 is formed in a hemispherical shape, and the remaining part including the rear end 12 is a cylinder having a circular cross section whose diameter gradually increases from the front end side to the rear end side. The rear end 12 is provided with a projection 14 projecting toward the front and having a substantially semicircular cross section. The tip 11 has, for example, a diameter and a depth that fits in the nail of an average index finger, and the remaining portion has a diameter smaller than the diameter between the first indirect and the second indirect of the index finger or in the vicinity of the second indirect finger, When the tip 11 is fitted on the above-mentioned finger, a length is provided that fits between the first joint and the second joint or near the second joint.

Further, the main body 10 is provided with a notch 15. The end of the notch 15 facing the rear end 12 of the body 10 is open, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. In other words, in the main body 10, a part of the rear end 12 is not connected by the notch 15. The notch itself is formed, for example, in the shape of a fan in plan view. The opening of the cutout 15 having a shape related to the main body of the fan is arranged in a region below the tip 11 on the peripheral surface of the main body 10, and the groove or opening having a shape related to the handle of the fan is formed on the peripheral surface of the main body 10. It is located in the area between the rear end 12 and an opening having a shape related to the body of the fan. The front edge 15A facing the tip 11 of the main body 10 in the opening having a shape related to the main body of the fan is the main body 10
Is a straight line substantially perpendicular to the central axis in the longitudinal direction, the side edge 15B is substantially parallel to the central axis in the longitudinal direction of the main body 10, and the trailing edge 15C is a curve. Front edge 15A and side edge 15
B is connected by a curve with a small radius. Both side edges 15D of the groove or opening having a shape related to the handle of the fan are formed by straight lines parallel to the central axis of the main body 10 in the longitudinal direction, one end of which is the rear edge 15C, and the other end of which is the rear end 12 of the main body 10. Crosses However, in reality, the side edge 15B,
16A is slightly inclined, for example, so as to intersect the center line in the longitudinal direction of the main body 10 due to contraction that occurs during molding.

As shown in FIG. 4, the practitioner's hand is attached to the tip 11 of the index finger 20 through the notch 15 of the main body 10 as shown in FIG. When the fingertip fits into the tip 11 of the main body 10, the notch 1
5 expands and the portions on both sides of the notch 15 in the peripheral wall of the main body 10 are elastically deformed, so that a finger can be inserted into the main body 10. When the fingertip slips into the main body 10, the portions on both sides of the notch 15 in the peripheral wall of the main body 10 elastically restore, and these portions come into close contact with the finger, and the protrusion 14 at the rear end 12 tightens the finger. , So that the body 10 does not come off the fingertips. When attached to the fingertip, the main body 10 covers the tip of the finger 20 from the first joint to the second joint or to the vicinity of the second joint, and the notch 15
Is located below the nail of the finger 20 between the first joint and the second joint of the finger 20 or in the vicinity of the second joint.

To apply a drug such as an ointment, the ointment is applied to a region of the main body 10 which is a belly of the finger 20.
0 is carried on the affected part 21 and the ointment applied to the main body 10 is applied to the affected part 21, or after the ointment is applied to the affected part 21, the index finger 20 with this drug applicator is carried to the affected part 21 and the main body 10 It is performed by bringing the region of the finger 20 of the above-mentioned finger 20 into contact with the drug and moving the forefinger 20 to spread the ointment on the affected area 21. At this time, since the drug on the affected area 21 can be directly applied with a fingertip, the ointment can be applied accurately and quickly even if the affected area 21 is small. Finger 20
Is removed by covering the main body 10 with a tissue paper or the like and pulling the main body 10 together with the tissue paper from the finger 20.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the drug applicator of the present invention.

This drug applicator has a main body 10 and a cover 3.
0 is provided. The main body 10 has the same structure as the main body of the drug applicator described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the cover 30 is made of a transparent or semi-transparent thermoplastic synthetic resin and has a bag having an open top end 31 and a closed bottom end 32 and having a substantially rectangular planar shape. ing. The main body 10 has an open rear end 12 as shown by a chain line in FIG.
It is housed inside the cover 30 facing toward 1. Body 1
The cover 30 containing 0 is sterilized, heat sealed 33 along the upper end 31, and then provided to a hospital or the like.

For attachment to the fingertip, the upper end 31 is pinched with the fingertip, the upper end 31 is cut off along the lower part of the heat seal 33, the upper part of the cover 30 is opened, and the index finger or the like is covered.
Insert the inside of 0, insert the fingertip into the tip 11 through the notch 15 of the main body 10, fit the part following the fingertip into the main body 10, and when the main body 10 is in close contact with the finger, press the cover 30 with the finger of the other hand. At the same time, the cover 30 is pulled out from the finger. The application of a drug such as an ointment is carried out by applying the ointment to the area of the body 10 that is to be the ball of the finger and applying the ointment to the affected area, or after applying the ointment to the affected area, as in the above-described embodiment. This is performed by carrying the fitted finger to the affected area and spreading the ointment on the affected area 21. To remove from the finger 20 after applying the drug to the affected area, put the fingertip on which the main body 10 is attached inside the cover 30, and pull the main body 10 together with the cover 30 from the outside of the cover 30 with the other hand. By doing things. And the cover 30 pulled out
Is discarded with the main body 10 still contained.

In this drug applicator, the seal 33 of the cover 30 may have another seal structure. For example, the seal 33 has a ridge that is formed parallel to the upper end 31 of the cover 30 on the inner surface of one wall of the cover 30 and a ridge that is formed parallel to the upper end 31 of the cover 30 on the inner surface of the other wall. It may be configured with a groove having a small size.
The cover having such an openable / closable seal is a main body 10
By placing the ridge in the cover and fitting the ridge into the groove, the main body 10 can be provided to a hospital or the like while being sealed inside the cover, and even when in use, by opening the cover while removing the ridge from the groove, The main body 10 can be taken out from the cover after fitting it into the finger inside the cover, and then the coated main body 10 is put into the cover, and then the ridge is inserted into the groove again to close the cover. Can be discarded together with the cover.
Also, the cover itself is formed by a bag whose four side edges are heat-sealed, and the upper end of the cover facing the rear end 12 of the main body 10 placed inside the cover is cut off to open the cover, and a substantially triangular shape is formed. A cutout may be provided in a part of the heat seal so that the upper end of the cover can be easily cut off.

[0017]

As described above, the drug applicator of the present invention allows the drug to be applied directly with the fingertips.
Even if the affected area is small, the drug can be applied easily and accurately, most of the hands are open, and the hands do not get damp even in the summer, so the work can be done efficiently and the size is the same as the conventional bag. It is much smaller in size and can significantly reduce the amount of medical waste that is difficult to dispose of.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view showing an embodiment of a drug applicator of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the drug applicator of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 10 ... Main body 11 ... Front end 12 ... Rear end 15 ... Notch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A substantially hollow cylindrical body having a closed front end and an open rear end, comprising a main body made of an elastic material, the main body leaving the front end, and a notch opened at the rear end on the peripheral surface. A drug applicator characterized by comprising.