JPH09164178A - Package for medical material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reutilize a package for a medical material as a container for receiving the discharged liquid issued from a medical instrument. SOLUTION: This package is constituted by integrating a chamber housing a medical instrument and a chamber 6 for receiving the discharged liquid issued from the medical instrument, and the former is a chamber formed between a plastic film 3 and paper 4 and the latter is a chamber formed only of plastic films 2, 3. Therefore, the surface of the package is formed of a bag consisting of the plastic film 2 and the paper 4 capable of permitting steam or air to pass at a time of sterilization and one more plastic film 3 is inserted into the space between the plastic film 2 and the paper 4 to form two chambers in the bag, and a port 5 is provided to the chamber 6 receiving the discharged liquid.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a package for medical materials. More specifically, the present invention relates to a package for medical materials, mainly medical instruments for infusion circuits and blood circuits.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a medical device for an infusion circuit or a blood circuit is used, priming operation is required. At this time, a separate container for receiving the priming discharge liquid must be prepared. This container is hung on a device of an infusion circuit or a blood circuit, or placed on the floor.

[0003]

In any case, preparing this container is both expensive and tedious. The present invention was created as a result of studying whether or not a package for a medical material can be used as a container capable of receiving the discharged liquid by priming.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a combination of two chambers, a chamber for packaging medical instruments and a chamber for receiving liquid discharged from the medical instruments. To make a room made of plastic film and paper, the latter to make a room made of plastic film only,
The surface is a bag consisting of a plastic film and a paper-like paper through which steam or gas at the time of sterilization can pass, and by inserting another plastic film between these films, two chambers are formed inside the bag. However, the gist is a package for a medical material, characterized in that a port formed of a tube is provided in a chamber that receives the discharged liquid.

In the present invention, as the plastic material, a film of a composite material in which polyethylene is laminated on polyester, polypropylene, nylon or the like is preferable. The use of such a film is convenient because the polyethylene portion can be fused and adhered during bag making. The shape of the plastic material is not limited to the film and may be a thin plate shape for maintaining the shape of the package.

In using the package of the present invention, first, the prepackaged medical device is taken out from the chamber formed between the plastic film and the paper of the package,
The medical device is attached to the device. Next, in order to receive the effluent from the medical device by priming, the port portion of the chamber made of only the plastic film of the above-mentioned package is connected to the terminal tube of the medical device of the infusion circuit or blood circuit, Place it on the floor or hang it on a device.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an example of an embodiment of the present invention and are cross-sectional views seen from the side of a package.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a medical instrument 8 is wrapped in a package 1. The packaging body 1 forms a bag sealed with a plastic film 2 and a paper 4, and is partitioned by a plastic film 3 inside. Plastic film 3
The medical device 8 is packaged in the room formed between the paper 4 and
The chamber made of the plastic film 2 and the plastic film 3 serves as the drainage chamber 6 and is provided with the port 5. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the medical instrument 8 is taken out by the package 1 and the drainage chamber 6 is filled with the drainage.

In order to produce the package 1, the plastic films 2 and 3 and the paper 4 are overlapped, and the periphery of these sheets is adhered by a method such as the use of an adhesive or melting to form a two-chamber package. To do. When adhering the plastic film 3 and the paper 4, it is preferable in terms of productivity that the adhering surface is separated from the position of the port 5.

Port 5 is a tube and is preferably made of plastic. One end of the tube may be opened toward the drainage chamber 6, and the opening at the other end may be capped, or a connector for connecting to the tube at the end of the infusion circuit or blood circuit may be attached.

The paper 4 is required to be sterilizable from the outside of the package 1, that is, to be sterilized paper. However, it is not always required that the entire surface be made of sterilized paper. For example, a plastic film in which vertical strips of sterilized paper are combined, such as a pale crest, or a plastic film in which horizontal strips of sterilized paper are combined, such as a fess crest, may be used. ) A plastic film in which sterilized paper is compounded like a Japanese flag like a coat of arms may be used. As a special case, the paper 4 may be entirely replaced with a plastic film. However, in that case, it is necessary to provide a zipper that is linearly engaged so that the part is separated from the plastic film 3 so that the medical instrument 8 can be sterilized.

When the discharged liquid is received by the package 1 of the present invention, it is placed on the floor with the port 5 facing upward, or it is hung on the device of the infusion circuit or blood circuit. Therefore, it is preferable to provide a hole (not shown) for hanging near the port.
This hole may be provided on both sides of the port.

3 to 4 are cross-sectional views showing another example of the embodiment of the present invention as seen from the side of the package. The package 1 of FIGS. 3 to 4 has a chamber formed by the plastic film 3 and the paper 4, which is a chamber for containing a medical instrument. The chamber formed by the plastic film 2 and the plastic film 3 serves as the drainage chamber 6, and the port 5 is provided.

In order to manufacture the package 1 shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the plastic films 2, 3 and the paper 4 are superposed on each other as in the case of FIG. Two chambers are provided by bonding. In FIG. 3, the position of the port 5 is above the opening unit 7, and in FIG. 4, the position of the port 5 is below the opening unit 7. The edges of the paper 4 are not adhered to each of the opening parts 7 and 7'for easy opening. In FIG. 4, the unsealing part is present on the upper and lower sides. Generally, when all the medical instruments 8 are taken out, the unsealing part may be located at any position, but when only part of the medical instruments 8 is left in the package. It is preferable that the opening portion 7 is located at the upper part.

The capacity of the drainage chamber 6 of FIGS. 1 to 4 is not limited, but is about 2 liters. The plastic film in the discharge liquid chamber 6 is preferably transparent or translucent so that the discharge amount can be known. It is also convenient to print a scale indicating the capacity on the plastic film 2.

[0016]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
When the package of the present invention is used, it is possible to receive the discharged liquid by priming when using the medical material, and it is economical because it is not necessary to prepare a container for receiving the discharged liquid of priming.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an example of an embodiment of a package of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing an example of the embodiment of the package of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view seen from the side showing an example of the embodiment of the package of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view seen from the side showing an example of the embodiment of the package of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Package 2 Plastic film 3 Plastic film 4 Paper 5 Port 6 Drainage chamber 7 Opening section 8 Medical device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A chamber for packaging a medical instrument and a chamber for receiving a liquid discharged from the medical instrument are integrated into one chamber, the former being between a plastic film and a paper. In order to make it a room made only of plastic film, the surface is a bag made of plastic film and paper of paper quality through which steam and gas at sterilization can pass. A package for a medical material, characterized in that by inserting another plastic film into, two chambers are formed inside the bag, and a port formed of a tube is provided in the chamber for receiving the discharged liquid.