JPS6151889B2 - - Google Patents

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JPS6151889B2
JPS6151889B2 JP56199330A JP19933081A JPS6151889B2 JP S6151889 B2 JPS6151889 B2 JP S6151889B2 JP 56199330 A JP56199330 A JP 56199330A JP 19933081 A JP19933081 A JP 19933081A JP S6151889 B2 JPS6151889 B2 JP S6151889B2
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Masaki Hori
Hikari Hamano
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Menicon Co Ltd
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Toyo Contact Lens Co Ltd
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【発明の詳細な説明】[Detailed description of the invention]

本発明は涙液量の検査用具に関する。 涙液量の検査は眼科のみならず、たとえば小脳
橋角部病巣の補助診断等にも有効であり、またと
くにコンタクトレンズを処方するうえで患者のコ
ンタクトレンズに対する適合性を判断する手段と
して極めて有効な方法であるとされている。した
がつて、コンタクトレンズの著しい普及に伴つて
近年益々その有用性が高まつて来ているのが実情
である。 従来、涙液量を検査する場合、第1図に示すよ
うにテープ状の涙紙片1の先端より5mmの部位2
を折り曲げ、当該折り曲げ部位を眼の下眼瞼3に
係止させることによりその先端部分5mmを前眼部
(下結膜のう耳側部)内に挿入されたのち閉眼さ
せ5分経過後に取に出し、涙液が前記紙片1に
浸透した長さを測定するいわゆるシルマー法によ
つておこなうのが最も一般的であつた。 しかしながらこの方法は5分間も紙片という
比較的大きな異物を患者の眼内に挿入させるため
患者に大きな苦痛を強いることになり、また、当
該異物が眼球結膜を刺激することにより涙液の異
常分泌が惹起され、正常な涙液量の検査を困難に
していた。 かかる問題点を解消するものとして実開昭51―
110394号公報においては、第2図に示したごとく
目盛4のついた透明なガラス製チユーブ5の内腔
に脱脂した白く細い糸6を通しチユーブの一端7
で当該糸6の一端8を固定し、チユーブの他端9
より糸6の先端を20mm露出させるとともにその先
端5mm部分10をフルオレスチン色素で染めたこ
とを特徴とする涙液量の検査用具が開示されてい
る。この検査用具は上記染色された先端部分10
を前眼部内に挿入させ、数秒ないし30秒経過後に
とり出したのち前記フルオレスチン色素で黄色に
染まつた涙液によつて濡れた部分の長ささを前記
チユーブ5に付された目盛4によつて計測するも
のであり、細い糸で構成されているためその先端
部分を眼内に挿入させた場合の異物感が緩和さ
れ、また検査時間の短縮化が果たされるといつた
長所を備えていた。その反面、糸の先端を一定の
長さでフルオレスチン色素で染めることが作業上
困難であり、また患者によつてはフルオレスチン
色素によつて眼組織が刺激され、異常に多量の涙
液が分泌されることもある。さらにフルオレスチ
ン色素が涙液によつて速やかに滲出しない場合に
は糸の先端部の濡れ具合が不鮮明で確認しにくい
などの欠点も依然として有していた。 上記の従来技術に対して本発明者らは検査のた
めの操作が簡単で患者に苦痛を与えず、しかも正
確に涙液量を検査できるとともに製造が簡単かつ
低コストにて可能な涙液量の検査用具を開発すべ
く鋭意研究を続けた結果、涙液のPHであるPH約
7.3〜8.2の付近において色調が変化するPH指示薬
で染色した糸を涙液量の検査用具として使用する
ことが上記の目的に対して極めて合目的であるこ
とを見出し、本発明を完成するに至つた。 すなわち本発明は、涙液のPHに対応して色調が
変化するPH指示薬で染色した糸より構成したこと
を特徴とする涙液量の検査用具を要旨とするもの
である。 本発明で使用するPH指示薬としては、特に眼組
織並びに生体に対して実質的に無刺激かつ無毒性
のものを選択することが必須の要件である。この
観点からフエノールフタレインまたはフエノール
スルホフタレイン(フエノールレツド)が好適で
あり、中でもフエノールスルホフタレインが特に
好適に使用される。 すなわち、フエノールスルホフタレインはその
ナトリウム塩の状態で腎臓機能診断薬として日本
薬局方収載の医薬品であり、生体に対する安全性
の面で問題がなく、また眼組織に対する刺激性も
極めて微弱なものである。その変色域はPH約6.8
〜8.4の範囲であり、前記涙液のPH値にほぼ近似
する。PH約6.8より酸性側では黄色であるが、上
記変色域では赤色系統の色調(オレンジ、赤、ピ
ンク)を呈する。 本発明で使用される糸の材料としては、たとえ
ば木綿、羊毛等の天然繊維やレーヨン等の合成繊
維などがあげられる。これらの繊維は白色のもの
が望ましい。また特に木綿、羊毛等の天然繊維に
あつては精練加工等によつて繊維中に含まれる脂
質分その他の不純物を十分に除去したものを使用
することが検査用具として求められる吸水性並び
に均質性を確保する観点から必要である。これら
の繊維は数本より合わせた状態で使用してもよい
し、また合成繊維にあつては単糸の状態で使用し
てもよい。市販の糸では横田株式会社製の和裁用
のダルマシツケ糸(商品名)が好適に使用でき
る。使用する糸の直径は約0.1〜0.5mm程度のもの
が好適であり、長さは任意であるが約50〜100mm
のものが使用しやすい。 前記のPH指示薬を上記の糸に染色する方法とし
ては、たとえばPH指示薬を適当な有機溶媒または
その水溶液中に溶解され、当該液中に上記糸を浸
漬したのち乾燥させるのが一般的である。PH指示
薬として前記フエノールスルホフタレインを使用
する場合は、フエノールスルホフタレインを生理
食塩水とエタノールの混合液中に約0.05%濃度に
溶解させたのち、当該液中に適当な直径と長さを
有する糸を約1時間浸漬させ、しかる後に十分に
乾燥させることにより、容易にしかも大量に黄色
に染色された本発明の涙液量の検査用具を得るこ
とができる。 なお、上記の染色は糸全体に対しておこなつて
もよいし、またその一部分に対しておこなつても
よいが、後者の場合は最低30mm以上を染色するこ
とが必要である。 かくしてえられた本発明の涙液量の検査用具は
患者にほとんど苦痛を与えることなくその眼内
(下結膜のう耳側部)にその先端部分を挿入させ
ることができ、挿入後数秒ないし30秒間という短
時間閉眼させておくだけで涙液量を涙液のPHによ
つて変色した糸の長さを指標として検査すること
ができる。すなわち前記従来技術にみられた刺激
による涙液の異常分泌を惹き起こすこともなく、
またPH感応性の指示数を使用したことによりその
変色部位の長さを正確かつ容易に測定することが
可能となる。 なお本発明の涙液量の検査用具11は検査の実
施にあたつて患者の眼内に挿入する部分(通常約
3〜5mm)を明確にするために、また下眼瞼に当
該検査用具を係止させやすいようにその先端付近
を第3図または第4図に示すように適当な角度に
屈曲させて使用することが望ましいが、予めその
ような形状に成形しておいてもよい。また変色部
位の長さの計測を容易にするために本発明の涙液
量の検査用具に対してたとえばPH非感応性で非水
溶性の染料を用いて目盛を施しておいてもよい
し、さらに第2図のように目盛を施した透明なチ
ユーブ中に本発明の検査用具を通し、その一端を
チユーブの一端で固定するとともに他端をチユー
ブの他端より適当な長さで露出させてもよい。ま
た高分子シートで糸をシールしてその上に予め目
盛を施しておいてもよい。 つぎに実施例と試験例をあげて本発明の涙液量
の検査用具についてさらに詳細に説明する。 実施例 0.05%のフエノールスルホフタレイン液(溶媒
は当量の生理食塩水およびエタノール)中に長さ
約80mm、直径約0.25mmの吸湿性の良好な綿糸(横
田株式会社製和裁用ダルマシツケ糸(商品名))
を1時間浸漬し、全長を染色したのち当該染色し
た綿糸を72時間自然乾燥することにより黄色に変
色された綿糸、すなわち涙液量の検査用具をえ
た。 試験例 25名の被験者に対し上記実施例でえられた涙液
量の検査用具の先端3mmを各々その下結膜のう耳
側部に挿入し、閉眼させたのち15秒後に眼内によ
りとり出し、直ちに赤色系に変色した部位の長さ
を別に用意したスケールによつて先端より測定し
た。 上記の検査を全被験者の左右両眼についておこ
なつた。結果を第1表に示す。
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a tool for testing tear volume. Tear volume testing is effective not only in ophthalmology, but also in supplementary diagnosis of cerebellopontine angle lesions, and is particularly effective as a means of determining a patient's suitability for contact lenses when prescribing contact lenses. It is said to be a method. Therefore, the reality is that contact lenses have become increasingly useful in recent years with their remarkable spread. Conventionally, when testing tear volume, as shown in Fig.
By bending the folded part and locking the folded part with the lower eyelid 3 of the eye, the 5 mm tip of the folded part is inserted into the anterior segment of the eye (temporal part of the inferior conjunctiva), and the eye is closed and removed after 5 minutes have elapsed. The most common method was the so-called Schirmer method, which measures the length of penetration of tear fluid into the paper strip 1. However, this method requires a relatively large foreign object, such as a piece of paper, to be inserted into the patient's eye for 5 minutes, which causes great pain to the patient.The foreign object also irritates the bulbar conjunctiva, causing abnormal secretion of lachrymal fluid. This makes it difficult to test for normal tear volume. As a solution to this problem, the Utility Model 51-
In Japanese Patent No. 110394, as shown in FIG. 2, a thin, degreased white thread 6 is passed through the inner cavity of a transparent glass tube 5 with a scale 4 attached to one end 7 of the tube.
Fix one end 8 of the thread 6 with the tube, and fix the other end 9 of the tube.
A tool for testing tear volume is disclosed, which is characterized in that the tip of the twine 6 is exposed by 20 mm, and a 5 mm portion 10 of the tip is dyed with fluorestin dye. This test tool has the dyed tip portion 10.
Insert the tube into the anterior segment of the eye, take it out after a few seconds to 30 seconds, and measure the length of the part wetted by the tear fluid dyed yellow with the fluorestin dye on the scale 4 attached to the tube 5. Since it is composed of a thin thread, it reduces the feeling of a foreign body when the tip is inserted into the eye, and it also has the advantage of shortening the examination time. Ta. On the other hand, it is difficult to dye the tip of the thread with fluorestin dye at a certain length, and in some patients, the fluorestin dye irritates the ocular tissue and secretes an abnormally large amount of lachrymal fluid. Sometimes. Furthermore, if the fluorestin dye is not exuded quickly by lachrymal fluid, there are still drawbacks such as the wetness of the tip of the thread being unclear and difficult to confirm. In contrast to the above-mentioned conventional technology, the present inventors have developed a method for testing tear volume that is easy to operate, does not cause pain to patients, can accurately test tear volume, and can be manufactured easily and at low cost. As a result of intensive research to develop testing tools for
We have discovered that it is extremely suitable for the above purpose to use a thread dyed with a pH indicator whose color tone changes in the vicinity of 7.3 to 8.2 as a test tool for tear volume, and have completed the present invention. Ivy. That is, the gist of the present invention is a tear fluid amount testing tool characterized by being constructed from thread dyed with a PH indicator whose color tone changes depending on the PH of the tear fluid. As the PH indicator used in the present invention, it is essential to select one that is substantially non-irritating and non-toxic to eye tissues and living organisms. From this point of view, phenolphthalein or phenolsulfophthalein (phenol red) is suitable, and among them, phenolsulfophthalein is particularly preferably used. In other words, phenolsulfophthalein, in its sodium salt form, is a drug listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia as a kidney function diagnostic agent, has no safety issues for living organisms, and has extremely low irritation to eye tissues. be. The color change range is about PH 6.8
It is in the range of ~8.4, which is almost similar to the PH value of the tear fluid. When the pH is more acidic than about 6.8, the color is yellow, but in the above discoloration range, it takes on a red tone (orange, red, pink). Examples of the thread material used in the present invention include natural fibers such as cotton and wool, and synthetic fibers such as rayon. These fibers are preferably white. In addition, especially in the case of natural fibers such as cotton and wool, it is necessary to use materials that have sufficiently removed lipids and other impurities contained in the fibers through scouring, etc. to improve the water absorption and homogeneity required for testing tools. This is necessary from the perspective of ensuring that These fibers may be used in a stranded state, or in the case of synthetic fibers, they may be used in a single yarn state. Among commercially available yarns, Daruma Shitsuke Yarn (trade name) for Japanese sewing manufactured by Yokota Corporation can be suitably used. The diameter of the thread used is preferably about 0.1 to 0.5 mm, and the length is arbitrary, but about 50 to 100 mm.
are easy to use. A common method for dyeing the thread with the PH indicator is to dissolve the PH indicator in a suitable organic solvent or an aqueous solution thereof, immerse the thread in the solution, and then dry it. When using the above-mentioned phenolsulfophthalein as a pH indicator, dissolve the phenolsulfophthalein in a mixture of physiological saline and ethanol to a concentration of approximately 0.05%, and then add an appropriate diameter and length to the solution. By soaking the thread for about 1 hour and then thoroughly drying it, it is possible to easily obtain the tear amount testing device of the present invention which is dyed yellow in large quantities. The above-mentioned dyeing may be carried out on the whole thread or on a part thereof, but in the latter case, it is necessary to dye at least 30 mm or more. The tip of the thus obtained tear volume test tool of the present invention can be inserted into the patient's eye (temporal part of the inferior conjunctival capsule) without causing any pain to the patient, and can be inserted for several seconds to 30 minutes after insertion. By simply keeping the eyes closed for a short period of seconds, the amount of tear fluid can be tested using the length of the thread, which changes color depending on the pH of the tear fluid, as an indicator. In other words, it does not cause abnormal secretion of lachrymal fluid due to irritation as seen in the prior art,
Furthermore, by using the PH-sensitive indicator number, it becomes possible to accurately and easily measure the length of the discolored region. The tear volume test tool 11 of the present invention is used to clarify the part (usually about 3 to 5 mm) to be inserted into the patient's eye when carrying out the test, and also to attach the test tool to the lower eyelid. In order to make it easier to stop, it is preferable to bend the vicinity of the tip at an appropriate angle as shown in FIG. 3 or 4, but it is also possible to form it into such a shape in advance. Furthermore, in order to facilitate the measurement of the length of the discolored area, the tear volume testing tool of the present invention may be provided with a scale using, for example, a PH-insensitive and water-insoluble dye. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 2, the test tool of the present invention is passed through a transparent tube with graduations, one end of which is fixed at one end of the tube, and the other end is exposed at an appropriate length from the other end of the tube. Good too. Alternatively, the thread may be sealed with a polymer sheet and scales may be provided thereon in advance. Next, the tear volume testing tool of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples and Test Examples. Example A cotton thread with good hygroscopicity of about 80 mm in length and about 0.25 mm in diameter (Daruma Shitsuke thread for Japanese sewing manufactured by Yokota Corporation (product) given name))
After soaking for 1 hour and dyeing the entire length, the dyed cotton thread was naturally dried for 72 hours to obtain a yellow colored cotton thread, that is, a tool for testing tear volume. Test Example: Insert the 3 mm tip of the tear volume test tool obtained in the above example into the temporal part of the inferior conjunctival capsule of 25 subjects, close the eyes, and then remove it intraocularly 15 seconds later. Immediately, the length of the area that changed color to red was measured from the tip using a separately prepared scale. The above tests were performed on both the left and right eyes of all subjects. The results are shown in Table 1.

【表】 つぎに上記各被験者の左右両眼の測定値の比
(左眼の測定値÷右眼の測定値)について調べた
結果を第2表に示す。
[Table] Next, Table 2 shows the results of investigating the ratio of the measurements of the left and right eyes of each subject (measurement value of the left eye÷measurement value of the right eye).

【表】 以上の試験結果によりつぎのことが確認され
た。 (1) 検査用具への分泌涙液の浸透部位が赤色系統
への変色部位に一致しているため、測定が極め
て容易にかつ正確におこなわれた。 (2) 被験者の左右両眼における測定値の比がほぼ
1.0に近似しており、実際の左右両眼の分泌量
に実質的な差がないとの仮説の下に本検査用具
を用いた検査の正確さが確認された。 (3) 不快感を訴える被験者は皆無であり、また刺
激による涙液の異常分必も全く観察されなかつ
た。 (4) 検査用具の変色の程度により各被験者の涙液
のPHを知ることができるという副次的な効果も
確認された。
[Table] From the above test results, the following was confirmed. (1) Measurements were extremely easy and accurate because the site where secreted tear fluid penetrated into the test tool coincided with the site where the color changed to red. (2) The ratio of the measured values for the subject's left and right eyes is approximately
1.0, confirming the accuracy of the test using this testing tool based on the hypothesis that there is no substantial difference in the actual secretion amount between the left and right eyes. (3) None of the subjects complained of discomfort, and no abnormalities in tear fluid due to stimulation were observed. (4) The secondary effect of being able to determine the PH of each subject's tear fluid based on the degree of discoloration of the test tool was also confirmed.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1〜2図はそれぞれ従来の涙液量の検査用具
の概略説明図、第3〜4図はそれぞれ本発明の涙
液量の検査用具の概略側面図である。 図面の主要符号、3…下眼瞼、4…目盛、5…
チユーブ、11…本発明の検査用具。
1 and 2 are respectively schematic explanatory views of conventional tear volume testing tools, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic side views of the tear volume testing tool of the present invention, respectively. Main symbols of the drawing, 3...lower eyelid, 4...scale, 5...
Tube, 11...Inspection tool of the present invention.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1 涙液のPHに対応して色調が変化するPH指示薬
で染色した糸より構成したことを特徴とする涙液
量の検査用具。
1. A test tool for tear volume, characterized by being made of thread dyed with a PH indicator that changes color depending on the PH of the tear fluid.
JP56199330A 1981-12-09 1981-12-09 Inspection tool of secretion function of tear Granted JPS5899944A (en)

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