KR101245651B1

KR101245651B1 - Assistance apparatus for applying eye drops

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Publication number: KR101245651B1
Application number: KR1020100084285A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김인환
Original assignee: 김인환
Priority date: 2010-08-30
Filing date: 2010-08-30
Publication date: 2013-03-21
Also published as: KR20120020589A

Abstract

In order to prevent the user's eyes from blinking when the eye drops are put into the eyes of the user, the present invention provides a bottom portion on which the eye drop container rests, the eye drop container, A main body including a plurality of container supports which protrude from the bottom to contact and fix the position of the eye drop container such that the eye drop container is not removed from the bottom part; And a support member including a plurality of space holders coupled to one end of each container supporter, and a close contact between the space holders.

Description

Eye drop apparatus {Assistance apparatus for applying eye drops}

The present invention relates to an eye drop aid, and more particularly, to an eye drop aid device that is easy to carry and store while keeping the user's eyes from blinking when the eye drop is put into the user's eye.

In general, the eye drops are accommodated in an eye drop container having a funnel-shaped container cap, and the user drops his head in an open state and presses the eye drop container so that the eye drops fall through the container cap to be injected into the eye.

By the way, such eye drops container has the user's eyes are wound instinctively with the drop of the eye drops, there was a problem that its use is very inconvenient.

In order to solve this problem, various mechanisms have been proposed to fix the eyelids when the eye drops fall into the eyes. However, since the device used to fix the eyelids is not designed to inject eye drops into the eye but is intended to be used for other purposes, there is a need for a device that can be exclusively used for injecting eye drops.

In addition, the conventional general apparatus used to fix the eyelids has problems such as causing pain when opening the eyelids without properly placing eyedrop containers. In addition, even when the eye drops are injected using the above-described apparatus, the eye drops suddenly fall from the container cap to the eyes, so that the user instinctively closes the eyes even when the eyelids are fixed, and the eye drops flow down without being properly injected into the eyes. The problem was that injection was very difficult.

An object of the present invention is to provide an eye drop assisting device that is easy to carry and easy to put the eye drops at the same time, so that the eyes of the user does not blink when the eye drops into the eyes of the user.

The present invention provides a bottom portion on which an eye drop container rests, and a plurality of container supports protruding from the bottom portion in contact with the eye drop container to fix the position of the eye drop container so that the eye drop container is not removed from the bottom portion. A main body comprising; And a support member including a plurality of space holders coupled to one end of each container supporter, and a close contact between the space holders.

In the present invention, the gap holders are formed to be rotatable with respect to the container supports, so that the support member can be pulled in and out with respect to the body.

Here, the gap holders and the container supports may be pinned.

In the present invention, the eye drop container may be interfitted between the container supports.

Here, the eye drop container includes a container cap extending in a first direction so that the eye drops contained therein can be discharged to the outside, and the container cap and the close contact portion of the eye drop container with the support member drawn out from the main body. The first direction may be spaced apart by a predetermined first interval.

Here, the close contact portion is formed extending in the third direction, in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the third direction, respectively, the container cap of the eye drop container in the state that the support member is drawn out from the main body And the close contact portion may be spaced apart by a predetermined second interval in the second direction.

Here, the second interval may be formed to be substantially equal to the distance from the eyelid of the user to which the close contact is in close contact with the center of the pupil of the user.

In the present invention, the eye drop container includes a container cap extending in the first direction so that the eye drops contained therein can be discharged to the outside, and the auxiliary member is coupled to the container support of the main body through the container cap; It may further include.

In the present invention, the eye drop container and the eye drop aid may be integrally formed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an eye drop container coupling part to which one end of a disposable eye drop container is fitted; And rotatably coupled to the main body, and on one side, an eye drop assistance device having a close contact portion formed thereon.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to obtain an eye drop easily and at the same time carry and store.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an eye drop aid according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a side view showing the eye drops container coupled to the eye drop auxiliary device of FIG.
3 is a side view schematically showing an operating state of the eye drop aid of FIG.
Figure 4 is a perspective view schematically showing an eye drop aid according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a perspective view schematically showing an eye drop assistance device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a perspective view schematically showing an eye drop assistance apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an eye drop aid according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view showing the eye drops container coupled to the eye drop aid of Figure 1;

1 and 2, the eye drop aid device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 110 and a support member 120. The main body 110 includes a bottom 111 and a container support 112, and the support member 120 includes a gap maintaining part 121 and an adhesion part 122.

In detail, the bottom portion 111 is formed in a shape similar to the bottom of the eye drop container 200, so that the eye drop container 200 is seated thereon. 1 and 2, the bottom and bottom portions 111 of the eye drop container 200 are shown as being circular. At this time, the diameter of the bottom 111 is formed to be larger than the diameter of the bottom of the eye drop container 200 by a certain degree, it is preferable that the eye drop container 200 is stably seated on the bottom 111. Furthermore, a portion of the bottom portion 111 contacting the eye drop container 200 may be formed to be slightly concave, so that the eye drop container 200 may be partially accommodated in the bottom 111. 1 and 2, the bottom and bottom portions 111 of the eye drop container 200 are shown as being circular, but the spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the bottom of the eye drop container 200 has various shapes. And the shape of the bottom 111 will be possible.

The container support part 112 protrudes from the bottom part 111 and is formed in a direction parallel to the eye drop container 200 seated on the bottom part 111. The container support part 112 serves to support the eye drop container 200 from the side, and serves to prevent the eye drop container 200 from being removed from the eye drop aid device 100. That is, two or more container supports 112 are formed at the edge of the bottom 111, wherein the distance between the container supports 112 is formed to be substantially the same or slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the eye drop container 200. Therefore, the eye drop container 200 is fitted between the container support 112, while the eye drop container 200 is fixed to the eye drop aid (100). 1 and 2, but two container support 112 is shown, but the spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto, provided that the eye drop container 200 can be fixed between the container support 112. It will be appreciated that a variety of shapes and numbers of vessel supports 112 may be formed.

In addition, although the container support part 112 is illustrated as being protruded from the bottom part 111 in the drawing, the spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto, even if a separate bottom part 111 is not provided, the container support part 112 is provided. If the position of the eye drop container 200 can be fixed between), the container support 112 of various shapes may be provided. For example, two or more container supports 112 may be connected by a bar-shaped member, or a plurality of container supports 112 are not bonded to each other and are separately bonded to each container support 112. A member may be provided so that the eye drop container 200 may be coupled to the container support 112 by the adhesive member.

At each end of the two vessel supports 112 a support member 120 is coupled. The support member 120 includes two spacing members 121 formed in parallel with each other, and a close contact portion 122 which connects the two spacing members 121 and directly contacts the eyes of the user. It is formed in a c 'shape. Then, the close contact portion 122 forming the center portion of the 'c' shape by pressing the eyelids in contact with the user's eyelids, so that the user's eyes do not flicker when the eye drops are injected. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

Here, each end of the two gap retaining portion 121 is pin coupled to each end of the container support 112 described above. That is, any one of the container support 112 and the spacer 121 is formed with a projection such as a pin (pin), the other side is formed with a hole (hole) through which the projection can be fitted, the projection is a hole The main body 110 and the support member 120 are coupled to each other by being inserted into the main body 110. In addition, the support member 120 is rotatable with respect to the main body 110 by the pin coupling.

The hidden line in FIG. 1 represents a state in which the support member 120 is close to the bottom 111 of the main body 110, and hereinafter, this state is defined as a 'retraction state'. Meanwhile, the solid line of FIG. 1 indicates a state in which the support member 120 is rotated in the direction of the arrow A so that the support member 120 is spaced apart from the bottom 111 of the main body 110. It is defined as

In this way, the support member 120 is formed to be able to be pulled in and out of the main body 110, so that when the eye drop auxiliary apparatus 100 is not used, the support member 120 is pulled into the main body 110 to carry the portable member. It is easy to carry out, and by carrying out the support member 120 from the main body 110 only when using the eye dropper device 100, it is possible to obtain the effect of simplifying the carrying and storage of the eye drop device 100.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the extension direction of the container cap 201 of the eye drop container 200 or the withdrawal direction of the eye drop is defined as a first direction (X direction) in the drawing, and the support member 120 The extension direction of the close contact portion 122 of the () is defined as a third direction (Z direction), the direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, that is, of the bottom portion 111 A direction perpendicular to the third direction on the bottom surface may be defined as a second direction (Y direction).

At this time, as shown in Figure 2, the support member 120 of the contact portion 122 of the support member 120 and the container cap 201 of the eye drop container 200 in the state withdrawn with respect to the main body 110 The end portions are spaced apart from each other by a first predetermined distance d1 in the first direction (X direction). In this case, the first interval d1 is preferably in the range of about 3 mm to 15 mm. Because, when the first interval (d1) is smaller than 3mm, the distance between the eyedropper container 200 and the user's eyes is too close to facilitate the introduction of the eye drops, eye drops if the first interval (d1) is larger than 15mm This is because it is not easy to precisely control the drop position of the eye drops drawn out from the container 200.

In addition, in the state in which the support member 120 is drawn out with respect to the main body 110, an extension line in the eye contact withdrawal direction of the contact portion 122 of the support member 120 and the container cap 201 of the eyedrop container 200 is formed. It is spaced apart by a predetermined 2nd interval d2 in 2 directions (Y direction). To this end, the interval maintaining part 121 of the support member 120 is curved to have a certain degree of curvature. The predetermined second spacing d2 may be formed to approximate a distance from the eyelid of the user to the center of the pupil. That is, when the contact portion 122 is in contact with the eyelids of the user, the container cap 201 of the eye drop container 200, when viewed on the XY plane, in order to be exactly in the position corresponding to the eyes of the user, the container cap ( An extension line in the eyedrop extraction direction of 201 and the close contact portion 122 of the support member 120 should be spaced apart by a predetermined second interval d2. By such a configuration, the eye drops in the eye drop container 200 can be accurately injected into the eyes of the user.

On the other hand, although not shown in the figure, one side of the bottom 111 may be provided with a counter (not shown) that can display the number of eye drops. For example, a counter having a ratchet shape may be provided, and the number of eye drops may be displayed by manually rotating the counter whenever the user puts eye drops once. By such a configuration, the user can clearly grasp the number of eye drops injections thereof, thereby improving user convenience and injecting eye drops accurately according to usage.

In addition, although not shown in the drawings, one side of the bottom portion 111 may be further provided with an alcohol cotton loading portion for loading the alcohol cotton. That is, after forming a predetermined storage space in the bottom portion 111, the alcohol cotton is loaded in the space, and when the eye drops are in the vicinity of the eye while injecting eye drops, it is possible to obtain the effect of sanitizing them using alcohol cotton. Can be.

On the other hand, although the eye drop auxiliary device 100 and the eye drop container 200 is formed as a separate member and coupled to each other in the drawings, the spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, the eye drop aid device 100 and the eye drop container 200 may be integrally formed so that a support member may be directly formed on the outer circumferential surface of the eye drop container 200.

3 is a side view schematically showing an operating state of the eye drop aid of FIG. Referring to FIG. 3, a method of using the eye drop aid device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

First, the eye drops auxiliary device 100 and the eye drop container 200 is combined. As described above, the bottom of the eye drop container 200 is inserted between the container support 112 of the main body 110 of the eye drop auxiliary device 100 by the main body of the eye drop assisting device 100 ( It may be seated on the bottom 111 of the (110).

Next, the support member 120 of the eye drop auxiliary apparatus 100 is rotated with respect to the main body 110 to pull out the support member 120 from the main body 110.

In this state, the close contact portion 122 of the support member 120 is in close contact with the eyelid of the user who wants to inject the eye drops. At this time, the contact cap 122 of the support member 120 is in close contact with the eyelid of the user so that the container cap 201 of the eye drop container 200 is located directly above the user's eye. In this way, the close contact portion 122 by pressing the eyelid of the user, so that the user does not blink the eye during eye drops.

By pressing the eye drop container 200 several times with a finger holding the eye drop aid device 100 in this state, the eye drops in the eye drop container 200 are put into the eyes of the user.

Figure 4 is a perspective view schematically showing an eye drop aid according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the eye drop aid 100 ′ according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 110, a support member 120, and an auxiliary member 130. The main body 110 includes a bottom 111 and a container support 112, and the support member 120 includes a gap maintaining part 121 and an adhesion part 122. In the present embodiment, the other components are the same as the above-described embodiment, and the feature of the auxiliary member 130 is further changed. Therefore, the configuration of the auxiliary member 130 will be described in detail below.

The auxiliary member 130 is coupled to the upper portion of the main body 110 serves to further secure the coupling between the main body 110 and the eye drop container 200. In detail, the auxiliary member 130 is generally formed in an approximately 'c' shape, and an opening through which the container cap of the eye drop container 200 is formed is formed in the center portion of the 'c' shape. That is, in the state where the eye drop container 200 is fitted to the main body 110, the auxiliary member 130 is inserted from the upper portion of the eye drop container 200, and both ends of the auxiliary member 130 are containers of the main body 110. Coupling with both ends of the support (112). In this case, unless the auxiliary member 130 is removed, the eye drop container 200 is not removed from the main body 110, and the position of the eye drop container 200 can be more securely fixed. According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to obtain the effect that the eye drops are injected into the eyes of the user more accurately.

Figure 5 is a perspective view schematically showing an eye drop assistance device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the eye drop aid device 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 310 and a support member 320. In addition, the eye drop container coupling part 311 is formed in the main body 310, and an adhesion part 321 is formed at one side of the support member 320.

In detail, the use of disposable eye drop container 400 is increasing recently. That is, since the eye drops accommodated in the conventional eye drop container should be used for a predetermined period of time, preservatives are added, and there has been a problem that such preservatives may cause eye irritation or cause allergies. Therefore, the use of disposable eye drop container 400 containing disposable eye drops without preservatives is increasing.

In order to apply such a disposable eye drop container 400 to the present invention, the eye drop auxiliary device 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention is an eye drop container coupler that can fit the disposable eye drop container 400 on one side. A main body 310 having a 311 formed thereon is coupled to be rotatable with respect to the main body 310, and includes a support member 320 formed with an adhesion part 321 at one end thereof. Therefore, the support member 320 is withdrawn from the main body 310 in a state where the disposable eye drop container 400 is inserted into the eye drop container coupling part 311 of the main body 310, and the close contact portion 321 of the support member 320 is closed. ) By pressing the disposable eye drop container 400 in a state in close contact with the eyelid of the user, it is possible to facilitate the addition of eye drops.
On the other hand, the main body 310 and the support member 320 are hinged (not shown) so that the support member 320 can be drawn out from the main body 310. Accordingly, the support member 320 and the main body 310 may rotate based on the hinge. However, the support member 320 and the main body 310 may be slidably coupled to each other.
The side fixing parts 322 are formed on both sides of the support member 320 along the longitudinal direction. Side fixing parts 322 formed on both sides of the support member 320 face each other with the disposable eye drop container 400 therebetween. Accordingly, the side fixing portion 322 may surround the side of the disposable eye drop container 400 located in the support member 320.
The pressure fixing piece 323 is formed in the side fixing part 322 located in the both sides of the support member 320, respectively. At this time, the pressure fixing piece 323 is formed only on at least a portion of the side fixing part 322. The pressure fixing piece 323 is bent in a direction facing each other to contact at least one surface of the disposable eye drop container 400 to cover at least a portion of the disposable eye drop container 400. The pressure fixing piece 323 covering one surface of the disposable eye drop container 400 will elastically press the disposable eye drop container 400 toward the support member 320.
At least a portion of the support member 320 is opened along the longitudinal direction, and a pressing space 320a is formed. The disposable eye drop container 400 positioned in the support member 320 may be exposed through the pressing space 320a. When the disposable eye drop container 400 is pressed through the pressing space 320a, a gap between the pair of pressure fixing pieces 323 is opened by the disposable eye drop container 400, and the eye drop container coupling part 311 is connected to the support member. As the main body 310 is rotated in a direction away from the 320, the disposable eye drop container 400 may deviate from the support member 320.
In addition, as the contact portion 321 moves away from the support member 320, its width gradually increases. The close contact portion 321 having a wider area improves the contact area in contact with the eyelid so that the eye drop assistance device 300 can be stably adhered to the eyelid portion.

Figure 6 is a perspective view schematically showing an eye drop assistance apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the eye drop auxiliary apparatus 500 according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 510 and a support member 520. The main body 510 includes a cartridge 511, a housing 512, a cartridge moving unit 513, and a pressing unit 514. And the support member 520 includes a side portion 521 and the contact portion 522. In the present embodiment, the other components are the same as the above-described embodiment, and the configuration of the main body 510 is characteristically different.

In detail, disposable eye drops for preventing the use of preservatives are widely used by packaging for single use as shown in FIG. 5. In the case of such disposable eye drops, no preservatives are added to the human body, so they are not harmful to the human body. There was inconvenience to carry. In order to solve this problem, the present inventors have been developed by the present inventors a chemical liquid cartridge portable device that allows a user to carry a plurality of chemical liquids more easily.

In this case, a chemical liquid is accommodated in the cartridge 511, and a plurality of cartridges 511 are arranged and received in the accommodating part 512, and a cartridge moving part 513 is formed at an upper end of the accommodating part 512. The cartridge 5111 stored in the accommodating part 512 is moved in one direction to expose the chemical liquid outlet of the cartridge 511 to the outside, and the cartridge 511 is moved to the other direction to move the cartridges 511 one by one. To discharge the gas. According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to obtain the effect that the eye drops to the eyes of the user more accurately.

In the present specification, the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments, but various embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention. In addition, although not described, equivalent means will also be referred to as incorporated in the present invention. Therefore, the true scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

100: eye drop aid 110: main body
111: bottom 112: container support
120: support member 121: spacing part
122: close contact

Claims

Support member 320, the disposable eye drop container 400 is seated along the longitudinal direction,
A main body 310 connected to one side of the support member 320 and having an eye drop container coupling part 311 to which one side of the disposable eye drop container 400 is fitted;
Is formed on the other side of the support member 320 and the contact portion 321 is gradually wider as the distance away from the support member 320, 321,
Side fixing parts 322 formed on both sides of the support member 320 and surrounding the side surface of the disposable eye drop container 400 to fix the disposable eye drop container 400 to the support member 320, and
At least a portion of the side fixing portion 322 is bent in a direction facing each other a pair of pressure fixing piece 323 covering at least a portion of the disposable eye drop container 400
Eye drops including a.

In claim 1,
The body 310 is an eye drop auxiliary device that is movably connected to one side of the support member (320).

In claim 2,
At least a portion of the support member 320 has a pressing space 320a opened along a length direction so that the disposable eye drop container 400 seated on the support member 320 can be detached from the support member 320. Is formed, when pressing the disposable eye drop container 400 through the pressing space (320a) by the disposable eye drop container 400 is the gap between the pair of pressure fixing piece 323 is opened and the eye drop container coupled Eye drop device for rotating the main body 310 in a direction away from the support member (320) part (311).

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