Patent Application
20220033160
This application claims priority to Japanese Application No. 2020-128265 filed on Jul. 29, 2020, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a packaging container in which a stored object is stored in a recess formed in a resin sheet and the recess is sealed with a sealing film.
Packaging containers are known in which a medical device is stored in a recess formed on a resin sheet and the recess is sealed with a flat sealing film such as a resin film (Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2011-005182 A). Such a packaging container is called a blister package or a blister case, and can be used for packaging of, for example, a prefilled syringe, a drug solution administration device used by attaching to a body, and the like.
In some medical devices, the function of the medical device can be impaired if the medical device is touched, for example, by a user, when taken out from the packaging container. In known packaging containers, the entire area around the recess of the sealing film can be opened with a uniform force, and the user can peel off the sealing film all at once. In this case, all the accommodated medical devices are exposed at a time, and the user can touch all the parts of the medical devices. Therefore, there is a risk that the user grasps the wrong part, which may deteriorate the function of the medical device.
In addition, the recent spread of home treatment has increased an opportunity for patients themselves to operate medical devices. Accordingly, there is a concern about an increase in erroneous handling when users unfamiliar with handling of the medical devices take out the medical devices from packaging containers. Also in some products other than medical devices, the function may deteriorate if an inappropriate part is touched when taken out from packaging containers.
Therefore, there is a demand for a packaging container in which the user can take out the stored object without touching a wrong part or portion of the stored object.
A packaging container is disclosed for accommodating a stored object having a protection target portion to be avoided from contact when taken out and a graspable portion that can be grasped, the packaging container including: a container body having a recess formed in a shape corresponding to the stored object and accommodating the stored object and a sticking portion formed in a plane shape in a part surrounding a periphery of the recess, and a sealing film peelably stuck to the sticking portion to seal the recess, in which the sealing film is bonded to the sticking portion via a seal portion extending along a periphery of the recess, and the seal portion has a difficult-to-peel portion formed in a part surrounding the protection target portion of the stored object accommodated in the recess, and bonded with a strength relatively strong, and an easy-to-peel portion formed in a part surrounding the graspable portion of the stored object accommodated in the recess, and bonded with a strength relatively weaker than that with the difficult-to-peel portion.
According to the packaging container of the above aspect, the protection target portion is protected by providing the part surrounding the protection target portion of the stored object with a difficult-to-peel portion, which is difficult to peel off the sealing film, and hence it is possible to take out the stored object without the user touching a wrong portion of the stored object.
In accordance with an aspect, a packaging container is disclosed for accommodating a stored object having a protection target portion to be avoided from contact when taken out and a graspable portion that can be grasped, the packaging container comprising: a container body having a recess formed in a shape corresponding to the stored object and accommodating the stored object, and a sticking portion formed in a plane shape in a part surrounding a periphery of the recess; a sealing film peelably stuck to the sticking portion to seal the recess; the sealing film being bonded to the sticking portion via a seal portion extending along a periphery of the recess; and wherein the seal portion has a difficult-to-peel portion formed in a part surrounding the protection target portion of the stored object accommodated in the recess, and bonded with a first strength, and an easy-to-peel portion formed in a part surrounding the graspable portion of the stored object accommodated in the recess, and the easy-to-peel portion being bonded with a second strength, the second strength of the easy-to-peel portion being less than the first strength of the difficult-to-peel portion.
In accordance with another aspect, a packaging container is disclosed for accommodating a stored object having a protection target portion to be avoided from contact when taken out and a graspable portion that can be grasped, the packaging container comprising: a container body having a recess configured to accommodate the stored object, and a sticking portion surrounding a periphery of the recess; a sealing film peelably stuck to the sticking portion to seal the recess along a periphery of the recess; and wherein the seal portion has a difficult-to-peel portion formed in a part surrounding the protection target portion of the stored object accommodated in the recess and an easy-to-peel portion formed in a part surrounding the graspable portion of the stored object accommodated in the recess, and the easy-to-peel portion having a bonding strength, which is less than a bonding strength of the difficult-to-peel portion.
In accordance with a further aspect, a packaging container is disclosed for accommodating a stored object having a protection target portion to be avoided from contact when taken out and a graspable portion that can be grasped, the packaging container comprising: a container body having a recess configured to accommodate the stored object, and a sticking portion surrounding a periphery of the recess; a sealing film peelably stuck to the sticking portion to seal the recess along a periphery of the recess; and wherein the seal portion has a difficult-to-peel portion formed in a part surrounding the protection target portion of the stored object accommodated in the recess and an easy-to-peel portion formed in a part surrounding the graspable portion of the stored object accommodated in the recess, the easy-to-peel portion being formed as a pair of linear patterns, the pair of linear patterns having a width narrower than a width of the sticking portion, and the difficult-to-peel portion is formed on an entire surface of the sticking portion surrounding the protection target portion.
Set forth below with reference to the accompanying drawings is a detailed description of embodiments of a packaging container in which a stored object is stored in a recess formed in a resin sheet and the recess is sealed with a sealing film. Note that since embodiments described below are preferred specific examples of the present disclosure, although various technically preferable limitations are given, the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments unless otherwise specified in the following descriptions. Note that, for convenience of description, some dimension ratios in the drawings are exaggerated and different from actual ratios.
The packaging container 10 according to the present embodiment illustrated in
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A housing attachment material 24 is configured such that the housing attachment material 24 includes one joining surface 24a, which is joined to the housing 20, and the other adhesion surface 24b can be stuck to the skin. The housing attachment material 24 has a shape identical to or larger than the rear surface 20b of the drug solution administration device 12 in order to secure the peeling strength with the skin.
A protection sheet 28 is attached to the housing attachment material 24 in order to protect the adhesion surface 24b until immediately before the use and to prevent the adhesiveness of the adhesion surface 24b from deteriorating. The protection sheet 28 is formed in a shape covering the entire area of the adhesion surface 24b. In accordance with an aspect, the protection sheet 28 is removed from the housing attachment material 24 immediately before the use of the drug solution administration device 12, and one end 28a (end on the side surface 20f side) of the protection sheet 28 is provided with a peeling start portion 30 separated from the housing attachment material 24.
The peeling start portion 30 is formed integrally with the protection sheet 28, and can be formed as a portion where the protection sheet 28 bulges outward relative to the housing attachment material 24. The peeling start portion 30 is separated from the adhesion surface 24b of the housing attachment material 24, such that the peeling start portion 30 is not in contact with the adhesion surface 24b. The user can rather easily peel the protection sheet 28 from the housing attachment material 24 by pinching the peeling start portion 30 and pulling the protection sheet 28 in the direction of peeling off the protection sheet 28 from the housing attachment material 24.
The rear surface 20b of the housing 20 is provided with the power switch 25 for starting drive of the drug solution administration device 12. The housing attachment material 24 and the protection sheet 28 in a part corresponding to the power switch 25 is provided with a circular notch hole 27 for enabling visual recognition and operation of the power switch 25.
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The body accommodation portion 36 can be formed in a rectangular shape surrounded by four side surfaces 36a to 36d and a bottom surface 36e. The plane dimension of the body accommodation portion 36 is preferably larger than the plane dimensions of the front surface 20a and the rear surface 20b of the housing 20. The depth of the body accommodation portion 36 (the depth from the intermediate portion 34 to the bottom surface 36e) is preferably larger than the thickness of the housing 20 (the distance between the front surface 20a and the rear surface 20b), and the entire housing 20 is accommodated in the body accommodation portion 36.
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the body accommodation portion 36 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 40 protruding from the side surfaces 36a and 36b and the bottom surface 36e toward the housing 20. The housing 20 can be retained in the body accommodation portion 36 by being held, for example, between four protrusions 40 protruding from the side surfaces 36a and 36b. The housing 20 is retained in a state of coming off from the side surfaces 36a and 36b and the bottom surface 36e by abutting on the protrusion 40.
On the side surfaces 36a and 36b of the body accommodation portion 36, grasping recesses 42 are formed so as to make it rather easy to pinch the housing 20 of the drug solution administration device 12 when the housing 20 is taken out of the container body 16. The grasping recess 42 forms a gap into which the user can insert, for example, his fingertip. In a part other than the grasping recess 42, the gap between the body accommodation portion 36 and the drug solution administration device 12 is formed to have a width in which the user's finger cannot be inserted.
The port accommodation portion 38 is formed in a part of the recess 14 where the side surface 20c of the housing 20 is disposed. The port accommodation portion 38 preferably has a shape larger than the connection port 22, and the connection port 22 is accommodated in the port accommodation portion 38 in a state of being separated from the surface of the port accommodation portion 38. In order to prevent the user from touching the connection port 22 and damaging the connection port 22 when taking out the drug solution administration device 12, it is preferable that the gap between the port accommodation portion 38 and the connection port 22 has a width that does not allow the user's fingertip to enter.
The intermediate portion 34 is a part formed so as to surround the periphery of the recess 14, and has a plane parallel to the sticking portion 32. The inner peripheral edge of the intermediate portion 34 is connected to the recess 14. The outer peripheral edge of the intermediate portion 34 is connected to the sticking portion 32 via a step portion 34a. The intermediate portion 34 is formed lower than the sticking portion 32 via the step portion 34a. The intermediate portion 34 forms a space that accommodates the housing attachment material 24 and the protection sheet 28 of the drug solution administration device 12 between the intermediate portion 34 and the sealing film 18.
The sticking portion 32 is formed in a rectangular shape along the outer periphery of the container body 16. The distance between the step portion 34a and an outer peripheral edge 32a, which is the width of the sticking portion 32, is substantially constant throughout the entire circumference. A separation portion 33 is formed at an end of the sticking portion 32 on the port accommodation portion 38 side. The separation portion 33 is connected to the sticking portion 32 via the step portion 33a, and is formed at a position lower than the sticking portion 32. The separation portion 33 is separated from the sealing film 18 when the sealing film 18 described later is bonded to the sticking portion 32, and becomes a portion rather easily graspable of the sealing film 18 when the user starts peeling the sealing film 18.
In the container body 16, the recess 14, the sticking portion 32, and the intermediate portion 34 are integrally formed by the resin sheet. The resin sheet can be, for example, a transparent sheet body made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the thickness of the resin sheet can be, for example, as thick as about 0.8 mm.
In the recess 14 of the container body 16, the drug solution administration device 12 is accommodated with the front surface 20a of the housing 20 facing the bottom surface 36e of the recess 14. The housing attachment material 24 and the protection sheet 28 of the drug solution administration device 12 are spread and accommodated in the intermediate portion 34 of the container body 16. As shown in
The peeling start portion 30 of the protection sheet 28 is a portion rather easily peeled off when the drug solution administration device 12 is taken out from the packaging container 10, and is a protection target portion that requires protection when the drug solution administration device 12 is opened. If the protection sheet 28 is peeled off at the time of opening, the adhesion surface 24b is not protected and the adhesive power of the adhesion surface 24b of the drug solution administration device 12 may be lowered, and there is a risk that the drug solution administration device 12 falls off from the patient's skin during use. The peeling start portion 30 is a portion that is likely to be pulled by the user when taking out the drug solution administration device 12 from the packaging container 10. The protection sheet 28 is bonded to the housing attachment material 24 with a relatively weak bonding power. Hence, when the user pulls the peeling start portion 30, the protection sheet 28 is peeled off before the drug solution administration device 12 is taken out of the packaging container 10. Therefore, the peeling start portion 30 is a portion that needs protection when the drug solution administration device 12 is taken out of the packaging container 10.
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The seal portion 44 can have a relatively constant bonding power per unit area. However, the seal portion 44 of the present embodiment is provided with a difficult-to-peel portion 46 formed wide throughout the entire area of the width of the sticking portion 32 (the distance between the step portion 34a and the outer peripheral edge 32a), and an easy-to-peel portion 48 formed in linear patterns 48a and 48b having a width narrower than the width of the sticking portion 32.
Since the difficult-to-peel portion 46 is bonded to the sticking portion 32 with a wide bonding area, the peelable portion is bonded by a bonding power relatively higher than that of the easy-to-peel portion 48, and the difficult-to-peel portion 46 may be more difficult to peel compared with the easy-to-peel portion 48. The difficult-to-peel portion 46 may be formed in a C-shape along the sticking portion 32 of the part surrounding the peeling start portion 30 of the protection sheet 28 of the drug solution administration device 12.
The easy-to-peel portion 48 is bonded to the sticking portion 32 with a width narrower than the width of the sticking portion 32, and the easy-to-peel portion 48 has a smaller bonding area than that of the difficult-to-peel portion 46, and is bonded by a relatively weak bonding power. Therefore, the easy-to-peel portion 48 can be peeled off more easily than the difficult-to-peel portion 46. The easy-to-peel portion 48 can include the two parallel linear patterns 48a and 48b. The linear patterns 48a and 48b include a straight part 49a and a bent portion 49b connecting adjacent straight parts 49a.
Of the two linear patterns 48a and 48b, the linear pattern 48a is a pattern formed inside and the linear pattern 48b is a pattern formed outside. The two linear patterns 48a and 48b are disposed so as to be separated from each other with a gap of a fixed width so as not to affect the other even if one is peeled off. The width of each of the linear patterns 48a and 48b can be, for example, 0.1 mm to 1 mm.
The bent portion 49b of the outer linear pattern 48b is formed with a bulging portion 52 curved and bulging outward in an arc shape. The bulging portion 52 is formed as a bonding part similar to the linear pattern 48b, but is a portion where tensile force acting on the sealing film 18 is locally concentrated when the sealing film 18 is peeled off from the edge of the packaging container 10. Since the bulging portion 52 is curved in a circular arc shape, a part where tensile force is locally concentrated appears even when the sealing film 18 is pulled from various directions. Hence, it is possible to peel off the sealing film 18 more easily than in a case of not providing the bulging portion 52.
The packaging container 10 of the present embodiment is configured as described above, and its operations will be described below.
The packaging container 10 of the present embodiment is provided to the user in a state where the drug solution administration device 12 is accommodated in the recess 14 of the container body 16, and the recess 14 and the drug solution administration device 12 are sealed by the sealing film 18.
The user opens the packaging container 10 immediately before use and takes out the drug solution administration device 12 from the container body 16. When opening the packaging container 10, first, an operation for peeling off the easy-to-peel portion 48 of the seal portion 44 of the sealing film 18 from the sticking portion 32 of the container body 16 is performed.
In known packaging containers, the entire area of the sealing film 18 is bonded with a uniform peeling strength, and hence the entire sealing film 18 can be peeled off at once. In the known packaging containers, the entire area of the protection sheet 28 of the drug solution administration device 12 accommodated in the packaging container 10 is exposed. In the known packaging containers, the peeling start portion 30 of the protection sheet 28 is exposed as a portion, which is rather easy to pinch when pulling out the drug solution administration device 12. Therefore, there is a risk that the user pulls the peeling start portion 30 in order to pull out the drug solution administration device 12 from the container body 16. Since the protection sheet 28 can be peeled off from the housing attachment material 24 with a weak peeling strength, there is a risk that the protection sheet 28 is peeled off before the drug solution administration device 12 is taken out of the container body 16, and the protection function of the adhesion surface 24b is impaired.
On the other hand, according to the packaging container 10 of the present embodiment, the seal portion 44, by which the sealing film 18 is bonded to the sticking portion 32 of the container body 16, is provided with the difficult-to-peel portion 46 and the easy-to-peel portion 48. In the difficult-to-peel portion 46, the sealing film 18 is bonded to the sticking portion 32 throughout the entire area in the width direction of the sticking portion 32, and hence the difficult-to-peel portion 46 is bonded with a relatively strong peeling strength, and has no pinch margin of the sealing film 18 for starting peeling. Therefore, the user pinches the end of the sealing film 18 from the easy-to-peel portion 48 to start peeling of the sealing film 18.
The separation portion 33 is provided at an end of the container body 16 on the side separated from the difficult-to-peel portion 46. The separation portion 33 is separated from the sealing film 18 and coming off, and hence the user can rather easily grasp the sealing film 18. Therefore, the packaging container 10 can prompt the user to start peeling the sealing film 18 from a part away from the difficult-to-peel portion 46.
When the user pinches the end of the sealing film 18 and peels it off from the container body 16, the easy-to-peel portion 48 of the sealing film 18 peels along the linear patterns 48a and 48b. The peeling of the sealing film 18 stops when the peeling proceeds to the difficult-to-peel portion 46. In the difficult-to-peel portion 46, since the sealing film 18 and the sticking portion 32 are bonded with a strong peeling strength, the peeling of the difficult-to-peel portion 46 does not proceed in normal operation. Therefore, the peeling of the sealing film 18 ends in a state where the sealing film 18 covers the peeling start portion 30 of the protection sheet 28 of the drug solution administration device 12, which can help protect the peeling start portion 30, which is a protection target portion of the drug solution administration device 12. Note that even in a state where the sealing film 18 is not completely peeled off, the user can grasp the housing 20 of the drug solution administration device 12 through the grasping recess 42, and hence the user can remove the drug solution administration device 12 from the recess 14 of the container body 16.
The packaging container 10 of the present embodiment achieves the following effects.
The present embodiment relates to the packaging container 10 for accommodating the drug solution administration device 12 (medical device/stored object) having the peeling start portion 30 (protection target portion) to be avoided from contact when taken out and a graspable portion that can be grasped. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the packaging container 10 can include: the container body 16 having the recess 14 formed in a shape corresponding to the drug solution administration device 12 and accommodating the drug solution administration device 12, and the sticking portion 32 formed in a plane shape in a part surrounding the periphery of the recess 14; and the sealing film 18 peelably stuck to the sticking portion 32 and sealing the recess 14, in which the sealing film 18 is bonded to the sticking portion 32 via the seal portion 44 extending along the periphery of the recess 14, and the seal portion 44 has the difficult-to-peel portion 46 formed in the part surrounding the peeling start portion 30 (protection target portion) of the drug solution administration device 12 (medical device/stored object) accommodated in the recess 14, and bonded with a strength relatively strong, and the easy-to-peel portion 48 formed in the part surrounding the graspable portion of the drug solution administration device 12 accommodated in the recess 14, and bonded with a strength relatively weaker than that with the difficult-to-peel portion 46.
According to the packaging container 10 described above, when the sealing film 18 is peeled to open the packaging container 10, the peeling of the sealing film 18 is stopped by the difficult-to-peel portion 46. Therefore, it is possible to maintain a state in which the sealing film 18 covers and protects the peeling start portion 30 of the drug solution administration device 12, which can help prevent the user from touching the peeling start portion 30 as a protection target portion when the user takes out the drug solution administration device 12 from the container body 16.
In the packaging container 10 described above, the easy-to-peel portion 48 is formed as the thin linear patterns 48a and 48b, and the difficult-to-peel portion 46 may be formed on the entire surface of the sticking portion 32 in a part surrounding the peeling start portion 30 (protection target portion).
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, by separately producing the difficult-to-peel portion 46 and the easy-to-peel portion 48 in accordance with the shape of the seal portion 44, it is possible to simultaneously produce the difficult-to-peel portion 46 and the easy-to-peel portion 48 in one bonding process, which can help reduce the number of manufacturing processes and can also improve the productivity of the packaging container 10.
In the packaging container 10 described above, the easy-to-peel portion 48 may have the two parallel linear patterns 48a and 48b as the seal portion 44. According to this configuration, even when the sealing film 18 is about to be peeled off due to an impact or the like, the peeling stops in any one of the linear patterns 48a and 48b, and hence the risk of unintended opening can be reduced.
In the packaging container 10 described above, the linear patterns 48a and 48b have the plurality of straight parts 49a and the bent portion 49b connecting the straight parts 49a, and the bent portion 49b of the linear pattern 48b may be formed with the bulging portion 52 curved and bulging outward. According to this configuration, since the load when the sealing film 18 is pulled in the peeling direction is concentrated on the bulging portion 52, the peeling of the sealing film 18 can be started with a relatively small force.
In the packaging container 10 described above, the bulging portion 52 may be provided in the bent portion 49b farthest apart from the difficult-to-peel portion 46, which can start the peeling of the sealing film 18 from a part away from the difficult-to-peel portion 46, and the peeling operation of the easy-to-peel portion 48 becomes rather easy.
The packaging container 10 described above may be provided with the separation portion 33 that extends from the sticking portion 32 in the vicinity of the bulging portion 52 and lowers (i.e., extends) in a direction away from the sealing film 18. According to this configuration, when the sealing film 18 is peeled off, the user can rather easily grasp the sealing film 18, and can rather easily peel off the sealing film 18.
The stored object accommodated in the packaging container 10 is the drug solution administration device 12 used by attaching to the body, and the drug solution administration device 12 may have the box-shaped housing 20, a housing attachment material 24 formed to have an outer shape larger than the housing 20 and having the adhesion surface 24b for attaching the housing 20 to the patient's body, and the protection sheet 28 covering the adhesion surface 24b of the housing attachment material 24 and having the peeling start portion 30 separated from the housing attachment material 24 at one end. The drug solution administration device 12 may be accommodated in the recess 14 of the container body 16 of the packaging container 10 in an orientation in which the protection sheet 28 faces the sealing film 18, and the difficult-to-peel portion 46 may be formed in the sticking portion 32 of a part surrounding the peeling start portion 30 of the protection sheet 28.
According to the above configuration, it is possible to protect the peeling start portion 30 of the protection sheet 28 when the drug solution administration device 12 is taken out from the container body 16.
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The sealing film 66 and the sticking portion 70 are peelably bonded to each other in a seal portion 72 having a predetermined shape. In the present embodiment, the tip of the prefilled syringe 62 is a protection target portion (i.e., portion of the prefilled syringe 62 is preferably protected). Therefore, in the seal portion 72, a difficult-to-peel portion 74 is formed in the sticking portion 70 in a part surrounding the tip of the prefilled syringe 62, and an easy-to-peel portion 76 is formed at another part. The difficult-to-peel portion 74 is formed by bonding the sealing film 66 to the entire surface of the sticking portion 70 of the part surrounding the tip of the prefilled syringe 62. The easy-to-peel portion 76 is formed as a linear pattern 78 with a thin width.
Also in the packaging container 60 of the present embodiment, the user can peel off the sealing film 66 from the easy-to-peel portion 76. The peeling of the sealing film 66 by the user is stopped at the difficult-to-peel portion 74. Thus, the sealing film 66 is kept in a state of covering the tip (protection target portion) of the prefilled syringe 62. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, it is possible to prevent the user's hand from touching the tip of the prefilled syringe 62 when the user removes the prefilled syringe 62 from the container body 64.
The detailed description above describes embodiments of a packaging container in which a stored object is stored in a recess formed in a resin sheet and the recess is sealed with a sealing film. The invention is not limited, however, to the precise embodiments and variations described. Various changes, modifications and equivalents may occur to one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims. It is expressly intended that all such changes, modifications and equivalents, which fall within the scope of the claims are embraced by the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 2020-128265 | Jul 2020 | JP | national |
