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US 7,776,414 · App. 10/508,481 · Granted Aug 17, 2010

Infusion container with multiple chambers

Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,776,414
App. No.
10/508,481
Granted
Aug 17, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention has an object to provide an infusion container with multiple chambers, where the peel strength of the boundary portion between one and another of multiple medicament chambers is stabilized irrespective of the construction material and structure of the film. The present invention provides an infusion container 10 with multiple chambers, which is formed from a thermoplastic resin film and has a plurality of medicament chambers 11 and 12 for housing medicaments, wherein the medicaments chambers 11 and 12 are liquid-tightly sealed by a peelable weak seal part 15 , the weak seal part 15 is formed to have a plurality of melt-bonding parts different in the melt-bonding strength, the strong melt-bonding part having a largest melt-bonding strength among these melt-bonding parts is dispersed and distributed in the weak seal part 15 , and the total occupied area of the strong melt-bonding part is less than 25% of the area of the weak seal part 15.

Claims (18)

1. An infusion container with multiple chambers, which is formed from a thermoplastic resin film and has a plurality of medicament chambers for housing medicaments, wherein

the medicament chambers are liquid-tightly sealed by a peelable weak seal part which consists of a thermoplastic resin,

said weak seal part is formed to have a plurality of melt-bonding parts different in the melt-bonding strength,

the strong melt-bonding part having a largest melt-bonding strength among said melt-bonding parts is dispersed and distributed in said weak seal part,

the total occupied area of the strong melt-bonding part is less than 25% of the area of said weak seal part, and

the peelable weak seal part of the thermoplastic resin film is free from a coating material-applied part.

2. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 1 , wherein respective strong melt-bonding parts are distributed such that the average space A and average distance B between adjacent strong melt-bonding parts satisfy the following formula

B< 2 A (1).  (1)

3. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said average distance B between strong melt-bonding parts is 1.0 mm or more.

4. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each strong melt-bonding part is a plane having an area of 1 mm 2 or less and/or a line having a width of 1 mm or less.

5. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein at least one surface of the weak seal part has a recessed part and at least a part of said recessed parts are the strong melt-bonding part.

6. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said recessed part comprises a plurality of recessed streaks formed almost in parallel and each having a width of 1 mm or less and/or a plurality of recessed planes each having an area of 1 mm 2 or less.

7. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 5 , wherein one surface of the weak seal part has the recessed part and another surface is planarly formed.

8. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 5 , wherein both surfaces of the weak seal part have the recessed part.

9. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the dispersed state of respective strong melt-bonding parts is different in the cross direction of the weak seal part.

10. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the dispersed state of respective strong melt-bonding parts is different in the cross direction of the weak seal part.

11. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the dispersed state of respective strong melt-bonding parts is different in the cross direction of the weak seal part.

12. The infusion container with multiple chambers as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the dispersed state of respective strong melt-bonding parts is different in the cross direction of the weak seal part.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2007
From: SHOWA DENKO PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
To: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019556/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2005
From: IWASAKI, TOSHIHARU; KOTANI, MASATAKA; ISHIWATARI, KIYOKAZU; YOSHIKAWA, KATSUYUKI
To: SHOWA DENKO PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016697/0892 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2002-093177 · Mar 28, 2002 · national
JP 2003-023436 · Jan 31, 2003 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6041279600 · Sep 24, 2002
Related Publication 20050221034A1 · Oct 6, 2005