Inner plug constituting nozzle and eye drop container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12351369-B2
Application number	US-202117793731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2021
Priority date	Jan 21, 2020
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

The eye drop container includes a container body having an inner plug and an opening part in which the inner plug is mounted. The inner plug is mounted in the opening part of the container body, constitutes a nozzle part, and has a liquid-contacting part which is constituted of a layer including a cyclic olefin copolymer, a cushioning part which is provided in an outer circumferential part in contact with the opening part, a flange part which comes into contact with a tip surface of the opening part, and a leg part which comes into contact with an inner surface of the opening part. The cushioning part is provided on at least an outer circumferential surface of the leg part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inner plug to be mounted in an opening part of a container body and constituting a nozzle, the inner plug comprising:
a liquid-contacting part having a surface comprising a layer including a cyclic olefin copolymer; and
a cushioning part that is provided in an outer circumferential part in contact with the opening part,
wherein the liquid-contacting part has a leg part which has a cylindrical shape and comes into contact with a cylindrical inner surface of the opening part,
the cushioning part has a cylindrical part provided in an outer circumferential surface of the leg part in contact with the cylindrical inner surface of the opening part,
wherein the liquid-contacting part is configured such that the surface comes into contact with a content of the container body when the inner plug is mounted in the opening part of the container body,
the cushioning part is configured not to contact with the content by being separated by the liquid-contacting part when the inner plug is mounted in the opening part of the container body, and
the cushioning part is constituted of a material of one or more kinds selected from a polyethylene resin, a rubber, and an elastomer.

2. The inner plug according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inner plug has a flange part which comes into contact with a tip surface of the opening part.

3. The inner plug according to claim 2 , wherein the cylindrical part of the cushioning part is formed on an upper outer circumferential surface of the leg part and an annular plate-shaped part is formed on a lower surface of the flange part, and the cylindrical part and the annular plate-shaped part are continuously formed to have an L-shaped cross section.

4. The inner plug according to claim 2 , wherein the cylindrical part of the cushioning part is formed on an upper outer circumferential surface of the leg part and the cushioning part does not have a part formed on a lower surface of the flange part.

5. The inner plug according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outer circumferential part of the inner plug in contact with the opening part of the container body has a part in which the liquid-contacting part directly comes into contact with the inner surface of the opening part on a side closer to a storage part of the container body than a part in contact with the inner surface of the opening part via the cushioning part.

6. The inner plug according to claim 1 ,
wherein the layer including the cyclic olefin copolymer includes at least one of a COP that is a copolymer of cyclic olefins different from each other and a COC that is a copolymer of a cyclic olefin and an acyclic olefin.

7. An eye drop container comprising:
the inner plug according to claim 1 ; and
a container body that has an opening part in which the inner plug is mounted.

8. The eye drop container according to claim 7 ,
wherein the container body has a layer including a cyclic olefin copolymer on at least a surface in contact with a liquid content.

9. The inner plug according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid-contacting part consists of a COP that is a copolymer of cyclic olefins different from each other.

10. The inner plug according to claim 1 , wherein the cushioning part consists of a polyethylene resin, an elastomer, or a combination thereof.

11. The inner plug according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the cushioning part is between 50 μm and 1000 μm.

Assignees

• Fujimori Kogyo Co Ltd
• Zacros Corp

Inventors

• TANAKA Yoshitoh
• Kanazawa Asako
• Suzuki Toyoaki

Classifications

• B65D53/02

  Collars or rings · CPC title

• A61J1/05

  for collecting, storing or administering blood, plasma or medical fluids {(multiple bags systems for separating or storing blood components A61M1/0209); Infusion or perfusion containers} · CPC title

• A61F9/0008

  Introducing ophthalmic products into the ocular cavity or retaining products therein (putting in contact lenses A61F9/0061; introducing or retaining media in cavities of the body in general A61M31/00) · CPC title

• A61J1/1468

  Containers characterised by specific material properties · CPC title

• A61J1/1412

  Containers with closing means, e.g. caps · CPC title