Patent ID: 8333751
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: A61J

Abstract:
1. A medical container comprising a bag-like container body made up of two flexible sheets, wherein the container body has a pair of long-side sealed areas formed by the two sheets being bonded together along two opposing sides that are substantially parallel to a major axis direction of the container body, at least one of the two sheets is provided with a scale for indicating an amount of a liquid substance in the container body in a state in which the medical container is hung in the major axis direction with an end of the container body at top, at least one of the pair of long-side sealed areas is provided with a first sealed protruding portion protruding toward the other long-side sealed area such that the spacing between the pair of long-side sealed areas is locally narrowed, the first sealed protruding portion is positioned on a first side in the major axis direction relative to a central position of an effective area of the container body capable of storing the liquid substance, at least one of the pair of long side sealed area is provided with a second sealed protruding portion protruding toward the other long-side sealed area such that the spacing between the pair of long-side sealed areas is locally narrowed, the second sealed protruding portion is positioned on a second side in the major axis direction relative to the central position of the effective area, and a crease passing through a lower one of the sealed protruding portions is formed in the sheets when the liquid substance has been injected into the container body in a volume greater than or equal to 10% of a defined volume of the container body and the medical container is hung such that the major axis direction is parallel to the direction of gravity.