JP2002238944A - Tape for medical treatment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tape for medical treatment capable of imparting more stimulation to the affected part without pulling the skin by the tape material pasted to the affected part and capable of being easily pasted to the affected part. SOLUTION: The tape 1 for medical treatment comprises the tape material of which the pasting surface 1a is coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive in order to paste the tape 1 to the body. A plurality of slits 6 each having a predetermined length are formed on the tape material over the width direction thereof so as to extend in the almost longitudinal direction thereof and a connection member 2 is attached to the opposite surface of the pasting surface 1a in a freely separable manner so as to straddle a plurality of the slits 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to a therapeutic tape to be applied to an affected part in order to treat pain, stiffness and the like of a body.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, pain and stiffness of the body are caused by the loss of muscles, resulting in a loss of body balance, distortion, contraction of blood vessels in the muscles, and accumulation of fatigue substances and lactic acid. Because of this, there has been a method of applying a tape to the body to apply physical stimulation to the skin, normalizing the blood flow in the muscle, and increasing the muscle strength.

[0004] Such a tape is used to prevent the skin from being pulled when attached to joints such as the elbows and knees of the body, and to give more irritation to the skin. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, an adhesive is applied to the surface 01a to be adhered to the body, and a plurality of slits 02 (slits) extending in the longitudinal direction are provided to form a plurality of elongated strips 03. Has been proposed.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional strip-shaped tape 01, since the adhesive is applied in advance to the bonding surface 01a, the tape is releasably bonded to the bonding surface 1a. When the attached release sheet 04 is peeled off and adhered to the affected area, the plurality of elongated strips 03 formed on the tape 01 are separated and entangled with each other or twisted, and the shape of the tape 01 is broken. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to adhere to the affected part because it is not constant.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and it is possible to apply more stimulus without causing the skin to be pulled by the tape material attached to the affected part, An object of the present invention is to provide a therapeutic tape that can be easily attached to an affected area.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, a therapeutic tape of the present invention is a therapeutic tape made of a tape material in which an adhesive is applied to a sticking surface for sticking to a body. In the tape material, a plurality of slit portions having a predetermined length extending substantially in the longitudinal direction are formed in the width direction, and are connected to the opposite surface of the attaching surface so as to straddle the plurality of slit portions. The member is detachably attached. According to this feature, since the tape material has an extensibility in the width direction due to the plurality of slits, the skin is not pulled even when attached to a joint such as an elbow or a knee of the body, and the skin is not pulled. Can give more stimulation. In addition, since the connecting member is attached so as to straddle the plurality of slits, the spread of the tape material itself in the width direction at the time of sticking to the affected part is regulated, and the tape materials are less likely to be entangled or twisted with each other. Can be easily attached to
Since the connecting member is detachably attached to the opposite side of the tape material from the sticking surface, it can be easily removed after sticking the tape material to the affected part, and the extensibility after sticking is impaired There is no.

[0008] The connecting member of the therapeutic tape of the present invention comprises:
It is preferable that the tape member is formed of a sheet member having an adhesive applied to a surface facing the tape member. With this configuration, the connecting member does not become bulky when the treatment tape is stored, so that the tape can be stored compactly.

It is preferable that the sheet member of the therapeutic tape of the present invention is adhered to a predetermined portion of the tape material. In this way, by partially adhering the sheet member, it is possible not only to efficiently control the width of the tape material itself in the width direction when adhering to the affected part, but also to reduce the manufacturing cost.

[0010] It is preferable that the sheet member of the therapeutic tape of the present invention is adhered over substantially the entire area of the tape material. By doing so, it is possible to reliably restrict the width of the tape material itself in the width direction when the tape material is adhered to the affected part.

[0011] The tape material of the therapeutic tape of the present invention comprises:
It is preferably formed in a belt shape and wound in a roll shape. With this configuration, the pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the sticking surface is protected by the sheet member, so that a release sheet or the like for protecting the pressure-sensitive adhesive is not required, so that manufacturing costs can be reduced.

[0012] The connecting member of the therapeutic tape of the present invention comprises:
It is preferable that it is formed of a linear member attached so as to straddle the plurality of slit portions. With this configuration, the connecting member can be partially and efficiently attached to the tape member.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a therapeutic tape 1 to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, this therapeutic tape 1 is used by sticking it to an affected part such as a stiff shoulder. Thereby, the stimulus is transmitted to the sensory organ through the skin by the therapeutic tape 1 stuck to the affected part, and the atrophy of the muscle is eliminated by improving the blood circulation of the affected part.

As shown in FIG. 1, the treatment tape 1 is made of a strip-shaped tape material made of a cotton cloth having an extensibility in the longitudinal direction, and is provided near both end portions (short end portions). A plurality of linear slits 6 extending in the longitudinal direction are formed at predetermined intervals in the width direction between the non-slit areas 5 and 5 (non-cut areas).
A plurality of elongated strips 7 (strip tape portions) are formed between the strips 6.

As described above, the therapeutic tape 1 is provided with the slits 6 extending in the longitudinal direction between the non-slit regions 5 at the both end edges.
Are formed in the width direction, so that the treatment tape 1 has the extensibility in the width direction, so that the skin is not pulled even when attached to a joint such as an elbow or a knee of the body, and the tape is The skin easily contacts the edge portions of the plurality of slits 6 in the above, and more stimulation is given to the skin, so that the therapeutic effect is improved.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the surface 1a of the treatment tape 1, a transparent film sheet 2 (connecting member) as a sheet member having an adhesive applied to the entire surface facing the surface 1a. However, it is adhered so as to cover the entire surface 1a and to be peelable.

An adhesive for sticking to the skin is applied to the back surface 1b of the treatment tape 1 which is to be adhered to the affected area, and this back surface 1b covers the entire back surface 1b. Thus, the release sheet 3 is stuck releasably.

Next, a method of attaching the thus-configured therapeutic tape 1 to an affected area will be described with reference to FIG. 3. First, as shown in FIG. 1
The release sheet 3 stuck on b is peeled off. Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the adhesive surface (lower surface 1b) of the therapeutic tape 1 from which the release sheet 3 has been peeled is attached to the skin of the affected area. Finally, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), the film sheet 2 is peeled off from the surface 1a of the therapeutic tape 1.

As described above, in a state where the film sheet 2 is adhered to the entire surface 1a of the therapeutic tape 1, the strips 7 are connected to each other by the film sheet 2 as a connecting member so that they cannot be separated from each other. The spread of the treatment tape 1 itself in the width direction when the release sheet 3 is peeled off in order to attach the treatment tape 1 to the affected part is regulated, and a plurality of strips 7 formed by the slits 6 as in the related art. The release sheet 3 is not easily entangled or twisted, and is easy to handle when the release sheet 3 is peeled off, so that it can be easily adhered to an affected part.

Further, the film sheet 2 which makes the strips 7 inseparable from each other can be easily removed after the treatment tape 1 is adhered by being provided on the surface 1a of the treatment tape 1 so as to be detachable. In addition, the elasticity of the treatment tape 1 due to the slit 6 is not impaired.

The treatment tape 1 in this embodiment is
The film sheet 2 adhered to the entire surface 1a of the therapeutic tape 1 prevents the tape 1 itself from spreading in the width direction and twisting each band-like piece 7 when the peeling sheet 3 is peeled off and adhered to an affected part. Although it is prevented, the film sheet 2 as a sheet member does not necessarily have to be attached to the entire surface 1a of the treatment tape 1 as long as it is attached so as to straddle a plurality of slits 6; As shown in (a), each strip 7 is adhered so as to traverse a predetermined location in the longitudinal direction of each strip 7 such that a part of the strip 7 in the longitudinal direction is covered with a film sheet 8 of a predetermined length. Well,
As described above, the cost can be reduced by partially and efficiently adhering.

As described above, by using a sheet member such as the film sheets 2 and 8 as a connecting member for restricting the width of the tape 1 itself in the width direction when the tape 1 is adhered to the affected part, the tape 1 for treatment can be used. Since the connecting member does not become bulky during storage, it can be stored compactly.

Further, such a connecting member is not limited to a sheet member such as the film sheets 2 and 8, and for example, as shown in FIG. The member 9 is straddled over the plurality of slits 6,
For example, the belt-like pieces 7 may be connected to each other by attaching them via an adhesive or the like. It should be noted that the mounting position, direction, quantity, and the like of such linear members 9 are not limited to those described in the drawings.

Such a linear member 9 may be detachably attached to the surface 1a of the treatment tape 1 via an adhesive, or may be inserted between fibers of the treatment tape 1 made of cotton cloth. It may be attached to.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a treatment tape 10 as a modification of the present invention. The treatment tape 10 includes a non-slit region 11 (non-cut region) formed over the width direction, and the non-slit region 11, 1
A plurality of longitudinally-directed linear slits 13 formed in the width direction between the first and second slits are formed in a belt-like sheet material alternately formed in the longitudinal direction, and the belt-like sheet material is wound in a roll shape. I have.

Such a band-shaped treatment tape 10 can be used in substantially the same manner as the above-described treatment tape 1 by cutting the non-slit region 11, for example.

A film sheet 15 is removably attached to the entire surface 10a of the treatment tape 10, and an adhesive surface to which an adhesive for applying to the skin is applied is provided on the back surface 10b. Are formed. That is, the back surface 10b which is the adhesive surface to which the adhesive is applied is attached to the surface of the film sheet 15 when the tape material is wound.

As described above, the connecting member is constituted by the sheet-like film sheet 15 and is provided over the entire surface 10a, so that the back surface 10b of the therapeutic tape 10, ie, the back surface 10b,
A film for regulating the spread of the therapeutic tape 1 itself in the width direction when applied to the affected area without using a separate release sheet to protect the adhesive applied to the surface to be applied to the affected area. Since the sheet 15 can protect the adhesive on the sticking surface, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

FIG. 6 shows a film sheet as a connecting member on the surface 1a 'of a strip-shaped therapeutic tape 1' as a modification in which slits of different patterns are arranged.

As described above, the arrangement pattern of the slits is as follows.
The pattern is not limited to the pattern such as the slits 6 arranged on the treatment tape 1 shown in FIG. 1, but may be a slit extending in the longitudinal direction indicated by a dotted line in the figure, like the treatment tape 1 ′ of FIG. 6. Along the line 17L, the treatment tape 1 ′ is provided so that the slit portions 17a formed of the slits 17 and the non-slit portions 17b without a break are alternately provided.
The slit portions 17a and the non-slit portions 17b provided intermittently in the longitudinal direction and alternately in the longitudinal direction are arranged at predetermined intervals in the width direction (horizontal direction in the figure) of the therapeutic tape 1 '. Are arranged side by side so as to be formed in plurality.

The slit lines 17 adjacent to each other
Slit 17a and non-slit 17 on L and 17L
b is the non-slit portion 1 on one slit line 17L.
7b is the slit portion 1 on the other slit line 17L.
7a is provided so as to be located substantially at the center in the longitudinal direction.

As described above, the slit 17a and the non-slit 17b formed on each slit line 17L
Are arranged so as to be shifted from each other in the longitudinal direction, so that the non-slit portions 17b are linearly arranged in the width direction in each slit line 17L, and the treatment tape 1 ′
In addition to the fact that the extensibility in the width direction of the predetermined location in the above is not impaired, and even if a plurality of slits 17 are formed, the spread in the width direction of the therapeutic tape 1 ′ itself when affixed to the affected part is reduced by the non-slit portion 17b. Regulated by

Therefore, the arrangement of the film sheet 16 and the slit portion effectively controls the spread of the therapeutic tape 1 ′ in the width direction at the time of sticking to the diseased part, so that the treatment tape 1 ′ adheres to the diseased part. Becomes easier. It is needless to say that such a pattern of the slit portion can be applied to a band-shaped treatment tape wound in a roll shape in FIG.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and even if there are changes and additions without departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in the invention.

For example, the lengths and arrangement patterns of the slits 6 and 13 are not limited, and can be variously modified.

The tape material of the therapeutic tapes 1 and 10 is a cotton cloth having elasticity in the longitudinal direction. However, whether or not the tape material itself has elasticity is not limited.
The material is not particularly limited to cotton cloth.

It is to be noted that such a therapeutic tape can be used not only by attaching it to an affected area but also by applying the same therapeutic tape to the opposite side of the affected area in the body in a well-balanced manner. It can be used by sticking it to any location.

[0039]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the tape material has widthwise extensibility due to the plurality of slit portions, the skin can be adhered to joints such as elbows and knees of the body. It is not pulled and can give more irritation to the skin. In addition, since the connecting member is attached so as to straddle the plurality of slits, the spread of the tape material itself in the width direction at the time of sticking to the affected part is regulated, and the tape materials are less likely to be entangled or twisted with each other. And the connecting member is detachably attached to the opposite side of the tape from the sticking surface, so it can be easily removed after sticking the tape to the affected area In addition, the extensibility after application is not impaired.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, the connecting member does not become bulky when the therapeutic tape is stored, so that it can be stored compactly.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, by partially adhering the sheet member, the spread of the tape material itself in the width direction at the time of adhering to the affected part can be efficiently regulated. Alternatively, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

(D) According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the spread of the tape material itself in the width direction when the tape material is adhered to the affected part can be reliably controlled.

(E) According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the adhesive applied to the sticking surface is protected by the sheet member, a release sheet or the like for protecting the adhesive is not required. Manufacturing costs can be reduced.

(F) According to the invention of claim 6, the connecting member can be partially and efficiently attached to the tape member.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a therapeutic tape to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which the therapeutic tape of FIG. 1 is attached to an affected part.

3 (a) to 3 (c) are schematic cross-sectional views showing the procedure for attaching the therapeutic tape of FIG. 1 to an affected part.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a modification of the therapeutic tape of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing a modified example of the therapeutic tape to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing a modification of the arrangement pattern of the slit portions.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional treatment tape.

[Description of Signs] 1 therapeutic tape 1a front surface 1b back surface (sticking surface) 2 film sheet (sheet member, connecting member) 3 release sheet 5 non-slit region 6 slit 7 strip 8 film sheet (sheet member, connecting member) Reference Signs List 9 linear member (connecting member) 10 therapeutic tape 10a front surface 10b back surface 11 non-slit region 13 slit 14 strip 15 and 16 film sheet (sheet member, connecting member) 17 slit 17L slit line 17a slit portion 17b non-slit portion

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroki Tomita Prime Akasaka 304, 2-17-55 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Osamu Kondo 1-15-8 Asahimachi, Machida-shi, Tokyo Bellcoat 301 Machida 301

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A therapeutic tape comprising a tape material in which an adhesive is applied to a sticking surface for sticking to a body, wherein the tape material has a slit of a predetermined length extending substantially in a longitudinal direction. A therapeutic tape, wherein a plurality of portions are formed in the width direction, and a connecting member is detachably attached to a surface opposite to the attaching surface so as to straddle the plurality of slit portions. 2. The therapeutic tape according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member is a sheet member having an adhesive applied to a surface facing the tape member. 3. The therapeutic tape according to claim 1, wherein the sheet member is adhered to a predetermined portion of the tape material. 4. The therapeutic tape according to claim 1, wherein the sheet member is adhered over substantially the entire area of the tape member. 5. The treatment tape according to claim 4, wherein the tape material is formed in a belt shape and wound in a roll shape. 6. The connection member according to claim 1, wherein the connection member is a linear member attached to a plurality of the slit portions.
The therapeutic tape according to claim 1.