JP3013346B2 - Containers for storing medical instruments and medical materials - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical device, a medical device, and a medical device comprising an antibacterial material having a crystal orientation film made of titanium dioxide formed on the surface of various substrates such as metal, glass, ceramics and plastic. The present invention relates to a container suitable for storing materials for use.

[0002] Containers used for storing medical instruments such as tweezers, forceps, scalpels, syringes and the like, and medical materials such as bandages, gauze, tapes and various chemicals include plastics,
Various shapes made of various materials such as paper, metal, glass, ceramics, and wood are known. These medical devices and materials suppress the growth of bacteria and bacteria,
It is necessary to store the container hygienically, and in order to impart antibacterial properties to these storage containers, the containers themselves may be made of plastic mixed with an antibacterial agent, or the surface of the container may be coated or impregnated with an antibacterial agent to provide antibacterial properties. And various methods have been proposed.

[0003]

However, in these conventional techniques, the use of expensive antibacterial agents produced by a special method results in high costs, the obtained antibacterial properties are not sufficient, and time is There was a problem that the antibacterial property decreased with the passage of time. Therefore, the object of the present invention is to
It is an object of the present invention to provide medical instruments and containers for storing medical materials, which can be manufactured by a simple method, have extremely excellent antibacterial properties, and do not decrease in antibacterial properties over time.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have remarkably formed a crystal orientation film of titanium dioxide oriented in a specific direction on the surface of various substrates such as metal, glass, ceramics and plastics. It has been found that a material having excellent antibacterial properties can be obtained, and the present invention has been completed. In other words, the present invention has a crystal orientation film made of titanium dioxide on the surface, and the crystal orientation film extends from (001), (100), (211), (101) and (110) in the direction perpendicular to the crystal surface. A medical device and a container for storing medical materials are made of an antimicrobial material oriented in a selected direction from a crystal plane.

[0005] The crystal orientation film made of titanium dioxide of the present invention means an orientation film made of a single crystal of titanium dioxide and an orientation film made of a polycrystal. Here, the single-crystal alignment film is not limited to a single-crystal alignment film, which is generally used in the field of materials science, and the alignment film has the same three-dimensional crystal orientation as the alignment film. It also includes those composed of a large number of crystals. The antibacterial material having a crystal orientation film made of titanium dioxide oriented in a specific direction is a novel material produced for the first time by the present inventors, and is not suitable for using a vaporized titanium alkoxide (raw material complex) as a carrier. It can be produced by spraying the substrate with the active gas on the surface of the substrate heated under atmospheric pressure.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION There is no particular limitation on the base material used for the antibacterial material constituting the medical device and medical material storage container of the present invention, and it can withstand heating during spraying of titanium dioxide. Although any material can be used, usually, metal, glass, ceramics, plastic, and the like are used. Among these materials, metals such as stainless steel are particularly preferable in terms of adhesion to the titanium dioxide crystal alignment film and workability after forming the alignment film.

As a raw material for forming a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film, a titanium alkoxide represented by the general formula Ti (OR) ₄ is used. (In the formula, R represents an alkyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms.) Among these titanium alkoxides, Ti (OC ₂ H
₅ ) ₄ (hereinafter abbreviated as “TTE”), Ti (O-i
-C ₃ H _{7) 4} (hereinafter, abbreviated as "TTIP"), T
_{i (O-n-C 4} H 9) 4 ( hereinafter, abbreviated as "TTNB") be preferred, TTIP is fast deposition rate of titanium dioxide, it is easy to control the crystal structure of the alignment film obtained Therefore, it is a particularly preferable raw material.

In order to produce the antibacterial material constituting the container of the present invention, the raw material complex is vaporized in a vaporizer, and sprayed together with an inert gas as a carrier onto the surface of the substrate heated under atmospheric pressure. Then, a crystal orientation film of titanium dioxide is formed on the surface of the base material. The inert gas serving as a carrier is not particularly limited, and any commonly used inert gas such as nitrogen, helium, and argon can be used.However, it is preferable to use nitrogen gas from the viewpoint of economy and the like. Among them, it is particularly preferable to use nitrogen gas from which water has been removed through liquid nitrogen. The vaporization temperature of the raw material complex is adjusted according to the type of the raw material. For example, in the case of TTE, TTIP, and TTNB, the temperature is preferably set to 70 to 150 ° C.

In spraying the raw material complex carried by the inert gas carrier onto the surface of the substrate heated under atmospheric pressure, the substrate complex is sprayed onto the surface of the substrate moving from a slit type nozzle to obtain a plate-like, rod-like, It is possible to continuously form a crystalline orientation film of titanium dioxide on a linear or pipe-shaped substrate or on a substrate surface preformed in various shapes such as a dish or a tray.

In order to heat the surface of the substrate, as shown in FIG.
It is preferable to use a heating furnace 10 (usually an electric furnace) comprising 1, 1 and high-temperature zones 12 and 12 at a higher temperature than the low-temperature zone (normally, a furnace temperature of 400 to 500 ° C.). The heating furnace is provided with an inlet for the base material on the low-temperature zone side and an outlet for the base material on the high-temperature zone side. When the base material is continuously passed through the heating furnace, the base material is pre-heated in the low-temperature zone. Then, the raw material complex vaporized from the slit nozzle 9 in the high-temperature zone is sprayed on the substrate surface together with the inert gas to form a crystal orientation film. Partitions 13 and 13 are provided between the low-temperature zones 11 and 11 and the high-temperature zones 12 and 12 to prevent the raw material in the high-temperature zone from flowing into the low-temperature zone. Further, the substrate (object to be coated) 20 is usually placed on a carrier such as a roller, a belt, or a chain, and is moved in the heating furnace. What is necessary is just to change suitably according to a shape.

It is known that titanium dioxide is coated on a metal surface or the like by a thermal CVD method. However, in a conventional thermal CVD method, a substrate is placed under reduced pressure in a closed plating chamber.
By heating to a high temperature of about 0 to 800 ° C., a titanium dioxide thin film was formed on the substrate surface. Therefore, there are limitations on the materials that can be used as the substrate, and it is not possible to target long objects, and it is not possible to control the crystal structure of the titanium dioxide thin film because the deposition rate of the thin film is extremely slow. Met. The method developed by the present inventors is to form a crystal orientation film of titanium dioxide continuously at a high speed on the surface of a substrate heated to a relatively low temperature under atmospheric pressure release. Therefore, it is possible to use not only heat-resistant materials such as metal, glass, and ceramics, but also relatively low heat-resistant materials such as plastics, as well as long objects such as plates and pipes. It became possible to process continuously. Further, by adjusting the vaporization temperature and supply amount of the raw material, the flow rate of the carrier gas, the substrate temperature, and the like, the crystal structure of the obtained crystal orientation film is controlled, the orientation direction of the crystal orientation film, the thickness of the film, It has become possible to adjust the grain size and grain size distribution of the crystals to desired ones. When a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film is formed using a substrate made of a material having a single crystal orientation film on the surface, an antibacterial material having a titanium dioxide single crystal orientation film can be obtained. Examples of the substrate having such a single crystal orientation film include a strontium titanate plate and the like, which are commercially available.

That is, according to the method developed by the present inventors, the titanium dioxide crystal orientation film formed on the substrate surface is
(001), (100), (21) in the direction perpendicular to the crystal direction.
1) It is possible to obtain a crystal oriented in a selected direction from a crystal plane composed of (101) and (110). It has been found that the titanium dioxide crystal oriented film oriented in these specific directions surprisingly has a remarkable antibacterial action (bacteriostatic action and sterilizing action) when irradiated with light, particularly ultraviolet rays. Therefore, a material provided with a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film oriented in a specific direction on the surface thereof can be widely used as a material constituting a container requiring antibacterial properties, and in particular, medical devices and It is suitable as a material constituting a container for storing medical materials. The crystal orientation film oriented in these specific directions may be composed of a titanium dioxide crystal oriented only in one direction or a titanium dioxide crystal oriented in two or more directions. The same effect is achieved.

According to the method developed by the present inventors, the thickness of the crystal orientation film formed on the surface of the substrate can be made desired. As it can give the substrate significant antibacterial properties,
Usually 0.1 to 10 μm, preferably 0.2 to 2.0 μm
m. In addition, the grain size of the crystal forming the alignment film, remarkable antibacterial properties are obtained when the wavelength is about the same as the wavelength of visible light and ultraviolet light, especially when a crystal orientation film with a uniform particle size distribution is obtained. The effect is remarkable. Therefore, the crystal grain size is 0.1 to 10 μm, and the grain size distribution is substantially the average ±
It is preferable that the crystal orientation film is 100%, and it is particularly preferable that the crystal orientation film has a particle size distribution of an average value ± 50%. The particle size distribution of the crystals in the present invention is calculated as follows according to a conventional method in the field of materials science. That is, as shown in FIG. 16, in the histogram in which the horizontal axis represents the grain size (maximum diameter) of each crystal constituting the alignment film and the vertical axis represents the number of crystals, the maximum value Y ₁ of the vertical axis is obtained. The average value of the crystal grain size and the grain size distribution are calculated for those having 50% or more (shaded portions in FIG. 16).

Conventionally, it has been known that a titanium dioxide thin film formed on a substrate has a certain photocatalytic action, and such a material is used as an antireflection film, a sensor material, or the like. The formation of a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film oriented in a specific direction, the fact that the crystal orientation film has a remarkable antibacterial property not found in the conventional titanium dioxide thin film, by a method developed by the present inventors. This is possible for the first time. Titanium dioxide thin film oriented in a specific direction by the method developed by the present inventors, the detailed reason for exhibiting remarkable antibacterial properties is unknown, but light, especially a surface oriented in a specific direction by irradiation of ultraviolet rays. It is considered that the titanium dioxide in the layer is excited and polarized into positive ions and electrons, thereby exhibiting antibacterial properties.

In the case where the container of the present invention is made of an antibacterial material having a film of silver, copper or their oxides formed on the surface of a crystal orientation film made of titanium dioxide,
Antimicrobial properties can be further improved. To form a film of silver, copper or their oxides on the surface of the titanium dioxide crystal orientation film, after forming the titanium dioxide crystal orientation film by the above method, cut or mold into a desired shape if necessary, and coat. A silver, copper, or oxide film of silver or copper may be formed by an ordinary method such as a method, an immersion method, a sputtering method, and a thermal CVD method. It is preferable to use a sputtering method to form a silver or copper film and a method similar to the present invention to form a film of these oxides.

The medical instruments in the present invention include relatively small instruments such as tweezers, forceps, nasal speculum, and syringe, as well as relatively large instruments such as various surgical instruments, infusion tools, and dialysis devices. In addition, medical materials include bandages, gauze, tapes, bandages, tablets, powders,
Ointments and other forms of medicine, as well as blood, plasma,
It also includes samples such as body fluids and urine. That is, the medical device of the present invention, the shape and size of the container for storing medical materials are not particularly limited, for example, a forceps stand, a cotton swab stand, a tray, a bat, a container, a wire basket, a filter cast, a sample basket, First aid boxes, medicine cases, pus trays, waste cans, sterilizers, storages, cabinets, medicinal refrigerated showcases, and the like. The shape may be a shape without a lid like a tray or a pus tray, or a shape with a lid (door) like a first aid kit, a sterilizer, or a refrigerated showcase. Antibacterial material having a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film used in the present invention, light, especially when irradiated with ultraviolet light, because it exhibits remarkable antibacterial properties,
If a lamp with visible light, ultraviolet light or the like as a light source is provided in a container with a lid, and the lamp is turned on when the lid of the container is closed, and the lamp is turned off when the lid of the container is opened, A storage container having further improved antibacterial properties can be obtained.

The container of the present invention can be composed of an antibacterial material having a titanium dioxide crystal oriented film oriented in a specific direction on the surface of a substrate made of metal, glass, ceramic, plastic or the like. . In addition, the container body is made of a normal non-antibacterial material, and an antibacterial material having a titanium dioxide crystal oriented film oriented in a specific direction is used as a part of the container, for example, a lining material such as a bottom surface or a side surface. It can also be configured.

[0018]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to examples.
It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited by these examples. FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an atmospheric pressure open type thermal CVD apparatus used for manufacturing an antibacterial material constituting a container of the present invention in the following examples. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a nitrogen gas supply source such as a cylinder, reference numeral 2 denotes a flow meter, reference numeral 3 denotes a trap containing liquid nitrogen, and reference numerals 4, 5, and 6 denote valves provided in piping. Code 7
Is a vaporizer of titanium alkoxide 8 as a raw material, reference numeral 9 is a slit-type nozzle provided with a slit having a predetermined width at a lower portion, and reference numeral 10 is a low-temperature zone 11, 11 and a high-temperature zone 1.
2 represents a heating furnace (electric furnace) comprising partitions 12 and 13 between the two. The nitrogen gas supplied from the nitrogen gas supply source 1 is sent to a trap 3 containing liquid nitrogen through a flow meter 2 and sent to valves 4 and 6 after removing moisture. The nitrogen gas passing through the valve 4 is released as bubbles into the liquid titanium alkoxide 8 in the vaporizer 7,
Helps vaporize titanium alkoxide. The mixed gas of the vaporized titanium alkoxide and nitrogen gas is mixed with the nitrogen gas sent from the valve 6 via the valve 5 and sent to the slit nozzle 9. The base material 20 is continuously supplied into the heating furnace 10 from an inlet provided on the low-temperature zone 11 side of the heating furnace, and is preheated in the low-temperature zone 11, and thereafter, is provided near an outlet of the high-temperature zone 12. The nozzle 9 sprays a mixed gas of the raw material complex and the nitrogen gas on the surface to form a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film.

[Production of antibacterial material] (Production Example 1) TTIP was used as a raw material complex, a raw material vaporization temperature was 77 ° C, and a nitrogen gas flow rate was 1.5 dm ³ / min. In T
TIP was evaporated. As a substrate, a belt-shaped stainless steel having a thickness of 0.5 mm and a width of 500 mm was placed in a heating furnace set at a temperature of 300 ° C. in a low-temperature zone and 400 ° C. in a high-temperature zone at a rate of 0.2 m / min. At a speed of 0.5
The above-mentioned raw material gas mixture was sprayed from a slit type nozzle having a slit of 0.2 mm to form a 2.0 μm-thick polycrystalline oriented titanium dioxide film on the surface of the substrate. When the state of the obtained titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film was observed by a scanning electron microscope (hereinafter abbreviated as “SEM”) and X-ray diffraction, the polycrystalline alignment film had an anatase structure and formed a film. The crystal was oriented in the (001) plane perpendicular to the crystal surface. Also, the grain size of the crystal is 0.3-0.8μ
m, the particle size distribution was 0.55 ± 0.25 μm. FIG. 2 shows the result of X-ray diffraction of this polycrystalline alignment film, and FIG. 3 shows an SEM photograph of the surface.

(Production Example 2) A 3.0 μm-thick polycrystalline oriented titanium dioxide film was formed on the surface of stainless steel in the same manner as in Production Example 1, except that the raw material vaporization temperature was 130 ° C. Observation of the state of this alignment film by SEM and X-ray diffraction revealed that the polycrystalline alignment film had an anatase structure, and (100) and (21) were perpendicular to the crystal surface forming the film.
1) The surface was oriented. The crystal grain size is 1.2 to 1.5 μm, and the grain size distribution is 1.35 ± 0.15.
μm. FIG. 4 shows the result of X-ray diffraction of this polycrystalline alignment film, and FIG. 5 shows an SEM photograph of the surface.

(Production Example 3) The same procedure as in Production Example 1 was carried out except that TTE was used as a raw material complex and the vaporization temperature of the raw material was 92 ° C, and a film was formed on the surface of a glass substrate having a thickness of 1 mm, a width of 26 mm and a length of 76 mm. A 2.0 μm titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film was formed. Observation of the state of this alignment film by SEM and X-ray diffraction revealed that the polycrystalline alignment film had an anatase structure, and was perpendicular to the crystal surface forming the film (00).
1) The surface was oriented. The crystal grain size is 0.3 to 0.7 μm, and the grain size distribution is 0.5 ± 0.2 μm.
Met. FIG. 6 shows the result of X-ray diffraction of this polycrystalline alignment film.
FIG. 7 shows an SEM photograph of the surface.

(Production Example 4) A 2.0 μm-thick polycrystalline oriented titanium dioxide film was formed on a glass substrate surface in the same manner as in Production Example 3 except that the raw material vaporization temperature was 162 ° C. Observation of the state of this alignment film by SEM and X-ray diffraction revealed that the polycrystalline alignment film had an anatase structure, and (100) and (21) were perpendicular to the crystal surface forming the film.
1) The surface was oriented. The grain size of the crystal is 0.8 to 1.0 μm, and the grain size distribution is 0.9 ± 0.1 μm.
Met. FIG. 8 shows the result of X-ray diffraction of this polycrystalline alignment film.
FIG. 9 shows an SEM photograph of the surface.

(Production Example 5) As a substrate, a thickness of 1.0 mm
Except for using a glass substrate having a width of 26 mm and a length of 76 mm, a film thickness of 2.0 μm was formed on the substrate surface in the same manner as in Production Example 1.
Of polycrystalline titanium dioxide was formed. Observation of the state of the alignment film by SEM and X-ray diffraction revealed that the polycrystalline alignment film had an anatase structure and was oriented in the (001) plane perpendicular to the crystal surface forming the film. The grain size of the crystals was 0.3 to 0.9 μm, and the grain size distribution was 0.6 ± 0.3 μm. FIG. 10 shows the result of X-ray diffraction of this polycrystalline alignment film, and FIG. 11 shows an SEM photograph of the surface.

(Production Example 6) A base material having a thickness of 1.0 mm
Using a single crystal plate (commercially available) of strontium titanate having a width of 5 mm and a length of 10 mm and oriented in the (100) plane,
Using TTIP as the raw material complex and raising the raw material vaporization temperature to 77 ° C
In the same manner as in Production Example 1, a 2.0 μm-thick titanium dioxide crystal orientation film was formed on the substrate surface.
The state of this alignment film is represented by an atomic force microscope (hereinafter, “AFM”).
Observed by X-ray diffraction, the alignment film has an anatase structure, is oriented in the (001) plane perpendicular to the crystal plane forming the film, and has many three-dimensional crystal orientations. Was a single-crystal oriented film composed of the crystal. Also, the grain size of the crystal is 0.1-0.2μ
m, the particle size distribution was 0.15 ± 0.05 μm. FIG. 12 shows the result of X-ray diffraction of this single crystal alignment film, and FIG. 13 shows an AFM photograph of the surface.

(Production Example 7) The stainless steel having a titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film obtained in Production Example 1 was cut into 1
A piece of 00 mm x 100 mm was obtained. Using a normal thermal CVD apparatus having a closed plating chamber, A was applied on the surface of the titanium dioxide alignment film of this fragment at room temperature and a pressure of 10 ^-1 torr.
A 10 nm-thick silver film was formed by the r sputtering method.

(Production Example 8) A stainless steel having a 10 nm-thick copper film on the surface of an oriented titanium dioxide film was obtained in the same manner as in Production Example 7, except that copper was used as the film-forming material.

(Antibacterial test)
Test pieces of 10 mm × 10 mm were prepared from the antibacterial material having a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film formed on the surface, and an antibacterial test was performed as follows. Previously, enrichment, general bacteria of the measured liquid culturing (Bacillus subtilis), 10 ⁵
It is applied to each of the above test pieces in an order, placed in a Petri dish, covered, and left under natural light (through glass on a sunny day) for 3 hours. Then, add 9 ml of physiological saline,
Mix well and use the usual method (hygiene test method: Japan Pharmaceutical Society, 1980)
The sample was quantified and cultured on a standard agar medium at 35 ° C. for 48 hours and measured. For comparison, a stainless steel test piece without a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film (Comparative Example 1)
And the glass substrate test piece (Comparative Example 2) was similarly treated, and the number of bacteria was counted. Table 1 shows the results.

[0028]

[Table 1]

According to the results of the above antibacterial test, it is found that the material constituting the container of the present invention, which has a titanium dioxide crystal orientation film on the surface of the substrate, has remarkable antibacterial properties.

Example 1 A container 31 having the shape shown in FIG. 14 was obtained by injection molding a polyethylene resin. This container is 300 mm long, 500 mm wide and 20 depth deep.
A lid 33 having the same shape as the 0 mm container body 32 and a depth of 50 mm.
Consists of An ultraviolet lamp 34 is installed inside the main body 32, and a pair of switches 35 are provided on the main body 32 and the lid 33.
36 are provided. This ultraviolet lamp 34 is
When the switch 3 is closed and the switches 35 and 36 come into contact with each other, the light is turned on. When the lid 33 is opened and the switches 35 and 36 are separated, the light is turned off. The stainless steel having a titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film on the surface obtained in Production Example 1 was cut to form a lining material having substantially the same length as the bottom surface of the container body 32. 33 was adhered to the entire inner surface of the upper surface with an adhesive. This container has a lid 3
When 3 is closed, the ultraviolet lamp is turned on, and the titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film on the surface of the lining material is excited by ultraviolet light to exhibit remarkable antibacterial properties, and is suitable for storing medical instruments and medical materials. Things.

(Example 2) In the same polyethylene resin container as in Example 1, as the lining material, the stainless steel having a titanium dioxide polycrystalline oriented film on the surface obtained in the above Production Example 2 was applied with an adhesive. Affixed. In this example,
The lining material was stuck on four sides constituting the peripheral wall of the container body 32 in addition to the bottom surface of the container body 32 and the upper surface of the lid 33. This container exhibits remarkable antibacterial properties when storing the contents, and is suitable for storing medical instruments and medical materials.

Example 3 Example 1 was repeated except that the stainless steel having a silver film formed on the surface of the polycrystalline oriented titanium dioxide film obtained in Production Example 7 was used as the lining material.
A container was produced in the same manner as described above. This container exhibits further improved antibacterial properties than the container of Example 1, and is particularly suitable for storing medical instruments and medical materials.

Example 4 Example 1 was repeated except that the stainless steel having a copper film formed on the surface of the polycrystalline oriented titanium dioxide film obtained in Production Example 8 was used as a lining material.
A container was produced in the same manner as described above. This container exhibits further improved antibacterial properties than the container of Example 1, and is particularly suitable for storing medical instruments and medical materials.

(Example 5) A stainless steel having a titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film on the surface obtained in Production Example 1 was cut and deep-drawn by a conventional method to produce a tray 41 having a shape shown in FIG. did. The dimensions of the bottom of this tray are 200
mm × 400mm, top dimension is 240mm × 440m
m and the depth is 20 mm. This tray has excellent antibacterial properties and is suitable for storing medical instruments and medical materials.

[0035]

According to the present invention, a crystal orientation film made of titanium dioxide is provided on the surface, and the crystal orientation film is (001), (100), (211), (101) in the direction perpendicular to the crystal surface.
By forming the container from an antibacterial material that is oriented in a selected direction from the crystal plane consisting of (110) and (110), the container has extremely excellent antibacterial properties, and the antibacterial properties decrease over time. Therefore, containers suitable for storing medical instruments and medical materials can be obtained at low cost. The antibacterial material having the titanium dioxide crystal oriented film oriented in a specific direction is obtained for the first time by the method developed by the present inventors. Within the range of 1 to 10 μm,
When the container is made of an antibacterial material prepared so that the particle size distribution substantially has an average value of ± 100%, especially an average value of ± 50%, a storage container having particularly remarkable antibacterial properties is obtained. Can be When the container is made of an antibacterial material having a silver, copper or oxide film thereof formed on the surface of the titanium dioxide crystal orientation film, a storage container having further improved antibacterial properties is obtained. Can be

Since the titanium dioxide crystal oriented film exhibits remarkable antibacterial properties when irradiated with visible light or ultraviolet light, a lamp is provided in the container, the lamp is turned on when the lid is closed, and the lid is opened. In the case where the light is turned off when the container is turned off, the container can exhibit extremely remarkable antibacterial properties when the contents are stored. The present invention provides a container having such remarkable antibacterial properties and suitable for storing medical instruments and medical materials at low cost, and is an invention having a very high practical value.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an atmospheric pressure open type thermal CVD apparatus used for manufacturing an antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an X-ray diffraction diagram of one example of a titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an SEM photograph of one example of a titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an X-ray diffraction diagram of another example of the titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a SEM photograph of another example of the polycrystalline oriented film of titanium dioxide formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an X-ray diffraction diagram of another example of the titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an SEM photograph of another example of a titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an X-ray diffraction diagram of another example of the titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an SEM photograph of another example of a polycrystalline alignment film of titanium dioxide formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an X-ray diffraction diagram of another example of the titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a SEM photograph of another example of a titanium dioxide polycrystalline alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an X-ray diffraction diagram of one example of a titanium dioxide single crystal alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an AFM photograph of an example of a titanium dioxide single crystal alignment film formed on the surface of the antibacterial material used in the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a view showing an example of the container of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a view showing another example of the container of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a method for calculating a crystal particle size distribution.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4, 5, 6 Valve provided in the piping of thermal CVD apparatus 7 Vaporization chamber 8 Liquid titanium alkoxide 9 Slit nozzle 10 Heating furnace 11 Low temperature zone 12 High temperature zone 13 Partition 20 Base material 31 Container 32 Container body 33 Cover 34 Ultraviolet lamp 35, 36 Switch 41 Tray

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shigeo Oshio 1641 Kojiji-ko, Koshiji-machi, Mishima-gun, Niigata Prefecture (72) Inventor Norio Tanaka 1993-1, Fukasawa-cho, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata (72) Inventor Hideki Sunayama Nagaoka, Niigata 1986, Nishitsu-cho, City (72) Yukio Shibuki, Inventor 4929, Koike, Tsubame-shi, Niigata Pref. Kosei Corporation (56) References JP-A 9-108299 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65D 81/28 A61B 17/28 A61B 19/02 505

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] A crystal orientation film made of titanium dioxide is provided on the surface, and the crystal orientation film is perpendicular to the crystal surface.
1), (100), (211), (101) and (11)
Medical devices and medical devices composed of an antimicrobial material oriented in a selected direction from the crystal plane comprising 0)
Container for storing materials . 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the crystal orientation film is 0.1 μm or more. 3. A crystal forming a crystal orientation film having a grain size of 0.1
-10 μm, and the particle size distribution is substantially averaged ± 100.
%. The container according to claim 1, wherein the content is%. 4. The container according to claim 1, wherein the antibacterial material is selected from metals, glass, ceramics and plastics. 5. The antibacterial material according to claim 1, wherein a film of silver, copper or their oxides is further formed on the surface of a crystal orientation film made of titanium dioxide. The container according to claim 1. 6. The container according to claim 1, further comprising a lamp which is turned on when the lid is closed and turned off when the lid is opened.