PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transcutaneous drug delivery device which has high waterproofness and does not press the skin of a patient at the time of starting drug delivery.SOLUTION: A transcutaneous drug delivery device (10) includes a patch (12) having male hooks (50, 52), and a controller (14) having female hooks (54, 56). The controller (14) has a proximal switch (66) for switching whether power is supplied to the patch (12) or not, and a mechanical switch (68) for switching whether power for operating the proximal switch (66) is supplied to them or not. In the device, a hole (54a) of the female hook (54) is sealed with an elastic member (78), and the mechanical switch (68) is provided inside an energization device (14) via the elastic member (78). The male hooks (50, 52) are inserted into the holes (54a, 56a) of the female hooks (54, 56), thereby pressing the elastic member (78) to turn on the mechanical switch (68), and thus the proximal switch (66) becomes an operable state.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】防水性が高く、投与開始時に患者の皮膚を圧迫することがない経皮的薬物投与装置を提供する。【解決手段】雄側ホック(50、52)を有するパッチ(12)と、雌側ホック(54、56)を有する制御装置(14)とを備えた経皮的薬物投与装置(10)であって、制御装置(14)は、パッチ(12)へ電力を供給するか否かを切り替えるための近接スイッチ(66)と、近接スイッチ(66)を動作させるために電力を供給するか否かを切り替えるための機械式スイッチ(68)とを有し、雌側ホック(54)の孔(54a)は弾性部材(78)によってシールされ、機械式スイッチ(68)は弾性部材(78)より通電装置(14)の内部に設けられ、雄側ホック(50、52)の雌側ホック(54、56)の孔(54a、56a)への挿入によって、弾性部材(78)が押圧されて機械式スイッチ(68)がオンになり、近接スイッチ(66)が動作可能になる。【選択図】図5
