Acupuncture Needle Packaging with Segmented Sterile Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional packaging of acupuncture needles, whether individually or in groups, poses challenges for users who need to access multiple needles while maintaining sterility and ease of use, as individual packages are cumbersome to open and cannot preserve unused needles in a sterile condition.
Innovation Solution
A packaging container with parallel storage grooves on a planar surface and a detachable sheet member that includes perforated lines allows for the simultaneous opening of needed needles while keeping unused ones sterile, by separating and removing the sheet along specific lines to access the required needles in bulk.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If acupuncture needles are individually packaged for sterility, then sterility is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates due to the need to open multiple individual packages
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple individually packaged acupuncture needles are merged into a single container body with multiple storage grooves, allowing simultaneous access to multiple needles while maintaining individual sterility through the sealed container structure
2Ease of operation
If multiple acupuncture needles are stored in one container, then ease of operation improves, but sterility deteriorates when only some needles are used
Solution Approach 1:
The container body is segmented into multiple independent storage grooves, each capable of being sealed individually with the sheet member, allowing selective opening of only the required number of needles while maintaining sterility of the remaining sealed grooves
Solution Approach 2:
The sheet member is designed with detachable attachment to the container body, enabling dynamic opening where the user can remove the sheet member to access specific storage grooves while leaving others sealed, adapting the opening state to the actual usage requirements
3Reliability
If a detachable sheet member is used to cover storage grooves, then sterility is maintained, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A thin sheet member is used to cover the storage grooves, providing an simple yet effective barrier that maintains sterility without requiring complex rigid sealing mechanisms, reducing overall structural complexity while ensuring reliability
Data Source
AI summary
A packaging container for acupuncture needles capable of storing a plurality of acupuncture needles is provided. The packaging container (storage containers) in which the acupuncture needles to be used are stored can be opened at one time, according to the number of acupuncture needles to be used. On one end portion side of a packaging container (blister package) including a container body and a sheet member detachably attached to a planar surface of the container body, a free portion in which the sheet member is not attached to an outer frame portion of the container body, is disposed. Further, perforated lines (cut portions and uncut portions) are disposed along center lines of boundary portions from one end portion of the packaging container to the other end portion thereof. Here, the length of the uncut portion on the free portion is made longer than the length of each uncut portion on a portion other than the free portion.