Blister Bag Packaging Optical Detection and Feedback Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging systems for individual medication doses often produce defective blister bags due to systematic errors in data application, such as misprinted or unreadable information, which can lead to a large number of defective bags being produced before errors are detected.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that includes storage and dispensing stations, a guide and collection arrangement, a packaging station with a control device, an optical detection device, and an evaluation device to detect and correct deviations in blister bag characteristics, such as data application location and medication dose count, allowing for real-time detection and prevention of defective bag production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If packaging systems operate continuously without real-time detection, then productivity is maintained, but the number of defective blister bags increases due to undetected systematic errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements real-time optical detection of blister bag characteristics (such as data application location and medication dose count) with immediate feedback to the control device. When deviations are detected, the system can stop or adjust the packaging process, preventing the production of defective bags while maintaining overall productivity through continuous monitoring and rapid response.
2Manufacturing precision
If systematic errors in data application occur, then manufacturing precision deteriorates, but the errors go undetected leading to large numbers of defective bags
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual inspection with an optical detection device that automatically and continuously monitors blister bag characteristics. This optical system detects deviations in data application location and medication dose count with high precision, enabling real-time identification of systematic errors before they result in large numbers of defective products.
3Manufacturing precision
If real-time optical detection is implemented, then manufacturing precision is improved through accurate detection, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The optical detection device serves multiple functions: it detects data application location accuracy, verifies medication dose count, and identifies systematic errors. By consolidating these detection functions into a single integrated system with immediate feedback to the control device, the patent achieves high manufacturing precision without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively reduces the number of defective blister bags by detecting and correcting errors in real-time, ensuring accurate data application and correct medication dosing, thereby maintaining production quality and preventing large-scale defects.
Implementation Method 1
an optical detection device coupled with the control device and configured to optically detect characteristics of an individual blister bag of the strand
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus and method for packaging individual medication doses in blister bags includes a plurality of storage and dispensing stations, at least one guide and collection arrangement for picking up the medication doses and passing them on, or conducting them, to a packaging station, the packaging station forming a strand of connected blister bags from packaging material. Also included is a labeling and printing station for applying data to the packaging material, an optical detection device that optically detects characteristics of the individual blister bags of the strand, an evaluation device that compares the characteristics detected for an individual blister bag with reference characteristics, and a storage station that stores the strand of the blister bags in an ordered manner.