Blister Card with Segmented Dosing Indicators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current blister card designs fail to intuitively guide users in administering medication at specific times of day, leading to compliance issues with complex treatment regimens.
Innovation Solution
A blister card with a front side containing a plurality of blisters, each holding a unit dose, and visible manufacturing indicia that includes dosing instructions, allowing users to easily identify when to take their medication, with features such as color-coded and icon-based indicators for daytime and nighttime doses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If complex treatment regimens with multiple dosing times are implemented, then therapeutic effectiveness is improved, but user compliance deteriorates due to confusion about when to take medication
Solution Approach 1:
The blister card is segmented into multiple individual blister compartments, each containing a unit dose for a specific time of day. This physical segmentation helps users visually distinguish between different dosing times and reduces confusion about when to take each dose, thereby maintaining therapeutic effectiveness while improving compliance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs color-coded indicators on the blister card to differentiate between dosing times (e.g., morning, afternoon, evening). These visual color cues provide intuitive guidance to users, making it easier to identify the correct dose at the correct time, thus improving compliance without compromising the reliability of the treatment regimen.
2Ease of operation
If detailed dosing instructions are provided to ensure correct administration, then compliance is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Dosing instructions and time indicators are pre-printed on the blister card during manufacturing, before the product reaches the user. This preliminary incorporation of information eliminates the need for separate instruction manuals or complex labeling systems, maintaining ease of use while avoiding excessive device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses simplified visual icons and symbols on the blister card that replicate the concept of time-of-day indicators without requiring complex mechanical or electronic components. These visual copies convey dosing information intuitively while keeping the overall device design simple and manufacturable.
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AI summary
A portable blister card including a front side and a back side opposite the front side. The front side includes a face having a width, a right side edge, a left side edge, a top edge, and an outer periphery. In addition, the front side includes a first blister and a second blister extending outwardly at the face and a primary manufacturer indicia area comprising a manufacturer indicator visible on the front side. The first blister contains a first unit dose and the second blister contains a second unit dose, wherein the first and second unit doses are different. The back side includes regulatory information that remains on the back side when each unit dose is removed from each blister through the back side of the card.