Information Card with Opening for Blister Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pharmaceutical blister packaging lacks sufficient space for detailed information about each dose, leading to challenges in ensuring correct administration and quality control, particularly when repackaging is involved, which can result in liability issues and risks of incorrect dosing.
Innovation Solution
An information card with an opening is used to attach to the blister, allowing for additional information to be provided without compromising the blister's integrity or protection, enabling complete information display and maintaining the original functionality of the blister, including protection against environmental influences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If information is applied directly to the blister packaging, then the information is accessible with each dose, but the area available for information is severely limited
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transitions from two-dimensional labeling on the blister surface to a three-dimensional card structure that attaches to the blister. The card provides a larger surface area in a different dimensional space, allowing comprehensive information display while maintaining association with the individual dose through the opening that fits over the blister dome.
2Area of stationary object
If the blister is repackaged into a larger blister, then more information space is available, but quality control and traceability are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The invention separates the information carrier from the pharmaceutical packaging. The card is divided into individual sections, each fitting over a specific blister dome containing a single dose. This segmentation maintains the integrity of the original blister packaging and its quality control features while providing dedicated information space on the card for each dose.
Solution Approach 2:
The card acts as an intermediary between the patient and the pharmaceutical packaging. It provides comprehensive information without requiring modification of the original blister packaging, thus maintaining quality control and traceability while delivering complete dosage instructions and pharmaceutical information.
3Loss of information
If a sticker is applied to the blister, then information can be added, but the sticker covers the original manufacturer labeling, compromising quality control inspection
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of applying information directly to the blister surface in the same plane, the invention uses a card that extends perpendicular to the blister surface. This dimensional change allows the card to carry additional information without obscuring the manufacturer's original labeling on the blister, enabling both quality control inspection and comprehensive information delivery.
4Ease of operation
If the blister is severed to remove the dose, then the dose can be accessed, but the blister integrity is compromised and functionality is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The card serves as an intermediary structure that attaches to the intact blister without requiring severing. The opening in the card fits over the complete blister dome, maintaining the blister's sealed integrity and protective function while providing a stable mounting for information delivery.
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AI summary
An information card for attaching to a blister holding an item such as a pharmaceutical dose comprises a rim area around an opening in the information card for attaching the information card to the blister, the opening allowing the information card to be positioned around the item. This allows additional information to be added to the blister while leaving the protective blister intact.