Blister Pack Segmentation for Pharmaceutical Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Combining different pharmaceutical compositions or dietary supplements in a single package is challenging due to potential undesired reactions or interactions between chemical compounds, which limits the combination of substances and shelf life, and existing packaging methods are inconvenient for consumers.

Innovation Solution

A pharmaceutical package with a carrier having multiple cavities and a cover sheet that can be easily opened, featuring recesses and pivotally connected halves with indentations, allowing for safe handling and easy access to multiple substances without direct contact, facilitating simultaneous administration of complex regimens.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If different pharmaceutical compositions are combined in a single package, then convenience for consumers is improved, but stability and shelf life deteriorate due to undesired reactions between chemical compounds

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience for consumersVSAvoidstability and shelf life

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The package is divided into separate compartments or cavities that physically isolate different pharmaceutical compositions. Each composition is housed in its own sealed section, preventing direct contact between incompatible substances while maintaining a unified package structure for consumer convenience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A barrier material or sealing layer is introduced between different pharmaceutical compositions to prevent direct interaction. This intermediary layer allows the package to contain multiple substances without compromising their chemical stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Stability of the object's composition

If each table/capsule is separately packaged in different containers, then stability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to inconvenience for consumers

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovestabilityVSAvoidconvenience for consumers

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple separately packaged pharmaceutical compositions are merged into a single unified package structure. The individual compartments remain sealed and stable, but the overall package provides the convenience of a single container for consumers to manage and administer their medications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If a single package contains multiple pharmaceutical compositions, then productivity is improved by facilitating simultaneous administration, but device complexity increases due to the need for multiple cavities and cover sheets

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimultaneous administrationVSAvoidstructure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The package structure is designed with multi-functional elements that serve multiple purposes. For example, the cover sheet both seals the cavities and provides a user interface for opening, while the cavity structure both protects compositions and enables individual access. This reduces overall complexity despite the multi-compartment design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10463569B2Pharmaceutical package

Publication Date: 2019.11.05 MEDCOMB HLDG

AI summary

The present invention relates to a blister pack for pharmaceutical compositions or supplements.