Bundled Auto-Injector Holder for Simultaneous Cap Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Administering multiple medications using a plurality of auto-injectors is time-consuming and effort-intensive, and existing auto-injectors lack a safe and efficient way to handle caps to prevent needle contamination while facilitating easy removal.
Innovation Solution
A medication administration device comprising a holding member that bundles and holds multiple auto-injectors, featuring a housing holding portion, cap covering portion, and a breakable connection portion, allowing easy detachment of caps and maintaining the auto-injectors in a bundled state.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the cap is firmly attached to the auto-injector body, then safety is enhanced by preventing needle contamination, but time and effort are increased for removing the cap during preparation
Solution Approach 1:
The holding member is divided into two separable portions: a housing holding portion that secures the auto-injector bodies and a cap covering portion that protects the caps. This segmentation allows the cap protection function to be separated from the body holding function, enabling efficient batch removal while maintaining safety during storage and transport.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple caps are collectively covered and protected by a single cap covering portion of the holding member, rather than individually protecting each cap. This merging approach allows all caps to be removed simultaneously in one action, significantly reducing preparation time while maintaining safety during storage.
2Ease of operation
If multiple auto-injectors are handled individually, then each auto-injector can be prepared independently, but time and effort are significantly increased for unpackaging and cap removal
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple auto-injectors are bundled together in a single holding member with their caps collectively covered, allowing all units to be handled, transported, and prepared as one integrated group rather than individually, significantly reducing preparation time and effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The caps are pre-attached to the auto-injector bodies and collectively covered by the cap covering portion before use. This preliminary arrangement maintains safety during storage and transport while enabling all caps to be removed simultaneously in one action during preparation, rather than requiring sequential removal from each auto-injector.
3Reliability
If the holding member securely bundles the auto-injectors, then safety and organization are improved, but the complexity of the device structure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holding member is segmented into two functional portions connected by a breakable connection: a housing holding portion for securing auto-injector bodies and a cap covering portion for protecting caps. This segmentation provides clear functional separation while maintaining overall structural simplicity through the breakable connection mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding member can be constructed using flexible packaging materials or thin film structures that provide secure bundling and protection while maintaining simplicity. These materials can conform to the shape of the bundled auto-injectors and provide adequate protection without requiring complex rigid structures.
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AI summary
A medication administration device includes a holding member that bundles and holds a plurality of auto-injectors. The holding member includes a housing holding portion, a cap covering portion, and a breakable connection portion. The housing holding portion and the cap covering portion are separable by breaking the breakable connection portion. The separated housing holding portion maintains a plurality of auto-injector bodies in a bundled and held state, and the separated cap covering portion is detachable from the medication administration device alone or simultaneously with a plurality of the caps.