Medicament Container Carrier Adapter for Multi-Volume Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medicament delivery devices are limited by the size and shape of their carriers, necessitating different devices for varying dosage amounts, which increases costs and reduces consistency in administration.
Innovation Solution
A medicament container carrier and adapter system that accommodates medicament containers of different sizes, ensuring secure fixation and visual access, allowing a common delivery device to be used for multiple container volumes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a larger carrier is used to accommodate a larger medicament container for increased dosage, then the medicament volume capacity is improved, but the delivery device size and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate multiple medicament container sizes through a standardized interface system. The carrier includes a receptacle with a opening and an adapter mechanism that allows different containers (varying in size, shape, and volume) to be secured in the same carrier body, enabling one delivery device to serve multiple dosage requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter is nested within the carrier receptacle, creating a hierarchical structure where the adapter fits inside the carrier body. This nested configuration allows the adapter to provide size-specific accommodation while the outer carrier maintains a consistent form factor, effectively nesting the variable adapter component within the fixed carrier structure.
2Quantity of substance
If different delivery devices are used for different dosage amounts, then the medicament volume capacity is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier and adapter system provides universality by enabling a single delivery device design to accommodate multiple medicament container types. The standardized interface and adapter mechanism allow the same carrier to hold containers of various sizes and shapes, eliminating the need for multiple specialized delivery devices for different dosage amounts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows parameter changes in medicament container size and volume while maintaining compatibility with the same delivery device. By changing the container parameters (size, shape, volume) rather than the delivery device parameters, the system achieves dosage flexibility without increasing device complexity.
3Device complexity
If a standardized carrier design is used for all medicament containers, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to different container sizes is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the accommodation function into two parts: a standardized carrier body that maintains simple, consistent design, and a variable adapter component that provides size-specific adaptation. The carrier receptacle maintains a uniform structure with a opening, while the adapter varies to match different container dimensions, separating the fixed and variable elements of the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter serves as an intermediary component between the standardized carrier and the variable medicament containers. It mediates the interface between the fixed carrier design and the diverse container types, translating between the standardized carrier geometry and the varying container dimensions without requiring changes to the carrier itself.
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AI summary
Described is a medicament container carrier adapted to hold a first medicament container having a first predetermined size and capable of containing more than a first volume of a medicament. The container carrier comprises a body, and an adapter coupled to the body. The adapter is adapted to hold a second medicament container having a second predetermined size different from the first predetermined size and capable of containing no more than the first volume of the medicament.