Dose Packaging Tray Layout for Visible Medication Counting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pharmaceutical packaging systems lack visibility and ease of use, leading to potential errors in manual counting and handling of unit doses, which can compromise accurate dosing and patient safety.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system featuring a tray assembly with a cover sheet and support that partitions slots for containers, allowing for easy visual inspection and accurate counting, along with customizable configurations for different dosing regimens, and includes features like handles and tamper-evident seals for secure storage and handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional opaque packaging is used to protect medication, then product security and protection are improved, but visibility and ease of counting are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a translucent or transparent cover sheet made of thin film material that allows visual inspection of the containers while maintaining protective enclosure. This flexible film enables healthcare professionals to see through the packaging to verify the presence and quantity of containers without compromising the protective function.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover sheet is designed with specific optical properties including translucency or transparency that allows light transmission. This optical characteristic change enables visibility of the containers beneath while maintaining the integrity and protective function of the packaging structure.
2Measurement precision
If manual visual counting is used to verify dosage, then accuracy in dosing is improved, but time consumption and workflow efficiency are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging system divides the containers into organized slots within the tray assembly, with each slot designed to hold a specific container. This segmentation allows for systematic visual inspection and counting, making it easier and faster to verify the quantity of containers while maintaining dosing accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The tray assembly with its structured slots and the translucent cover sheet serve as intermediaries that facilitate the counting process. The slots provide defined positions for containers, and the translucent cover allows visual access, together creating an intermediate system that speeds up verification while ensuring accuracy.
3Reliability
If the packaging structure is made complex to ensure secure storage and handling, then product protection is improved, but ease of use and accessibility are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is segmented into modular components including the outer box, removable tray assembly, and cover sheet. This segmentation allows the tray to be easily removed from the outer box for access to containers, while the modular structure maintains secure storage when assembled. The flip-top lid and removable tray work together to provide both security and ease of access.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging incorporates dynamic elements such as the flip-top lid that can be opened and closed, and the removable tray assembly that can be taken in and out of the outer box. These dynamic features enable easy access to containers while maintaining secure storage when the packaging is closed, balancing protection with accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
A package for a dose includes an outer box including a housing including a bottom panel and one or more side wall defining an open segment in the perimeter of the bottom panel. A flap is coupled to the bottom panel and encloses the one or more sidewalls when the outer box is in a closed position. A lid is coupled to the housing. The packaging includes least one tray assembly disposed within the housing including a tray defining an interior region, a support partitioning the interior region into a plurality of slots, and a cover sheet. The cover sheet includes a main sheet overlaying the support and a plurality of openings aligned with at least a subset of the plurality of slots extending through the main sheet to allow one or more slots of the subset to receive a container.