Drug Dispenser With Directional Guide For Correct Intake
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medication dispensing systems are inadequate for ensuring correct medication administration, particularly for sensitive drugs and varied dosage forms, leading to non-adherence, health risks, and increased costs due to incorrect handling and storage issues.
Innovation Solution
A medication dispensing device with a base body and direction-setting means that allows medication compartments to be removed only from one side, ensuring correct order of intake, and can accommodate various dosage forms in their original packaging, with modular expansion for flexible administration schedules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If medications are repackaged into dispensers or reblistered, then medication organization and distribution are improved, but protection from light, humidity, and oxidation is reduced leading to loss of efficacy
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments the original medication packaging into individual daily compartments within the dispenser housing. Each compartment contains a specific medication in its original protective packaging, allowing organized distribution while maintaining the integrity and protection of each medication unit through controlled access mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If medications are stored in dispensers, then distribution convenience is improved, but protection from environmental factors is reduced leading to harm to patients
Solution Approach 1:
The device employs a nested structure where the original medication packaging (which provides environmental protection) is placed inside individual compartments within the dispenser housing. This nested arrangement allows the medication to retain its original protective barrier against light, humidity, and oxidation while still being conveniently organized and distributed through the dispenser system.
3Volume of stationary object
If multiple medications are contained in the same compartment, then space utilization is improved, but risk of cross-reactions increases leading to catastrophic health risks
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments medications into separate, dedicated compartments within the dispenser housing. Each compartment is designed to hold a specific medication in its original packaging, physically isolating different medications from one another. This segmentation eliminates the risk of cross-reactions while maintaining efficient space utilization through optimized compartment arrangement and modular design.
4Ease of operation
If dispensers follow general intake patterns, then ease of use is improved, but precision of administration time is reduced leading to errors in administration
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates dynamic, adjustable timing mechanisms that allow customization of administration schedules based on precise therapeutic requirements. Users can program specific times and patterns for each medication compartment, enabling both ease of automated operation and precise control over administration timing, thereby eliminating errors associated with general intake patterns.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a drug dispensing device. This device comprises a base body (1) having an interior space for receiving at least one drug compartment (4), a dispensing side for removing the at least one drug compartment (4) from the interior space, and a directional guide (5) which permits the removal of the at least one drug compartment (4) from the interior space only at the dispensing side. The invention further comprises a corresponding drug compartment and an extension module.