Edible Pharmaceutical Card with Segmented Dosing Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Complex pharmaceutical treatment regimens involving multiple medications taken at different times can lead to non-compliance due to the complexity of dosing schedules, requiring a solution to simplify and organize medication administration.
Innovation Solution
Edible pharmaceutical receptacles with multiple dosing sections, each containing specific medications and indicia for timing, are created using additive manufacturing, allowing patients to easily identify and take medications at the right time by breaking off and consuming sections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple pharmaceuticals are prescribed at different times and days, then treatment efficacy is improved, but patient compliance deteriorates due to regimen complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The edible receptacle is divided into multiple separate dosing sections, each containing a specific pharmaceutical. This segmentation allows patients to easily identify and consume only the medication intended for their current dosing time, reducing confusion and improving compliance with complex multi-drug regimens.
Solution Approach 2:
The edible receptacle serves as an intermediary carrier that organizes and presents multiple pharmaceuticals in a user-friendly format. It translates complex prescribing information into a simplified visual structure where each section corresponds to a specific dosing instruction, making the regimen easier to follow.
2Measurement precision
If detailed dosing information is provided for each pharmaceutical, then treatment precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each dosing section of the edible receptacle is designed with localized characteristics that indicate its specific pharmaceutical and dosing timing. The sections can have different colors, shapes, or markings corresponding to different medications and times, providing precise dosing information without requiring a complex overall structure.
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AI summary
An edible receptacle for pharmaceuticals, components thereof, and associated methods. The edible pharmaceutical receptacle includes a plurality of pharmaceuticals including different first and second pharmaceuticals and an edible pharmaceutical card. The edible pharmaceutical card includes a plurality of edible dosing sections joined together. The plurality of edible dosing sections include a first edible dosing section directly joined to a second edible dosing section. The first and second edible dosing sections are arranged to be manually broken apart to separate the first and second edible dosing sections from one another. The first edible dosing section contains the first pharmaceutical of the plurality of pharmaceuticals and the second edible dosing section contains the second pharmaceutical of the plurality of pharmaceuticals.