Portable Electronic Injectors with Temperature Control for Mass Vaccination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mass vaccination devices lack effective temperature control for vaccine quality maintenance and biosecurity traceability, leading to inconsistent vaccine delivery and burdensome paperwork, while also risking animal safety due to improper injection techniques and needle reuse.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising portable electronic injectors with temperature-controlled heating elements, NFC and RFID capabilities for traceability, anti-stabbing mechanisms, and a mobile process manager for real-time data collection and error detection, integrated with a web-accessible database for efficient data management and error alerts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If mass vaccination devices are used for automatic injection, then productivity is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to lack of temperature control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by incorporating temperature control mechanisms that maintain vaccine temperature within optimal ranges (e.g., 2-8°C). The system monitors and adjusts temperature parameters in real-time during mass vaccination, ensuring vaccine stability and delivery consistency while maintaining high-speed automatic injection capabilities.
2Device complexity
If manual handling and paperwork are used for vaccination records, then device complexity is reduced, but loss of information increases due to burdensome paperwork
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual paperwork systems with electronic data management. The mass vaccination device incorporates sensors, microprocessors, and communication modules that automatically record vaccination data, animal identifiers, and temperature information. This electronic substitution eliminates manual paperwork while ensuring accurate, complete, and traceable vaccination records.
3Loss of substance
If needle reuse is permitted to reduce cost, then loss of substance is reduced, but object-affected harmful factors increase due to animal safety risks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a disposable needle system where each needle is designed for single-use only. The device incorporates needle magazines or cartridges that automatically advance to fresh needles after each injection. This disposable approach eliminates cross-contamination risks and animal injury from needle reuse, while the automated system minimizes vaccine waste through precise dosage control.
4Ease of operation
If automatic injection is implemented without temperature control, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to vaccine quality issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service temperature control where the device autonomously monitors, regulates, and maintains vaccine temperature without requiring manual intervention. The system includes temperature sensors, heating/cooling elements, and control algorithms that automatically adjust temperature parameters, ensuring vaccine quality consistency while maintaining ease of operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures consistent vaccine delivery, enhances biosecurity through traceable vaccination records, reduces animal injury by preventing improper injections, and streamlines paperwork through real-time data collection and error alerts.
Implementation Method 1
a multi-dosage pumping unit to receive multiple dosages of the vaccine and to provide the single dosage per needle, and a heating element located after the multi-dosage pumping unit to heat the single dosage to a desired temperature
Data Source
AI summary
A system for mass vaccination includes a plurality of portable electronic injectors, a mobile process manager and a database. Each portable electronic injector includes at least one needle to administer a measured amount of at least one vaccine to a body skin/tissue and an indicator system to provide an indication when either an injection error occurs or when a vaccination indication is required. The mobile process manager is in wireless communication with the plurality of injection devices and controls a mass vaccination. The process manager transmits task data to all injection devices in parallel via WI-FI, receives the vaccination indications from each injector in real time, also receives injection errors and vaccination process data, alerts a vaccination process overseer generally in real-time of the errors and transmits the injection data from each injector via cellular and/or internet transmission to the database.