Eye Mask Bottle Mount for Accurate Eye Drop Application
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Solution Overview
Problem
Applying eye drops directly to the eyes using conventional eye droppers or bottles is challenging due to accuracy issues, often resulting in wasted drops and causing stress or anxiety, as users struggle to aim the device correctly.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a system and method using an eye mask with eye cover receivers and a headband to secure an eye drop bottle, allowing for easy application by securing the bottle over the eyes, eliminating the need for precise aiming.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional eye droppers or bottles are used to apply eye drops, then the device is simple and easy to manufacture, but the user cannot accurately aim the drops at the eye, resulting in wasted drops and failed treatment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the eye drop bottle with a mask structure into a single integrated device. The bottle is positioned within the mask such that when the mask is worn, the bottle opening is automatically positioned over the user's eye, eliminating the need for separate aiming actions and ensuring accurate application.
Solution Approach 2:
The mask serves as an intermediary structure that mediates between the user and the eye drop bottle. By positioning the bottle within the mask framework, the mask acts as a guide or mediator that ensures the drops are delivered accurately to the eye without requiring the user to manually aim the bottle.
2Ease of operation
If the user tries to aim the eye dropper or bottle at their eye, then the application can be targeted, but the user experiences stress and anxiety due to introducing foreign objects into the eye
Solution Approach 1:
The mask is donned by the user before the eye drops are applied. This preliminary action of putting on the mask first familiarizes the user with the presence of the device on their face, reducing anxiety. The bottle is then positioned within the already-worn mask, so the user is not surprised by the introduction of a foreign object into their eye area.
Solution Approach 2:
The mask serves as a familiar and comfortable intermediary that the user already has on their face. By positioning the bottle within this already-accepted mask structure, the mask mediates the user's anxiety by providing a familiar framework that reduces the perceived threat of introducing foreign objects into the eye.
3Productivity
If the user shakes the eye drop bottle due to emotion, then the bottle can be squeezed to release drops, but the hand shaking causes inaccurate application
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle is merged with the mask structure, creating a stable integrated system. When the user squeezes the bottle, any hand shaking is isolated to the squeezing action only, while the bottle's position relative to the eye is maintained by the mask framework, ensuring accurate drop placement even during emotional states.
Solution Approach 2:
The mask structure acts as a counterbalancing framework that counteracts the effects of hand shaking. The stable mask framework provides a fixed reference point that compensates for the instability introduced by emotional hand movements during bottle squeezing.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention may comprise a system and method for applying eye drops. An eye mask may have a first eye cover and a second eye cover that are configured over a user's eyes. Each eye cover may have an eye drop bottle receiver that allows an eye drop bottle to be removably connected to the eye covers. The eye drop bottle may contain an eye drop fluid. When the eye drop bottle is squeezed, some of the eye drop fluid may be forced from the eye drop bottle through an eye drop bottle receiver and into a user's eye, thereby efficiently applying eye drops to the user's eye without having to aim the eye drop bottle.