Injection Analgesia Patch With Needle Guide for Pain-Free Vaccination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Many individuals avoid vaccinations due to the pain associated with injections, leading to neglect of prevalent communicable diseases like the flu.
Innovation Solution
An injection analgesia system featuring a flexible suction cup with a needle guide and analgesia, a sealed adhesive patch with analgesia layers, or a substrate with an attachment mechanism to numb the skin surface before injections, reducing pain through analgesia dispersion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a traditional injection needle is used, then the injection can be administered, but the patient experiences pain at the injection site
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by applying an analgesic patch to the injection site before the injection is administered. The patch contains analgesic agents that begin working prior to the needle insertion, thereby reducing or eliminating pain during the injection process. This preliminary preparation directly addresses the pain issue while maintaining vaccination compliance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses an intermediary approach by introducing an analgesic patch as a mediator between the injection needle and the patient's skin. The patch serves as a protective and numbing layer that interacts with the skin surface before the needle penetrates, thereby reducing the harmful pain effect without interfering with the injection's effectiveness.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If an analgesic patch is applied to the skin surface, then pain is reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into a single integrated patch device. The patch combines the analgesic agent delivery system, adhesive mounting mechanism, and needle guide alignment features into one unified component. This merging reduces the number of separate devices needed and simplifies the overall system while maintaining pain reduction effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies universality by designing the patch to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it provides pain relief through analgesic agents, secures to the skin through adhesive mechanisms, guides needle insertion through aligned openings, and protects the injection site. This multi-functionality reduces device complexity by eliminating the need for separate components for each function.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively numbs the skin surface, allowing for painless injections by dispersing analgesia before and during the injection process, thereby increasing vaccination compliance.
Implementation Method 1
a flexible suction cup with an open front end and closed back end
Implementation Method 2
The analgesia is dispersed along a skin surface when the suction cup is attached to the skin surface
Data Source
AI summary
An injection analgesia system advantageously numbs a patient's skin around an injection site. An injection window guides a caregiver's injection placement to a relatively small area while allowing standard injection procedures to be followed, such as stretching the skin and puncturing the site with a jabbing motion. The injection analgesia system has a needle shield and an analgesia, which are layered together and applied to a skin surface. A needle shield window and a analgesia window align to form the injection window. Advantageously, the needle shield may fold and/or wrap around the injection needle for sharp object protection during and after needle disposal.