Injection device storage container
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need to improve the storage and dispensing of injection devices in a refrigerator environment, where medicaments require refrigeration and are often stored alongside food and other items, necessitating a solution that ensures convenient access and proper handling of injection devices while maintaining refrigeration.
Innovation Solution
An injection device storage container with a hanger arrangement for suspension in a refrigerator, featuring a guiding mechanism, propulsion mechanism, and display for user information, designed to dispense injection devices in a horizontal orientation through a controlled opening, with a cold pack for temperature moderation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If injection devices are stored in a refrigerator alongside food and other items, then refrigeration is maintained, but access and handling convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is segmented into a dedicated injection device storage container separate from food storage areas. The container includes specific compartments and organizing structures that segregate injection devices from other refrigerator contents, enabling specialized storage while maintaining refrigeration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary storage container that acts as a mediator between the refrigerator environment and the injection devices. This container provides a controlled interface with features like openings for dispensing, guiding arrangements for proper orientation, and protection mechanisms, thereby improving accessibility without compromising refrigeration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If injection devices are stored in secondary packaging, then storage organization improves, but dispensing accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The storage container is designed with preliminary organizing features including guiding arrangements that pre-position injection devices in optimal orientations, and openings strategically positioned to facilitate easy dispensing. The container prepares the devices for use before removal, ensuring proper orientation and accessibility without requiring additional handling steps.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring users to search through packaging to find and retrieve injection devices, the patent inverts the approach by designing the container with openings and guiding features that automatically present devices for easy retrieval. The dispensing mechanism is integrated into the storage structure itself, making removal straightforward while maintaining organized storage.
3Ease of operation
If injection devices are stored horizontally, then dispensing through opening becomes easier, but device stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different quality characteristics to different parts of the storage system. The opening area is designed with features that facilitate horizontal dispensing ease, while the storage compartments incorporate stabilizing structures such as recesses, guides, and positioning features that maintain device stability. This local differentiation of properties allows simultaneous optimization of both dispensing ease and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage container incorporates dynamic elements that adapt to the dispensing process. Guiding arrangements and restraining members can move or adjust during the dispensing action, allowing devices to transition from a stable stored position to a horizontal dispensing orientation. The system maintains stability during storage but enables easy horizontal removal when needed, dynamically adapting to operational requirements.
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 solution provides a convenient, accessible, and organized storage system for injection devices, ensuring they remain refrigerated and are easily dispensed when needed, while maintaining a secure and organized storage within the refrigerator.
Implementation Method 1
The propulsion mechanism may comprise a resilient member configured to apply a force to the at least one injection device to move it towards the opening
Implementation Method 2
The injection device storage container may further comprise a cold pack arranged within the case to moderate an internal temperature of the case
Data Source
AI summary
An injection device storage container includes a case configured to contain at least one injection device for delivering a medicament; and a hanger arrangement coupled to the case and configured to suspend the case from a supporting wall; wherein the case includes an upper panel having an opening formed therein through which the at least one injection device can be dispensed, and wherein the opening is arranged such that, when the case is suspended from the supporting wall, the at least one injection device is dispensed in a horizontal orientation through the opening.