Lockable Container With Integral Tray For Drug Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pharmaceutical packaging inadequately addresses the needs of users with limited dexterity, fails to provide child-resistant and spill-prevention features, and lacks space for user information and safe disposal mechanisms for drug delivery devices.
Innovation Solution
A two-piece package comprising an outer sleeve and an inner slide card with an integral tray, featuring locking, releasing, and stopping mechanisms to secure and protect drug delivery devices, while allowing easy access and safe disposal, and incorporating features for child-resistance and spill-prevention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional packaging tightly packs devices to maximize shipping efficiency, then shipping cost is reduced, but accessibility for users with limited dexterity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is divided into multiple compartments and sections within the container, allowing devices to be separated into different zones. This segmentation enables both efficient space utilization for shipping and easy access for users, as devices are organized in a logical manner that simplifies retrieval without requiring tight packing.
2Reliability
If conventional packaging uses foam or plastic elements to protect devices, then device protection is improved, but manufacturing complexity and inventory requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging structure integrates protection, organization, and disposal functions into a single unified container design. The container includes integrated compartments and structural features that provide device protection without requiring separate foam or plastic elements, thereby simplifying the manufacturing system and reducing inventory requirements while maintaining reliability.
3Productivity
If conventional packaging orients devices vertically to maximize space, then packaging efficiency is improved, but accessibility for users with arthritis deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging employs different device orientations in different local zones or compartments. Certain sections may orient devices vertically for space efficiency, while other sections orient devices horizontally or at accessible angles to facilitate easy access for users with limited dexterity. This localized variation in orientation quality optimizes both packaging efficiency and user accessibility.
4Ease of manufacture
If conventional packaging distributes similar devices together, then inventory management is simplified, but users with complicated regimens must maintain extensive inventories
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging container is designed with universal compartments and organizational features that can accommodate multiple types of devices and support various medication regimens. The container can hold different devices in different sections, allowing users with complicated regimens to consolidate multiple devices in a single package while maintaining organized access, thus providing both manufacturing simplicity and regimen flexibility.
Data Source
AI summary
Taught herein is a package for holding and securing various types of portable items. An inner slide card with integral tray (12) is loaded with items, and inserted into an outer sleeve (200). Receiving apertures (38) and securing tabs (40) hold and secure the items in the tray. An engaging element (42), integral to the slide card or tray cooperatively engages locking elements and stopping elements (240, 216) integral to the outer sleeve. The cooperative engagement of the elements provides an optional child-resistant feature and an optional spill-resistant feature. A release button (224) integral to the outer sleeve disengages the child-resistant feature.