Medicament Container Carrier With Adapter for Multiple Sizes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medicament delivery devices are limited by the size and shape of their carriers, necessitating different devices for varying dosage amounts, which increases costs and reduces consistency in administration.
Innovation Solution
A medicament container carrier and adapter system that accommodates medicament containers of different sizes, ensuring secure fixation and visual access, allowing a common delivery device to be used for diverse medicament volumes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a larger carrier is used to accommodate a larger medicament container, then the dose capacity is increased, but the device complexity and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier is designed with a universal interface that can accommodate medicament containers of different sizes (e.g., 2 mL and 5 mL) through a single standardized carrier structure. The adapter component enables this universality by providing a interface that fits both container types, eliminating the need for multiple carrier designs and reducing device complexity while maintaining varied dose capacities.
Solution Approach 2:
An adapter component is introduced as an intermediary between the carrier and the medicament container. The adapter provides a standardized interface that allows the carrier to work with different container sizes without modifying the carrier itself. This mediator enables size variation in medicament containers while maintaining a consistent carrier design, thus reducing complexity.
2Quantity of substance
If different delivery devices are used for different dosage amounts, then the medicament container size is optimized, but the manufacturing cost and device variety increase
Solution Approach 1:
The delivery device is designed with a universal carrier that can be paired with different medicament container sizes through the adapter interface. This allows a single delivery device design to serve multiple dosage requirements (e.g., 2 mL and 5 mL containers), reducing the number of different devices that need to be manufactured and lowering production costs while maintaining optimized container sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into separate functional components: a universal carrier, an optional adapter for different container sizes, and the medicament container itself. This segmentation allows the carrier and delivery device to be manufactured once and reused with different container sizes, reducing manufacturing complexity and cost while maintaining optimization for each dosage type.
3Device complexity
If the carrier is designed for a specific medicament container size, then the structural design is simplified, but the adaptability to different container sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter serves as an intermediary component that enables the simplified carrier design to work with different medicament container sizes. The carrier maintains a simple, standardized structure, while the adapter provides the necessary interface variations to accommodate different container dimensions, thus achieving both structural simplicity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier is designed with universal features that allow it to accommodate multiple container sizes through a standardized interface. The optional adapter component enhances this universality by providing a flexible interface that can adapt to different container dimensions, maintaining carrier structural simplicity while achieving high adaptability across various medicament container sizes.
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
Enables the use of a single delivery device for multiple medicament container sizes, reducing device costs and ensuring consistent and safe medicament administration by preventing needle distortion and axial displacement.
Implementation Method 1
The arm includes a first abutment surface adapted to engage the flange to prevent rotation of the second medicament container relative to the adapter and a second abutment surface adapted to engage the flange to prevent axial displacement of the second medicament container relative to the adapter
Implementation Method 2
The arm includes a first ramp adapted to engage a distal face of a flange to deflect the arm in a first radial direction
Implementation Method 3
The adapter includes a distal rib adapted to abut a distal end of the second medicament container
Data Source
AI summary
Described is a medicament container carrier adapted to hold a first medicament container having a first predetermined size and capable of containing more than a first volume of a medicament. The container carrier comprises a body, and an adapter coupled to the body. The adapter is adapted to hold a second medicament container having a second predetermined size different from the first predetermined size and capable of containing no more than the first volume of the medicament.