Wireless Adapter for Medicament Delivery Location Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medicament delivery devices face challenges such as improper use, forgotten devices, inadequate instructions, and limited compliance monitoring, particularly in emergency situations where users may be inexperienced or incapacitated, and the devices often have limited space for electronics due to size and cost constraints.
Innovation Solution
The development of a medicament delivery system that includes a wireless communication module allowing for easy identification and location of the device, providing clear instructions, and monitoring compliance, using an adapter that sends different wireless signals based on the device's configuration and status, and a simulated device for training purposes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a wireless communication module is added to the medicament delivery device, then the device can be easily located and compliance can be monitored, but the device size and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two separate components: a compact medicament delivery device and a separate adapter with wireless communication capabilities. The adapter houses the electronics, processor, and communication module, allowing the medicament delivery device to remain small and simple while still providing advanced monitoring and location tracking functions through the adapter's wireless module.
2Ease of operation
If more electronics are added to provide instructions and monitoring, then proper use is enhanced, but the space available for these components is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The medicament delivery device is nested within the adapter, which provides the additional electronic capabilities. The adapter contains the processor, memory, wireless communication module, and power source, while the medicament delivery device itself remains compact. This nested arrangement allows the smaller device to benefit from the adapter's electronics without increasing its own volume.
3Weight of moving object
If the device is made compact for portability, then it is easier to carry, but it becomes easier to forget or lose
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter's wireless communication module continuously communicates with a remote system or smartphone to provide real-time feedback about the device's location, status, and usage. This feedback mechanism includes location tracking to prevent loss, reminders to carry the device, and alerts about proper usage, ensuring the compact device remains reliable and available despite its small size.
4Productivity
If the medicament delivery device is used infrequently, then it is less likely to be needed, but users may forget how to use it when needed
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter provides preliminary action by delivering instructions, warnings, and reminders to the user before the medicament delivery device is needed. The system can send notifications about upcoming doses, proper usage procedures, and important information in advance, ensuring users are prepared and proficient when they need to use the device, even if it has been a long time since the last use.
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, a method includes producing, from an adapter, a first wireless signal characterized by a first communication mode with a computing device when a portion of at least one of a medicament delivery device or a simulated medicament delivery is disposed within the adapter. An indication is received when the portion of the medicament delivery device or the simulated medicament delivery device is removed from the adapter. A second wireless signal characterized by a second communication mode with the computing device is produced in response to the indication. The second communication mode is different from the first communication mode. The second communication mode can be, for example, a hold mode, a sniff mode or a park mode.