Medicant Container Shell for Injector Chamber Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fluid containers, such as vials and cartridges, are often incompatible with standard injector and decapper chambers due to differences in size, making it difficult to dispense medicant from undersized containers.
Innovation Solution
A shell is designed to cover at least a portion of a medicant container, creating an assembled container structure that can nest within injector or decapper chambers, effectively matching the outer dimensions of larger containers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a shell is added to cover the medicant container, then compatibility with standard injector chambers is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The shell acts as an intermediary component between the undersized medicant container and the standard injector chamber. It provides the missing outer dimensions while allowing the smaller container to function within the standard chamber interface, resolving the size mismatch without modifying the container or chamber themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into separate functional components: the medicant container (holding the medication) and the shell (提供ing the interface dimensions). This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the container can remain small while the shell provides the standard interface dimensions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the outer dimensions of the medicant container are increased, then compatibility with standard injector chambers is improved, but the volume of medicant that can be dispensed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The shell serves as an intermediary that provides the standard interface dimensions without containing the medicant. This allows the medicant container to maintain its optimal small size for maximum medicant volume while the shell handles the interface compatibility function.
Solution Approach 2:
The functions of medicant storage and interface compatibility are segmented into separate components. The container optimizes for medicant volume with smaller dimensions, while the shell optimizes for interface compatibility with standard dimensions, eliminating the trade-off between these two requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a shell is added to cover the medicant container, then compatibility with decapper chambers is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The shell provides universal interface compatibility across multiple device types (injectors and decappers). By designing the shell to match standard chamber dimensions, it enables the same undersized container to work with both injector chambers and decapper chambers, achieving multi-functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The shell acts as a universal intermediary component that mediates between the undersized medicant container and different types of standard chambers (both injectors and decappers). This single shell design resolves compatibility issues across multiple device platforms.
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AI summary
A shell that is configured to cover at least a portion of a medicant container for insertion into another device. When the shell covers the medicant container so as to define an assembled container structure, the assembled container structure may be configured to nest in a chamber, of an injector or a decapper, that the medicant container is undersized for. For example, the chamber may be configured to receive another medicant container that has a larger outer periphery than that of the medicant container covered by the shell. The assembled medicant container structure may have outer dimensions that substantially match the outer dimensions of the second medicant container. The medicant container may include a stopper that is configured to receive a needle to receive medicant from within the medicant container. The medicant container may be a vial, or a cartridge (e.g., that includes a movable plunger).