Medication Support Device Suction Pickup Jogger Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medication support devices using two or more actuators face challenges in efficiently picking up, conveying, and dispensing medicine packages from containers, leading to increased time and labor requirements.
Innovation Solution
A medication support device comprising a container for storing medicine packages, a pickup device with a suction mechanism to retrieve packages, a conveyor to transport them, a medicine dispensing container with partitioned positions for precise dispensing, and a jogger mechanism to align packages within the dispensing container.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual medication support is used, then labor requirements are high and time consumption increases, but automation reduces productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The suction device automatically picks up medicine packages from the container without manual intervention. The conveyor automatically transports the packages to the dispensing container. The system performs medication support tasks autonomously, reducing both labor requirements and time consumption while improving productivity.
2Manufacturing precision
If simple pickup mechanism is used, then device complexity is reduced, but medication precision and accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: a suction device for picking up packages, a conveyor for transport, and a dispensing container with partitions for precise dispensing. Each module performs a specific function, allowing high precision in medication dispensing while keeping individual components relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The conveyor acts as an intermediary between the suction device and the dispensing container, providing controlled transport and positioning. This intermediary component enables precise dispensing at specific locations without requiring the pickup mechanism itself to be overly complex.
3Measurement precision
If multiple partitions are used in dispensing container, then medication accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dispensing container is divided into multiple partitions that create distinct positions for different medicines. This segmentation allows precise positioning and identification of each medicine package while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure based on standard partitioning techniques.
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 device significantly reduces the time and labor required for medication administration by automating the pickup, conveyance, and precise dispensing of medicine packages, enhancing efficiency and minimizing errors.
Implementation Method 1
a suction device disposed at the pickup device to suck the medicine package in the container by air
Data Source
AI summary
A medication support device includes a container that stores a medicine package, a pickup device to pick up the medicine package from the container, a suction device disposed at the pickup device to suck the medicine package in the container by air, a conveyor to convey the medicine package picked up from the container using the suction device, a medicine dispensing container to dispense the medicine package conveyed by the conveyor at a specific one of a plurality of positions partitioned by a plurality of partitions, and a jogger to move the medicine package that has already been dispensed to the medicine dispensing container to a desired position of the medicine dispensing container when the medicine package is dispensed from the container to the medicine dispensing container a plurality of times.