Nested Food Package Isolating Medical Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions face challenges in packaging medical devices like condoms with food products without compromising the integrity or safety of either, as cross-contamination and damage risks are significant when combined in the same package.
Innovation Solution
A food product package design featuring an outer enclosure with an inner, sealed and sterilized insulation barrier made of layered film, ensuring the medical device remains protected and separate from the food product, using materials like polyamide, polyethylene, and polyethylene terephthalate for impermeability and mechanical strength, preventing cross-contamination and damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a food product and medical device are placed in the same package, then distribution efficiency and cost-effectiveness are improved, but the risk of cross-contamination and damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The package is divided into two distinct compartments: an outer enclosure for the food product and an inner enclosure for the medical device. This segmentation allows both products to be distributed together while maintaining physical separation, thus improving distribution efficiency without compromising product integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner enclosure containing the medical device is nested within the outer enclosure containing the food product. This nested structure enables both items to be packaged in a single unit for efficient distribution, while the nested enclosures maintain separation and protect each product from damage and contamination.
2Reliability
If an inner enclosure is added to separate the medical device from the food product, then cross-contamination is prevented, but package complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The package structure is segmented into an outer enclosure and an inner enclosure, creating clear physical separation between the food product and medical device. This segmentation effectively prevents cross-contamination while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure that is easy to manufacture and distribute.
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 package effectively isolates and protects both the food and medical devices, maintaining their usability and quality, allowing for large-scale distribution while being cost-effective and reliable.
Implementation Method 1
the film 6 is, conveniently, structured so as to have at least one layer that is adapted to provide a barrier against liquid and/or gaseous substances
Implementation Method 2
the inner enclosure 4 defines at least one wall that has characteristics of an insulation barrier against substances that originate from the food product 3 and/or from the medical device 5
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AI summary
A food product package comprising an outer enclosure (2) which contains a food product (3), characterized in that the outer enclosure (2) internally accommodates an inner enclosure (4) which contains at least one medical device (5), the inner enclosure (4) having at least one wall that has characteristics of an insulation barrier against substances that originate from the food product (3) and/or from the medical device (5).