Phone Case with Epinephrine Pen Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Individuals prone to severe allergic reactions often fail to carry epinephrine injection pens due to inconvenience or forgetfulness, as existing mobile phone cases do not securely accommodate these life-saving devices.
Innovation Solution
A mobile phone case assembly that securely holds both a mobile phone and an epinephrine injection pen, with a design allowing the phone case to be moved between open and closed positions, exposing or covering the pen storage compartment, and featuring hinges, latches, and optional features like a mirror and lanyard for convenient access and carrying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If epinephrine injection pens are carried separately, then accessibility and visibility are improved, but ease of operation and convenience deteriorate due to difficulty in tracking and remembering to carry them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the epinephrine injection pen storage with a mobile phone case into a single integrated unit. The pen is stored in a dedicated compartment within the case, allowing the user to carry both items together and ensuring the pen is always accessible when the phone case is carried. This merging resolves the contradiction by improving reliability through integrated storage while maintaining ease of operation through the familiar, frequently-carrying phone case.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile phone case is transformed into a multi-functional device that simultaneously protects the phone and stores the epinephrine injection pen. The case serves dual purposes: as a phone protective case and as a carrying solution for the medical device. This universality improves convenience by using an existing frequently-carrying item (phone case) to also hold the pen, while ensuring reliability through dedicated storage space.
2Reliability
If epinephrine injection pens are made attachable to belt, then accessibility is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates because many users do not wear belts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal carrying solution by integrating pen storage into a mobile phone case, which is worn or carried by virtually everyone who owns a smartphone. This replaces the belt-attachment method with a more universally applicable solution that works regardless of whether the user wears a belt, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining carrying availability.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of attaching the pen to external items like belts, the patent inverts the approach by embedding the pen storage within the phone case itself. This internal integration ensures the pen is always with the user without requiring external attachments or specific wearing habits, resolving the contradiction between carrying availability and adaptability to different user behaviors.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If mobile phone cases are designed with closeable cover, then protection of mobile phone is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the phone protection function with the pen storage function into a single case structure. The closeable cover serves dual purposes: protecting the phone and securing the epinephrine pen in its compartment. This integration allows the case to provide enhanced protection and storage without proportionally increasing complexity, as the same structural elements serve multiple functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The epinephrine pen storage compartment is nested within the mobile phone case structure. The pen case is positioned inside or integrated into the phone case, with the closeable cover providing protection for both the phone and the nested pen storage. This nesting approach allows the system to provide comprehensive protection while minimizing additional complexity by utilizing the existing case structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A case assembly is provided having a mobile phone case and storage case that is designed to securely hold a mobile phone and an epinephrine injection pen concurrently. The case assembly includes the mobile phone case which is configured to securely contain a mobile phone therein. The mobile phone case includes a viewing region which allows an operator to view a screen of the mobile phone. The storage case is coupled to the mobile phone case and is configured to securely contain and allow access to an epinephrine injector pen. The mobile phone case is selectively moveable relative to the storage case between an open position and a closed position. The opening in the storage case is covered when the mobile phone case is in the closed position, and the opening in the storage case is open when the mobile phone case is in the open position.


