Analyte Sensor Container Elevator Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing analyte sensor storage systems fail to effectively protect sensors from environmental exposure after opening, leading to reduced accuracy due to humidity and temperature variations, and result in disorganization and misplacement of sensors.
Innovation Solution
A sealed analyte sensor container system with a moveable member and elevator mechanism that elevates sensors upon lid opening, providing easy access while retracting them upon closure, and incorporating desiccant material to minimize environmental exposure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If analyte sensors are stored in a conventional open container, then accessibility is improved, but sensor accuracy deteriorates due to environmental exposure
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into a stationary base and a moveable tray that can be independently elevated. This segmentation allows the sensors to be isolated in a protected environment while providing easy access when needed, resolving the contradiction between accessibility and environmental protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The desiccant material is pre-placed in the container to create a protective environment before sensors are exposed. The moveable tray is designed to be elevated only when access is needed, maintaining sensor protection during storage while enabling accessibility during use.
2Measurement precision
If analyte sensors are stored in a sealed container, then sensor accuracy is improved by reducing environmental exposure, but accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The tray is designed as a moveable component that can dynamically transition between retracted and elevated positions. This dynamic structure allows the container to switch between sealed protection mode and accessible retrieval mode, resolving the contradiction between accuracy and accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The spring mechanism automatically elevates the tray when the lid is opened, providing self-service elevation without requiring manual intervention. This maintains sensor protection during normal storage while enabling easy accessibility when needed.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple analyte sensors are stored together, then storage efficiency is improved, but organization deteriorates leading to misplacement
Solution Approach 1:
The tray is divided into multiple compartments that can hold multiple sensors in an organized manner. This segmentation maintains storage efficiency while preventing misplacement by providing designated spaces for each sensor.
Solution Approach 2:
The moveable tray adds a vertical dimension to sensor storage, allowing sensors to be elevated above the container base. This dimensional change provides better organization and visibility while maintaining storage capacity.
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 system maintains sensor accuracy by reducing exposure to environmental factors and enhances organization and accessibility of analyte sensors, limiting their exposure to humidity and temperature variations.
Implementation Method 1
an elevator mechanism including a spring biasing the moveable member
Implementation Method 2
incorporating desiccant material to minimize environmental exposure
Data Source
AI summary
An analyte sensor container system is provided for storing and dispensing analyte sensors. The analyte sensor container system includes a container body having a moveable member received therein. The moveable member may have one or more compartments with one or more analyte sensors supported thereon and a lid hinged to the container body. An elevator mechanism causes relative movement between the container body and moveable member upon opening and closing the lid. As such, the one or more analyte sensors are readily accessible to a user when the lid is opened, and retract into the container body upon lid closure. Methods of storing analyte sensors are provided as are numerous other aspects.