Wireless Injection Device Storage Tracking for Dosage Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Patients with chronic diseases face challenges in adhering to prescribed medicament dosing schedules, particularly for refrigerated medicaments, due to difficulties in tracking dosing times and potential mis-administration of incorrect injection devices, which can lead to non-adherence and waste.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a user device and a storage device that communicate wirelessly to track the placement and expiration of injection devices, ensuring correct usage and adherence to dosing schedules by monitoring and guiding the use of the appropriate devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple injection devices are stored in the same storage device, then storage capacity is improved, but the risk of selecting an incorrect injection device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage device is divided into multiple distinct compartments or slots, each capable of holding a single injection device. This segmentation allows the system to track and identify each device individually, preventing confusion and ensuring correct selection while maintaining the ability to store multiple devices simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates sensors and identification mechanisms that provide feedback about which injection device is stored in which compartment. This feedback loop enables the system to guide users to the correct device, reducing selection errors while maintaining high storage capacity.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If injection devices are stored for prolonged periods, then convenience of storage is improved, but the risk of medicament exceeding expiry date increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by tracking the storage duration and expiry dates of injection devices from the moment they are placed in storage. This proactive monitoring enables the system to alert users before expiry dates are reached, ensuring compliance while allowing prolonged storage for convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors storage duration and provides feedback about approaching expiry dates. This feedback mechanism allows users to maintain convenient long-term storage while ensuring they use devices before they expire.
3Productivity
If different dosages of the same medicament are stored together, then storage efficiency is improved, but the risk of mis-administration increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage device segments different dosage types into distinct compartments or slots. This segmentation allows efficient storage of multiple dosages while enabling the system to identify and guide users to the correct dosage, preventing mis-administration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system acts as an intermediary between the stored injection devices and the user, using sensors and identification mechanisms to recognize dosage types and guide users to the correct device. This intermediary function maintains storage efficiency while ensuring dosage accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A system including a user device and a storage device communicating wirelessly with each other. The user device includes a processor, a memory, and a wireless transceiver. The storage device includes multiple openings, each opening being configured to store an unused injection device for a period of time and wherein each opening has an associated sensor, and a storage device wireless transceiver. The user device can be configured to scan a first injection device to determine at least one of a drug dosage contained within the first injection device and a device expiration date of the first injection device, and to create first device data relating to the drug dosage and the device expiration date and to associate the first device data with a first opening of the plurality of openings of the storage device.