A User-Centric Evaluation Procedure for the Design of Child-Resistant Medicine Bottles

Recently, people have begun to realize the importance of child‐resistant (CR) medicine packaging. However, most manufacturers and designers have not been able to effectively provide prevention strategies or design criteria to protect consumers. This research proposes a systematic approach to analyze...

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Published inHuman factors and ergonomics in manufacturing & service industries Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 211 - 227
Main Authors Lin, Ming-Chyuan, Chen, Ming-Shi, Lin, Yi-Hsien, Hung, Yu-Ching
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2015
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Subjects
Anthropometry
CAD
Child-resistant medicine packaging
Children
Computer aided design
Consumer protection
Containers
Descriptive labeling
Design
Design analysis
Design criteria
Design parameters
Designers
Ergonomics
Medicine
Package design
Packaging design
Parameter estimation
Parameter identification
Quality engineering
Taguchi method
User trial
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Summary:Recently, people have begun to realize the importance of child‐resistant (CR) medicine packaging. However, most manufacturers and designers have not been able to effectively provide prevention strategies or design criteria to protect consumers. This research proposes a systematic approach to analyze CR packaging design problems and experiments to evaluate the identified design parameters and to generate the most suitable CR medicine packaging design. The design of a CR packaging bottle is used as an example to help explain the development procedure. During the development procedure, user trials, questionnaires, and children's anthropometric data on bottle opening and hand operations are analyzed. Five design parameters, specifically the cap diameter, cap height, bottle height, bottle diameter, and torsion, are identified and used to perform a Taguchi orthogonal array experimental analysis. A computer‐aided design system is also built to help generate the most suitable design alternatives. The results should assist designers in determining the most important CR design parameters and their most suitable combinations for bottle and related CR medicine packaging design.
Bibliography:istex:B26040F4BAA9A03CFE6590AFD07B0899E4A06607
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan - No. NSC97-2221-E006-165-MY3
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ISSN:1090-8471
1520-6564
DOI:10.1002/hfm.20595