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Document | Title | Date |
20080197042 | Blister Pack With Radio-Frequency Identification Device, and Method For Manufacturing Same - The invention specifies a blister pack ( | 08-21-2008 |
20080202972 | CHILD RESISTANT CARD - A child resistant card for dispensing one or more pills, e.g., capsules and/or tablets, including a closure part and a push-through part attached by a fold region, in which the closure part includes a blister hole and a perforated front push-through tab, and the push-through part includes a perforated pill push-through tab and a perforated back push-through tab is provided. Upon folding at the fold region, the perforated front push-through tab is aligned over the perforated back push-through tab. The child resistant card further includes a blister pack including a blister having an outlet and a penetrable backing portion, wherein the outlet of the blister is covered by the penetrable backing portion to create a closed blister and the pill is located inside the closed blister, wherein the blister pack is located between the folded closure part and push-through part such that the blister protrudes through the blister hole. The child resistant card also includes a separate pick and place part including a removable tab that is located between the blister pack and push-through part such that the removable tab prevents removal of the pill through the penetrable backing portion and the perforated pill push-through tab, wherein the pill can be dispensed from the child resistant card by removing the removable tab and applying force to the blister such that the pill is concomitantly pushed through the closure part and the penetrable backing portion pill push-through tab. | 08-28-2008 |
20080202973 | CHILD RESISTANT CARD - A child resistant card for dispensing one or more pills, e.g., capsules and/or tablets, including a closure part and a push-through part attached by a fold region, in which the closure part includes a blister hole and a perforated front push-through tab, and the push-through part includes a perforated pill push-through tab and a perforated back punch tab is provided. Upon folding at the fold region, the perforated front push-through tab is aligned over the perforated back punch tab. The child resistant card further includes a blister pack including a blister having an outlet and a penetrable backing portion, wherein the outlet of the blister is covered by the penetrable backing portion to create a closed blister and the pill is located inside the closed blister, wherein the blister pack is located between the folded closure part and push-through part such that the blister protrudes through the blister hole. The child resistant card also includes a separate pick and place part including a removable tab that is located between the blister pack and push-through part such that the removable tab prevents removal of the pill through the penetrable backing portion and the perforated pill push-through tab, wherein the pill can be dispensed from the child resistant card by removing the removable tab and applying force to the blister such that the pill is concomitantly pushed through the closure part and the penetrable backing portion pill push-through tab. | 08-28-2008 |
20080217204 | Child-proof carton package - A childproof package consists of a rectangular folding box of cardboard with at least one strip-like blister pack (B) inside, which can be pulled out from one of the short, narrow sides of the folding box. The folding box is designed to be reclosed in such a way as to be childproof again, and the folding box and the blister pack (B) have cooperating means ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080217205 | Child-proof carton package - A childproof package consists of a rectangular folding box of cardboard with at least one strip-like blister pack (B) inside, which can be pulled out from one of the short, narrow sides of the folding box. The folding box is designed so that it can be reclosed in such a way as to be childproof again, and the folding box and the blister pack (B) have cooperating means ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080230432 | Blister Packs - The present invention relates to blister packs and labels for a blister pack. In particular, it relates to a label (a) which makes it more difficult for a child to release a medicament from the blister pack without making it unduly difficult for the elderly or infirm to remove the medicament. We describe a medicament blister pack label comprising a sheet having points of weakness ( | 09-25-2008 |
20080237082 | CHILD RESISTANT DEVICE FOR HOUSING BLISTER PACKS - A container for housing blister packs. The container includes first and second portions attached to one another in a manner whereby said first and second portions are movable from an open condition in which products may be dispensed from the container to a closed condition in which products cannot be dispensed from the container. At least the first portion of the container defines an internal space in said container of sufficient size to receive product in said internal space. The container also includes structure for supporting the blister pack in a position whereby product dispensed from said blister pack is dispensed into the internal space in said container and a closure which retains said first and second portions in the closed position. An opening is provided in the first portion in communication with the internal space to permit passage of product through said opening to be dispensed to outside the container at a location which is blocked when the closure is positioned to retain the first and second portions in the closed position. The container provides a secure way to limit access to product in a blister pack while at the same time facilitating dispensing of product from the blister pack and container. | 10-02-2008 |
20080245698 | Lidding for a child-resistant blister package - A blister package is provided in which the lidding component includes a tear-resistant nonwoven layer and a barrier layer wherein the controlled delamination of the nonwoven layer increases the puncture resistance, thereby improving the child-resistant properties of the package. | 10-09-2008 |
20080251410 | Deactivation Clip for Lockable Containers - A container having a base and a top, is configured to house a slideable card that holds items. The top and base form a closed case, open along one end. The card includes at least one receiving aperture that, when fully inserted within the container, engages at least one detent. A release button is located on the container and is positioned proximate to the detent. A spring or other retaining mechanism is located adjacent the detent and urges the card to engage the detent at the receiving aperture. Pressing the release button pushes the card to lift the aperture over detent so that the card can be slideably removed. Some embodiments include a deactivation clip that, when attached, engages the release button so that the receiving aperture does not engage the detent. | 10-16-2008 |
20080251411 | Lid Sheet For Use in a Blister Pack - A lid sheet for use in a blister form pack for packaging of pharmaceutical and medical products, wherein said lid sheet is a laminate comprising four layers A, B, C and D with the layer sequence A-B-C-D and the layers comprising as follows:
| 10-16-2008 |
20080277305 | Collectible Product - A waterproof thin sticker is embedded into a top and bottom layer of soap. The sticker may be printed with a four-color image. The bottom soap layer, below the sticker, is a solid color. The bottom soap layer makes up two-thirds of the entire soap's thickness. The top soap layer, above the sticker, is comprised of clear/transparent glycerin soap and makes up one-third of the entire soap's thickness. The soap is designed to wear at the top layer first which leaves the sticker image attached to the remaining bottom soap layer. The sticker remains intact and can be peeled off from the soap, saved, and collected. Packaging includes individually wrapping the soap product in a glossy plastic wrap and then putting into windowed package such as a mailable gift box. | 11-13-2008 |
20080283439 | COMBINATION UNIT DOSE DISPENSING CONTAINERS - Dosage forms containing pharmaceutical compositions for use in devices to produce a spray or mist delivery of the compositions include dosage blister compartments and a dispensing blister compartment, wherein crushing of the compartments delivers the compositions in a desired spray pattern. Certain dosage forms include a plurality of dosage chambers each containing a component or a portion of a pharmaceutical composition, the contents of which are mixed or combined just prior to or during administration. | 11-20-2008 |
20080289989 | SEALED BLISTER ASSEMBLY - A sealed blister assembly is made tip of a blister sheet, a lid sheet, and a label sheet. The plastic sheet and plastic lid are joined together to form a substantially impermeable seal. The seal is formed by engagement of an undercut in the plastic sheet and a shoulder in the plastic lid. A plastic sheet and/or plastic lid are made from a polymer such as low density polyethylene to obtain the impermeable seal. The label sheet is secured directly to the blister and lid sheets. | 11-27-2008 |
20080302695 | Blister Pack with Fold Lines - A blister pack for objects, such as tablets, pills or capsules, comprises a plurality of accommodation units ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090008285 | CHILD-RESISTANT BLISTER PACKAGE - An improved child-resistant blister package is provided in which the lidding component includes a tear-resistant nonwoven layer and a barrier layer. The nonwoven layer can be a melt-spun continuous filament nonwoven web or a flash spun plexifilamentary sheet. The lidding component used in peel off-push through blister packages of the invention contains fewer layers and has improved puncture resistance compared to lidding components used in child-resistant packages known in the art. In addition, in peel off-push through and peel-open package designs of the present invention, the lidding peels more cleanly from the blister component compared to packages known in the art which have a tendency to tear during peeling. | 01-08-2009 |
20090038982 | Secure Tablet Package - A secure package ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090057183 | Medication Dispensing System - A medication dispensing system has only two sheet components; a substantially transparent front sheet that has containers for medications formed into it. The intersection of the container with the front sheet defines an opening of each container, and the opening has a line of weakness allowing the container to be broken loose from the remaining plane portion of the front sheet. The front sheet is permanently affixed to a stiff, non-frangible backing sheet, after the containers are loaded with medications. The backing sheet has indicia on one or both sides for forms to be filled in by a dispensing professional concerning the various medications held in the containers, and also indicia in registry with the containers to indicate a day of the week and a time to a patient, so that the patient can remove the correct container and take the medications contained in it. | 03-05-2009 |
20090071863 | Child Resistant Blister Packaging and a Method of Removing The Contents Therefrom - A child resistant blister packaging having an upper cover sheet with at least one aperture, a bottom backing card with at least one scored exit port, and a blister laminate situated between the cover sheet and the backing card, the blister laminate includes at least one blister containing a cavity for receiving a pill and a foil layer adhered to the a bottom surface of the sheet. The blister protrudes through the aperture in the cover sheet and is arranged on a carrier tab that will not line up in registry with the scored exit port in the backing card unless a force is applied to the blister to sever a connection means holding the carrier tab in place. Upon separating the connections means, the blister can be moved to align the pill-receiving cavity with the scored exit port and the blister can be collapsed to force a medicament stored in the cavity through the foil layer and the scored exit port. | 03-19-2009 |
20090071864 | Mechanism for Permanently Attaching a Blister Card within a Container - A mechanism for permanently attaching a blister card includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a base with a pair of arced protrusions molded into the top plate that bend a blister card around a hook in the bottom plate. The top plate and bottom plate each extend beyond the width of the blister card to ensure a user is unable to bend the blister card back around the hook and arced protrusions. The blister card, once installed by either hand or high speed automated device, cannot be removed from the mechanism. | 03-19-2009 |
20090101536 | Systems for Increasing Compliance with a Medicament Treatment Regime - A container for storing a medicament comprises a deformable shell including at least one blister associated therewith. A unit of medicament is stored in the at least one blister. A rupturable material is coupled over an opening of the blister, the rupturable material being configured to rupture upon dispensing of the unit of medicament from the blister. An aroma discharge system is coupled to, or over the opening of, the blister, the aroma discharge system containing an aroma generating substance. The aroma discharge system is positioned such that dispensing of the unit of medicament from the blister results in discharge of the aroma from the aroma generating substance. | 04-23-2009 |
20090107873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHILD-RESISTANT AND SENIOR FRIENDLY PACKAGING - Systems and methods related to a packaging system having a blister pack sandwiched between a plurality of protective layers. One or more protective layers disposed above the blister pack may include perforations running along the perimeter region. A child attempting to separate the protective layers from the blister pack may only be able to strip away the perimeter region thereby securing the blister pack. | 04-30-2009 |
20090127154 | Package for goods - A package comprises an outer package ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090127155 | Packaging for unitary dosage items - The present invention provides an alternative solution to packaging for a plurality of unitary dosage items that is convenient for a user to carry with them. Preferably, the easily portable package contains a number of unitary dosage items that will remind a user of which dosages have been administered. The present invention is particularly useful for unitary dosages of items whose stability or shelf life may be enhanced by decrease of exposure to degradative influences, such as light, oxygen or physical destruction. | 05-21-2009 |
20090127156 | Child-Resistant Container for Housing a Blister Card - A container for permanently securing a blister card includes a top, a bottom, and a spine connecting by a hinge. The top and bottom each includes one half of a child-resistant latch system. The top having a latch with latch recesses and a pair of latch arms formed at a front edge of the top. The bottom having an identical arrangement with a latch with latch recesses and a pair of latch arms formed at the front edge. The latch recesses in the top latch align with the latch arms in the bottom, while the latch recesses in the bottom latch align with the latch arms in the top. The recesses in both latches secure the latch arms respectively and remain in a locked position until uses presses upon the upper surface of the latches and separates the top and bottom about the hinge. | 05-21-2009 |
20090134053 | Package for goods - A package comprises an outer package ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090134054 | WATER-SOLUBLE PRODUCT PACKAGE AND PRODUCT - A product package comprises a primary package formed within a secondary package. The primary package comprises an edible or non-edible, water-soluble film container. The secondary package comprises a blister-card having at least one blister defining a cavity, and a foil backing. In one embodiment, the film container comprises a first film layer portion and a second film layer portion. The first film layer portion is formed intimately within the cavity of the at least one blister of the blister-pack. The second film layer portion is formed adjacent to the first film layer portion to define a container cavity between the first and second film layer portions. | 05-28-2009 |
20090139893 | Multi-Dose Blister Card Pillbook - A product package includes a spine, a plurality of blister cards, and a coupler mechanism. Each blister card includes a plurality of individual cells. Each individual cell includes a blister for containing at least one product. The coupler mechanism is attached to the spine and re-attachably couples the plurality of blister cards within the product package. | 06-04-2009 |
20090139894 | MEDICAMENT DISPENSER AND METHOD - A medicament dispenser can include a first side surface, a second side surface spaced from and substantially opposed to the first side surface, and a medicament packaging structure located between the first side surface and second side surface. A pivot structure can extend between the first side surface and the second side surface, and the medicament packaging structure can be rotatable about the pivot structure. Thus, the medicament packaging structure can be rotated from an enclosed state in which the medicament packaging structure is substantially enclosed by the first side surface and/or second side surface, to an exposed state in which the medicament packaging structure is substantially exposed from at least one of the first side surface and/or second side surface to provide user access to the medicament(s) stored in the medicament packaging structure. A lock structure can be located adjacent the first side surface and second side surface in order to selectively prevent movement and/or rotation of the medicament packaging structure. A method of using and making the medicament dispenser are also disclosed. | 06-04-2009 |
20090152155 | Cold-Formable Laminate for Blister Base Parts - A cold-formable laminate ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090152156 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING FROM A BLISTER PACK - A pack for medicinal tablets has two parts hinged together, each part having pockets containing tablets. The pockets may be displaced to expel the tablets through a foil sheet. | 06-18-2009 |
20090166244 | PACK - A tablet housing comprises two generally rigid leaves hinged together, each leaf having (1) recesses or apertures to align with and receive the projecting tablet cells of a blister pack of tablets, and (2) closure means. The housing may be opened in order to access tablets and closed in order to protect and retain tablets. | 07-02-2009 |
20090178948 | Reusable Child-Resistant, Senior Friendly Unit Dose Container - A child-resistant and senior-friendly unit dose package has a hollow container body containing a separate tray carrying a plurality of tablets or like items for being dispensed from the container body. The container body has an end with an opening, and the tray can be slid to a retracted position in which the tray is located within the container body and a dispensing position in which a proximal end part of the tray extends through the opening of the container body. The package includes a separate cap removably securable to the container body to seal the opening and prevent access to the trays. The container body can be positioned in a tray re-loading position that permits a spent tray to be removed from the container body and replaced with a new tray. Thus, the container body is reusable. | 07-16-2009 |
20090178949 | Child-Resistant, Senior Friendly Carded Package and Method of Assembly - A child-resistant and senior-friendly carded package for storing and dispensing tablets and like items is provided. The carded package assembly has a integral pair of opposed flaps. One flap carries the tablets or like items, and the other provides a booklet-style cover foldable between a position covering the tablets or like items and a position exposing the tablets or like items. The carded package is made from a first card bonded to a separate second card with a blister card captured therebetween. The first card has a flap including at least three panels folded together with each of the at least three panels including cut out openings or perforations defining punch outs. The second card has a flap having cut out openings. The blister card is sandwiched between the at least three panel flap of the first card and the flap of the second card having openings. A method of assembling the package is also provided. | 07-16-2009 |
20090184022 | Child resistant container for housing a blister card - A blister card container includes a plurality of walls defining an opening and a chamber, an arm projecting into the chamber, and a yoke. The opening and chamber are sized and configured to receive at least a portion of a blister card therein. The yoke is sized and configured to be slidably received in the chamber. The yoke includes a body, a hook extending from the body, and a locking cantilever extending from the body. The hook is sized and configured to engage the blister card. The locking cantilever has a stop sized and configured to be releasably engaged with the arm. The yoke is in a locked position when the locking cantilever is engaged with the arm. | 07-23-2009 |
20090184023 | Child-Resistant Package With Latch And Retaining Feature - A child-resistant but adult-friendly package package comprising a sleeve having top and bottom walls, opposite side walls, a closed end, and an open end. A blister card insert configured to be movable into and out of the sleeve through the open end. A first latch element on the insert and a second latch element on the sleeve, the first and second latch elements are interengageable when the insert is fully inserted in the sleeve to latch the insert against withdrawal from the sleeve. A biasing member on the insert is configured to be in contact with the top and bottom walls of the sleeve, urging the first latch element into engagement with the second latch element. The biasing member also forming a first portion of a retaining means to prevent complete withdrawal of the insert from the sleeve and a second portion of the retaining means is formed on the sleeve for cooperation with the first portion to retain the insert against complete withdrawal from the sleeve. | 07-23-2009 |
20090188831 | Clamshell blister packaging - A packaging apparatus for packaging OTC drugs, prescription medications (e.g., “starter packs” given to patients by their physicians), or any other suitable object or substance (e.g., tablets, button cell batteries or other small parts or components) is provided. The packaging apparatus combines two thermoforming packaging techniques: clam shell packaging and blister packaging into a single package. | 07-30-2009 |
20090188832 | Child Resistant Package - A child resistant drug package. The package includes a blister layer having at least one blister and a plurality of backing layers covering the blister layer. The backing layers include tabs that require sequential removal in order to gain access to the contents of the blister. | 07-30-2009 |
20090194452 | UNIT DOSE PACKAGING SYSTEM WITH REUSABLE ELECTRONICS COMPONENT - Described herein is an apparatus and method for attaching a removable and reusable electronics component to a to a slide card that can be preprinted with electrical traces for the purpose of collecting data on pill expression. A removable and reusable electronics component can be coupled with a slide card incorporating preprinted electrical traces, using a hub like plastic seating component attached to and through the slide card. | 08-06-2009 |
20090230013 | User-Customizable Dosing System - A customizable dosing system is provided, comprising a primary container comprising at least one enclosure, the enclosure containing a dosage unit comprising an active; indicia for selection or deselection of one or more of the dosage units and actives; wherein the indicia enables a user to select a system and one or more dosage units and actives appropriate to a user's needs. Also provided are methods of customizing dosage and treatment, and kits containing a customizable dosing system and one or more complimentary products. | 09-17-2009 |
20090242451 | Blister pack - A blister pack ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090255842 | Child-resistant compact for blister card products - A child-resistant compact for dispensing product on blister cards including a first portion having a first cover hinged to a first clamp, a second portion having a second cover hinged to a second clamp, and means connecting the first and second clamp to each other, both to clamp at least one blister card between the clamps and to position the first and second covers to form a closable cavity for enclosing the at least one blister card. Also, a first child-resistant latch includes a first latch arm extending from one of the first and second covers remote from the clamps and a corresponding first latch engagement feature on the other of the first and second covers for engagement with the first latch arm. Further, second and third child-resistant latches include second and third latch arms extending from opposite sides of the other of the first and second covers, and corresponding second and third latch engagement features on sides of the one of the first and second covers for engagement with the second and third latch arms. | 10-15-2009 |
20090261014 | Dispenser For Progestin Used For Acute Maintenance Treatment Of DUB - A dispenser including a first dispensing portion including one group of storage units for each of ten to twenty-eight days, and a second dispensing portion, including at least one storage unit for each of seventeen to thirty days. In the first dispensing portion, a first set includes a group of four storage units for each day, a second set includes a group of three storage units for each day, and a third set includes a group of two storage units for each day. The first dispensing portion contain a progestin. In the second dispensing portion, the first fourteen storage units contain a placebo and the remaining storage units contain a progestin. First and second dispensing portions may be provided as separate dispensing packs, or as a multi-pack of second dispensing portions. The dispenser is useful for treatment of acute episodes of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) and maintenance treatment for preventing future episodes of DUB. | 10-22-2009 |
20090277815 | PERSONALIZED BLISTER PACK - A personalized blister pack ( | 11-12-2009 |
20090283438 | COVER SHEET MEMBER FOR PILL RECEPTACLES AND METHOD OF SEALING A PILL RECEPTACLE WITH A COVER SHEET MEMBER - A pill receptacle has a number of recessed pill compartments formed therein. The method comprises the steps of providing a cover sheet member that has a sealing sheet with a top identification surface on which information can be printed and a bottom adhesive surface provided with an adhesive. The cover sheet member further has a protective sheet that removably overlays the sealing sheet on its adhesive surface. First weakness zones are provided on the cover sheet member, that extend transversely through the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in a registering fashion to define first cutaway lines on the cover sheet member. A fraction of the cover sheet member is separated from the rest of the cover sheet member along at least some of the first cutaway lines, including concurrently separating corresponding fractions of the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in registering fashion. The protective sheet fraction is peeled away from the sealing sheet fraction on the cover sheet member fraction. The selected pill compartments are covered and individually sealed by applying the adhesive surface of the sealing sheet fraction on the pill receptacle whereby the adhesive surface of the sealing sheet fraction adheres to the pill receptacle about the pill compartments. | 11-19-2009 |
20090283439 | TRIGGER LOCK FOR PILL CALENDAR - According to one aspect of invention, a locking apparatus for a device including a container that contains at least one article is provided. The locking apparatus includes a blocking element positionable with respect to at least a portion of the container, the blocking element being movable between a first position and a second position and configured to at least partially inhibit removal of articles from the container when in the second position and to permit removal of articles when in the first position. The locking apparatus also includes a lock that optionally locks the surface in the first position to inhibit movement of the blocking element into the second position. | 11-19-2009 |
20090301924 | CHILD RESISTANT BLISTER PACKAGE - A child resistant blister package is provided. The blister package comprises a blister card and a housing for containing the blister card. The blister card and the housing comprising a releasable restraining mechanism to restrict the exposure of the blister card through an opening of the housing. | 12-10-2009 |
20100038277 | BLISTER PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR PACKING A BLISTER IN THE BLISTER PACKAGE - A blister pack and a method for packaging a blister in the blister pack are proposed. The blister pack | 02-18-2010 |
20100038278 | BLISTER PROTECTION SLEEVE INCLUDING AUTOMATIC LOCKING MEANS THAT CAN BE UNLOCKED BY TORSION - A protection sleeve for a drug blister, includes a horizontal drawer holding the blister, a sheath inside which the drawer is mounted so as to be capable of sliding between a closed position and an open position, and first locking elements for locking the drawer in a closed position, that include at least a first transverse face for blocking the drawer and to be arranged against a second transverse face for blocking the sheath when the drawer is in the closed position, the first blocking face being provided on a segment of the drawer mounted so as to pivot about a longitudinal axis between a locking angular position and a release angular position, characterised in that at least one of the blocking face is supported by an elastically deformable locking tab so that the locking can be achieved by the elastic engagement of the tab behind the other blocking face. | 02-18-2010 |
20100044269 | Child Resistant Blister Packaging and a Method of Removing The Contents Therefrom - A child resistant blister packaging having an upper cover sheet with at least one aperture, a bottom backing card with at least one scored exit port, and a blister laminate situated between the cover sheet and the backing card, the blister laminate includes at least one blister containing a cavity for receiving a pill and a foil layer adhered to the a bottom surface of the sheet. The blister protrudes through the aperture in the cover sheet and is arranged on a carrier tab that will not line up in registry with the scored exit port in the backing card. Upon the application of sufficient force, the blister can be moved to align the pill-receiving cavity with the scored exit port and the blister can be collapsed to force a medicament stored in the cavity through the foil layer and the scored exit port. | 02-25-2010 |
20100065464 | Dispensing Containers - A container is provided for storing and dispensing consumer products including pills, tablets, or capsules. A multi-cavity container is also provided for organizing and storing mixed medication for subsequent dispensation according to predefined dosage regimen. The container can comprise a tray ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100072104 | BLISTER PACKAGING AND METHOD FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF PRODUCTS - Embodiments of the invention are directed toward blister packaging for the temporary storage of products, specifically medicaments, as well as methods for temporarily storing medicaments in blister packaging. The blister packaging includes a number of receiving compartments that are covered by a two-layer film for at least one product unit in each case. Perforated sections in one of the film layers include a tear-open line when a mechanical force is applied to the film, via the product unit. One of the film layers provides an impermeable layer while the second layer prevents unintended opening. | 03-25-2010 |
20100084308 | PACKAGING SYSTEM WITH A SELECTABLE LOCKING FEATURE - The disclosure is directed to a packaging sleeve ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100089789 | Dosage form package and a frangible electrical circuit sheet therefor - A frangible electrical circuit sheet for a dosage form package includes a first plurality of electrically conductive trace subnetworks interconnected with one another to form a network of electrically conductive traces and disposed on the sheet. The sheet further includes a second plurality of circuit elements connected to the network of electrically conductive traces such that each circuit element is associated with one of the subnetworks. At least some of the circuit elements have element values that differ from one another. | 04-15-2010 |
20100089790 | Nutritive Substance Delivery Container - The present invention is directed to a container for delivering a nutritive substance. In an embodiment, the present invention comprises a container that protects a nutritive substance from contact with the contents of the container and from contact with the atmosphere until the consumer is ready to use or consume the product. When desired, a seal on the container is altered such that the nutritive substance can come into contact with the container contents, delivering the nutritive substance thereto. | 04-15-2010 |
20100089791 | DOSAGE FORM PACKAGE AND A FRANGIBLE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT SHEET THEREFOR - A frangible electrical circuit sheet for a dosage form package includes a first plurality of electrically conductive trace subnetworks interconnected with one another to form a network of electrically conductive traces and disposed on the sheet. The sheet further includes a second plurality of circuit elements connected to the network of electrically conductive traces such that each circuit element is associated with one of the subnetworks. At least some of the circuit elements have element values that differ from one another. | 04-15-2010 |
20100096292 | BLISTER PACK SECONDARY PACKAGE | 04-22-2010 |
20100101972 | PACKAGING - A container ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100108559 | PACKAGED PRODUCT COMBINATION - A packaged product combination comprises a number of different medicaments of different shape and/or colour, the actual shape and/or colour of the medicaments providing user information relating to the medicament, for example a recommended dosage time in relation to meal times. For example, products to be taken before meal times can be elongate, products to be taken at meal times can be circular, and products to be taken after meal times can be triangular. In this way, the invention helps patients take the medication correctly, such that patients will longer be able to self-medicate and will not be reliant on inpatient care. | 05-06-2010 |
20100140132 | BLISTER ARRANGEMENT AND CARDBOARD BLANK THEREFOR - The invention relates to a blister arrangement which includes a blister strip having a plurality of cups. The blister strip has a base region and a cover film and wherein a tablet or the like is disposed inside each cup. A blister pocket accommodates the blister strip. The blister pocket has a substantially rectangular shape with a front side, a rear side, a first lateral region, a second lateral region, and at least one open face. The front side has a first recess that is the same size as or slightly larger than the size of a cup, and the rear side has a second recess opposite the first recess. The cup is oriented in the direction of the second recess, and the cover film of the blister strip is oriented toward the first recess. The blister strip may be pulled out through the open face. | 06-10-2010 |
20100155288 | MULTI-LAYER LAMINATE MATERIAL - A laminate material includes a substrate layer having first and second opposed sides, a first plastic layer located on the first side of the substrate layer, a second plastic layer located on the second side of the substrate layer, and at least one intermediate layer located on the first side and/or the second side of the substrate layer, between the first plastic layer and/or the second plastic layer and the substrate layer. The intermediate layer may be a single layer or multiple layers, and includes at least one of a metallized layer, a printing ink, a pigment, a toner, and/or a lacquer layer. The intermediate layer may further include at least one of a layer of primer and a layer of adhesive. | 06-24-2010 |
20100213097 | MULTI-LAYERED CHILD RESISTANT BLISTER PACKAGE - A multi-layered blister package includes a first panel having at least one first aperture defined therein, wherein a blister pocket is visible through the at least one first aperture and retains an article therein. A second panel has at least one exit aperture defined therein by a first non-continuous cut line, wherein the at least one exit aperture aligns with the at least one first aperture when the first panel is disposed over the second panel. A first fold line separates the first and second panels. A biasing force transmitting member is provided with the first panel, such that a biasing force is applied to the blister pocket via the biasing force transmitting member. The biasing force transmitting member includes at least one of a plurality of spring legs encompassing the at least one first aperture and a shield member disposed between the first panel and the blister pocket. | 08-26-2010 |
20100230320 | PACKAGING - Packaging includes a blister pack ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100230321 | DISPENSING PACKAGE - A blister pack for dispensing pills that is childproof yet senior-friendly. The blister pack includes a housing, which may be substantially tear-resistant, that encloses one or more blisters contained on a blister sheet. In one embodiment, the cavities of the blisters are positioned such that pills or other objects are dispensed into a chamber. A neck extends outward from the chamber to permit a childproof cap to be removably attached thereto to permit the selective dispensing of the pills in a controlled fashion. In another embodiment, the blister pack may include a chamber for dispensing a first type of pill and a plurality of blisters not aligned with the chamber for dispensing a second type of pill. | 09-16-2010 |
20100236973 | Container For a Blister Package - The present invention provides a container for storing a blister package and for managing medication with a pharmaceutical composition comprised in the blister package. The container comprises a housing which forms a compartment for the blister package, means for indicating towards a user an appropriate time of accessing the blister package, and means for detecting a users access to a blister package in the compartment. The blister package is moved into and out of the compartment by means of an ejection structure to which the blister package may be fixed. The ejection structure facilitates an enhanced handling of the blister package during insertion and removal of the blister package and facilitates a more accurate indication of a user's access to the blister package. | 09-23-2010 |
20100243507 | BLISTER PACK SECONDARY PACKAGE AND SLEEVE - A lockable container includes a lockable sleeve and a secondary package. The secondary package is configured as a slideable platform that can be stored in the lockable sleeve. The slidable platform includes at lease one receiving flange to hold a primary package. The lockable sleeve and the slideable platform can each have one or more of the engaging mechanism and a receiving mechanism, with reciprocal engaging mechanisms and/or receiving mechanisms being included at the other elements. A release button can be included in the locking assembly to disengage the engaging mechanism form the receiving mechanism. | 09-30-2010 |
20100243508 | PRESS THROUGH PACKAGE AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention provides an easy-to-produce PTP which exhibits good hermetic sealing performance and which can be readily and reliably opened (without variation) even if the working accuracy is reduced, and also provides its production method. The PTP includes a lid member | 09-30-2010 |
20100252478 | CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGE WITH PIVOTABLE BLISTER CARD - A child-resistant package includes a case and blister cards. The blister cards are mounted for movement between stored positions inside the case and exposed positions outside the case. | 10-07-2010 |
20100264054 | CHILD-RESISTANT MULTI-BLISTER CARD CASE - A child-resistant package includes a case and blister cards. The blister cards are mounted for movement between stored positions inside the case and exposed positions outside the case. | 10-21-2010 |
20100300923 | Child-Resistant, Senior-Friendly Unit Dose Container - A child-resistant and senior-friendly package comprising one or more blister cards housed within a hollow molded plastic sleeve is provided. The sleeve is assembled from a pair of identical molded plastic body sections. Each body section has a latch and an unlocking tab and the blister card has a latch-catcher for cooperating with the latch to automatically lock the blister card in a storage position within the sleeve. The sleeve has a pair of opposite spaced-apart tabs in the side edges thereof that must be simultaneously pressed to unlatch the latches from the latch-catchers to permit the blister card to be slid from the storage position to a dispensing position. When pressed, the tabs flex the blister card off adjacent latches. An embodiment including a pair of separate blister cards is provided in which the blister cards are dispensed through opposite dispensing ends of the sleeve. | 12-02-2010 |
20100300924 | BLISTER BELT FOR RECEIVING MEDICAL AND/OR PHARMACEUTICAL AND/OR FOOD SUPPLEMENT PRODUCTS - A blister strip for receiving medical and/or pharmaceutical and/or food supplement products, includes a roll-up single-web product carrier that can be divided into individual blister sections. The single-web product carrier has individual nests, one behind the other in its direction of transport defining a division of the blister strip for receiving single products, as well as a film-like cover for closing the nests. Each product is arranged in sealed form within a nest. Each nest has a holding chamber formed with two steps and a depression independent of the product geometry and a depression dependent on the product geometry. The depth of the product-independent depression starting from the cover on the one hand being so great that the blister strip can be laterally guided mechanically along the product-independent depression, and on the other hand being less than the thickness of the smallest product to be received within the nest. | 12-02-2010 |
20110005961 | Extrusion-Coated Lidding Foil For Push-Through Blister Packaging - An extrusion-coated lidding foil for blister packaging particularly suitable for push-through pharmaceutical and food blister packaging. The lidding foil includes a foil layer on which one or more tie layer and one or more sealant layer, one or both of which include an embrittling agent mixed therein, are extrusion coated resulting in a lidding foil having push-through ability. The push-through ability of the lidding foil is characterized by a Mullen burst strength of about 10 psi to about 30 psi and an MD tear strength of about 30 to about 100 grams-force. | 01-13-2011 |
20110011765 | LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN LOCKABLE CONTAINERS - A lockable container includes a sleeve, a locking assembly, and a slideable platform. The slideable platform can be stored in the sleeve. The locking assembly and the slideable platform can each have one or more of an engaging mechanism and a receiving mechanism, with reciprocal engaging mechanisms and/or receiving mechanisms being included at the other element. A release button can be included in the locking assembly to disengage the engaging mechanism from the receiving mechanism. | 01-20-2011 |
20110036743 | PACKAGING - Child-resistant packages and components thereof are disclosed. One of the disclosed child-resistant packages ( | 02-17-2011 |
20110042262 | Restricted Product Access Package System - The present invention relates to a child access restricted/child safe packaged-product system. The invention further relates to child resistant closures for packaged-product. The synergistic combination of a closure means provided with engaging provisions adapted to removably receive and engage package wherein combination of multiple operations is necessary to access the product by disengaging the package from the said closure provides child access restricted/child safe packaged-product system. The system comprises of a closure means provided with engaging member/s adapted to removably receive and engage a package wherein combination of multiple operation is necessary to access the product by disengaging the package from the said closure. The package is provided with a provision to removably receive the said engaging member/s. The package is optionally provided with a uniquely identifiable information | 02-24-2011 |
20110049003 | THERMOFORMABLE MULTILAYER FILMS AND BLISTER PACKS PRODUCED THEREFROM - A multi-layer film structure for use in forming blister packaging. The multi-layer structure includes a first polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first polymeric layer comprising a metalized polyethylene teraphthalate, a second polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the second polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the first polymeric layer, the second polymeric layer comprising a cyclic olefin or a homopolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene, and a third polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the third polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the second polymeric layer, the third polymeric layer comprising polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride. A method of making a multi-layer film structure and a packaging structure are also provided. | 03-03-2011 |
20110068039 | Child-Resistant, Senior-Friendly Package having a Squeeze-Release Mechanism and Method of Assembly - A package for containing tablets or like separate dispensable items is provided having so-called child-resistant and senior-friendly storage and dispensing properties. An elongate outer sleeve houses a separate blister card carrying tablets or like items. The card slides into the sleeve to a storage position in which the card is housed within the outer sleeve and slides in the reverse direction to a dispensing position in which the card at least partially extends from the open end of the sleeve. The sleeve includes an internal locking restriction secured to a wall thereof, and the card includes a tail end having an integral latch. The locking restriction and latch cooperate to form a locking engagement thereby locking the card within the sleeve when the card is in the storage position. The sleeve includes visually defined squeeze locations on opposite side edges thereof that correspond to a location of the internal locking restriction. The locking engagement of the latch to the internal locking mechanism is released when the outer sleeve is squeezed at the visually defined squeeze locations. The construction of the outer sleeve from a paperboard blank, the construction of a blister card having a latch, and a method of assembling the above referenced package are also disclosed. | 03-24-2011 |
20110068040 | COMPOSITIONS OF ETHYLENE/VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS FOR HEAT-SEALABLE EASY OPENING PACKAGING - Disclosed are compositions comprising ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers, tackifying resins and optionally polyolefins (for example, polyethylene and polypropylene) that provide strong, tight hermetic heat seals with an easily peelable opening feature to fluoropolymers such as polychlorotrifluoroethylene. Also disclosed are multilayer structures and packages comprising these compositions. | 03-24-2011 |
20110100862 | DISPENSING APPARATUS WITH MONITORING SYSTEM FOR BLISTER PACKS - A dispensing apparatus comprising a case ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110108451 | CHILD-RESISTANT, SENIOR-FRIENDLY PACKAGE HAVING A SQUEEZE-RELEASE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - A package is provided that is able to contain tablets or like separate dispensable items in a manner exhibiting child-resistant and senior-friendly dispensing properties. The package includes a card, such as a blister card, and a protective hollow sleeve. The card has a base strip on which a plurality of spaced-apart compartments are provided for holding the tablets or like items, and the sleeve has an opposed pair of side edges extending between opposite ends with at least one of the ends being a dispensing end of the package. The sleeve provides a protective housing for the card when the card is in a storage position within the sleeve, and the card is slidable relative to the sleeve between the storage position and a dispensing position in which the card extends at least partially outside the sleeve to expose at least one of the compartments. The card has a pair of locking tabs extending laterally from opposite sides of the card, and the side edges of the sleeve cooperatively engage the locking tabs to lock the card in the storage position when the card is slid within the sleeve to the storage position. | 05-12-2011 |
20110132794 | Child Resistant Blister Package - A child and bite resistant package having a tray and a plurality of spaced apart cavities that are formed therein is provided. A sheet material overlies the tray such that a product disposed in a cavity is enclosed and sealed therein. The sheet material includes a plurality of zones of weakening that are each disposed above a corresponding cavity. Each of the zones of weakening is formed by a plurality of microperforations that are formed in the sheet material. The plurality of microperforations, and hence, each zone of weakening covers from about 5 to 90% of the surface area of the sheet material that overlies each of the individual compartments. To access a product, the product is pushed against the lidding in the zone of weakness with sufficient force to rupture the lidding. Since the majority of the surface area above each compartment is non-rupturable, the compartments are difficult to access by a child by either hand manipulation or biting. | 06-09-2011 |
20110132795 | PACKAGE WITH ENCLOSURE FOR DISPENSING DOSES OF A MEDICAMENT - Various embodiments of the present invention provide for a package for dispensing a single medicinal unit dose. The package may include an enclosure, an access opening in the enclosure for retrieving a unit dose from the enclosure, and at least one medicament holder for holding the unit dose, such that the unit dose removed from the medicament holder falls into and is captured by the enclosure, for later retrieval through the access opening. | 06-09-2011 |
20110155624 | PACKAGING - Packaging comprises a blister pack ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110180448 | PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR SEPARATELY STORING AND DISPENSING TOGETHER SEPARATE MEDICATION COMPONENTS - The present invention relates to a packaging system intended to simplify the usage of multiple medications stored separately and used together, thereby minimize the non-compliant use of the multiple medications. Generally, the separate medications are grouped together on a per dose basis in a plurality of blister pack recesses. A single cover sheet is used to commonly seal the related medications to be used together, such that when the corresponding cover sheet is removed the multiple medications are commonly accessed. | 07-28-2011 |
20110186469 | Child-Resistant, Senior Friendly Package having a Deactivatable Locking Mechanism - A package for storing and dispensing tablets includes a blister card having blister compartments and a hollow plastic sleeve providing a protective housing for the blister card when the blister card is in a storage position within the sleeve. The sleeve includes a pair of latches that extend toward the blister card, and the blister card includes a pair of latch-catchers for cooperatively engaging and catching the latches when the blister card is in a storage position to automatically lock the blister card in the storage position within the sleeve when the blister card is slid to the storage position. The sleeve also includes a deactivator positionable between a first position in which the blister card is permitted to automatically lock to the sleeve when the blister card is slid to the storage position and a second position for preventing the blister card from becoming locked to the sleeve. | 08-04-2011 |
20110192759 | STRENGTHENED BLISTER PACK - This invention relates to a strengthened blister pack for the packaging of solid pharmaceutical forms and/or food supplements, in particular solid pharmaceutical forms and/or food supplements that are not very hard and are highly friable. | 08-11-2011 |
20110198261 | BLISTER PACK - A blister pack comprises a bottom film and a top film for forming a plurality of film containers ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110210036 | CHILD RESISTANT BLISTER PACKAGE HOUSING WITH TOOLED ACCESS - A packaging blank includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel defines at least one blister aperture and at least one tool portion. The second panel defines at least one tab strip and at least one tool access portion. The at least one tab strip is at least partially severable from the packaging blank. The at least one tool access portion is substantially completely severable from the packaging blank. The first panel and the second panel are configured to be positioned relative to one another in a face contacting arrangement such that a first portion of a given tool portion is to be operably aligned with a corresponding tool access portion. As such, the first portion of the given tool portion thereby is capable of being accessed by a tool via the corresponding tool access portion. | 09-01-2011 |
20110210037 | Multi-layer Film - The present invention relates to a deep-drawable multi-layer film having low water vapor and oxygen permeability, the inventive film being suitable for blister packaging and preferably including a layer composite specifically a PVC/PVDC/PCTFE/PVC composite. | 09-01-2011 |
20110215022 | Blister Card with Peelable Strip for a Child-Resistant Package - A card for packaging tablets includes a tablet-carrying layer having a plurality of close-ended hollow compartments for housing tablets with each of the compartments having an open end located on an underside of the tablet-carrying layer and a sealing layer secured to the underside of the tablet-carrying layer for sealing the open ends of the compartments. The sealing layer has perforations formed therein defining a plurality of separate strips. The perforations enable each of the strips to be separately peeled away from the tablet-carrying layer without peeling away a remainder of the sealing layer. Each of the strips extends directly under a plurality of the compartments such that, when one of the strips is peeled away from the tablet-carrying layer, the contents of multiple compartments can be dispensed at a given time. | 09-08-2011 |
20110247960 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF A PRODUCT - Various aspects of the invention provide systems and method for verifying authenticity of a product. Another aspect of the invention provides a system including: a tamper-evident package; and a unique identifier usable to verify the authenticity of the product, the unique identifier contained within the tamper-evident package. The unique identifier cannot be detected from outside of the tamper-evident package without demonstrating evidence of tampering. Another aspect of the invention provides a system including: a tamper-evident package; and a concealed unique identifier coupled to the tamper-evident package. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of providing a providing a unique identifier. The method includes: providing a tamper-evident package; and placing the unique identifier within the tamper-evident package, wherein the unique identifier cannot be detected from outside of the tamper-evident package. | 10-13-2011 |
20110253586 | Medication container and dosing monitor - A patient-portable medication event monitor is disclosed which is capable of detecting the dispensing of doses of a particular medication from the monitor, comparing the dispensing detected with information concerning the desired dosing regimen for the certain medication and displaying graphically to the patient at least one feedback indication of the patient's degree of compliance or deviation with the desired regimen. | 10-20-2011 |
20110259781 | PACKAGING UNIT - A packaging unit ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110266189 | BLISTER PACKAGING - Easy open blister packaging suitable for low density products, such as beverage tablets. In one embodiment, a blister package can have a forming layer with a flange and at least one blister cavity having a floor formed to slant at an angle of at least about 15 degrees relative to the forming layer flange, each blister cavity having a perimeter defining an open top and dimensioned to hold one product. The lidding layer can be a laminate sealed to at least the perimeter of the open top of each blister cavity, the lidding layer having a clear PET layer, an adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, a peripherally sealed desiccant layer and a pre-perforated sealant layer to seal to the forming layer, wherein the sealant layer perforations provide air communication between the blister cavity and the desiccant layer and the desiccant peripheral seal prevents air communication beyond the lidding layer periphery. | 11-03-2011 |
20110272323 | SEALABLE SECONDARY PACKAGING FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT BLISTER PACK - A pharmaceutical product supply is disclosed in the form of a container, a pharmaceutical product receiver, pharmaceutical product, an adhesive, and at least one release liner. The pharmaceutical product receiver includes a plurality of receptacles for pharmaceutical product. The container is initially disposed in a first configuration where all of the pharmaceutical product receiver receptacles may be accessible. The container is thereafter disposable in a second configuration where no covering for any of the pharmaceutical product receiver receptacles is accessible through any openable access incorporated by the container. One or more release liners may be moved to expose adhesive for disposing and retaining the container in its second configuration. The noted second configuration of the container facilitates disposal of the pharmaceutical product supply (e.g., now being in a form that should reduce the potential for gaining access to any remaining pharmaceutical product still enclosed within the pharmaceutical product receiver). | 11-10-2011 |
20120012497 | Child-resistant and senior-friendly eco-friendly pill dispenser blister package - A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package. | 01-19-2012 |
20120012498 | CHILD RESISTANT PACKAGE HAVING PIVOTING COMPONENT - A multi-layered blister package includes a first panel having at least one blister pocket receiving aperture defined therein, wherein a blister pocket protrudes through the at least one blister pocket receiving aperture and retains an article therein. A second panel has at least one exit aperture defined therein, wherein the at least one exit aperture aligns with the at least one blister pocket receiving aperture when the first panel is disposed over the second panel. A third panel having at least one intermediate aperture defined therein, wherein the at least one intermediate aperture aligns with and is between the at least one exit aperture and the at least one blister pocket receiving aperture when the third panel is pivoted to a first position. | 01-19-2012 |
20120012499 | TABLET FORMULATION - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical fixed dose combination tablet comprising repaglinide and metformin. The present invention also provides a method of producing said tablet. | 01-19-2012 |
20120018344 | COVER FOIL AS A PUSH-THROUGH FOIL FOR A BLISTER PACK - A cover foil as a push-through foil for a blister pack for packaging moisture-sensitive products has an aluminium foil as the barrier layer against the penetration of water vapour and gases and a sealing layer for sealing against a blister base part. A plastics material layer containing moisture-adsorbing drying agent is arranged on the side of the aluminium foil provided with the sealing layer. | 01-26-2012 |
20120091027 | CARD PACKAGE - Provided is a mount sheet ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120111761 | Child-Resistant Carded Blister Package and Method of Manufucture - A carded package includes a front card bonded to a rear card with a blister card captured therebetween. The blister card has upstanding blister compartments projecting through openings of the front card. The rear card extends over an opposite face of the blister card and is a laminate including a tear-resistant polymeric layer bonded to a paperboard layer. The polymeric layer extends adjacent the blister card and the paperboard layer of the laminate extends remote from the blister card forming an exposed surface of the rear card. The rear card includes perforations aligned behind the blister compartments. The perforations include a first set of perforations cut entirely through the paperboard and polymeric layers and a second set of perforations cut into the paperboard layer and not into or entirely through the polymeric layer. A method of assembling a carded package is also disclosed. | 05-10-2012 |
20120118788 | BLISTER WITH TILTING SIDE-WALLS - A blister sheet ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120125806 | PRESS-THROUGH PACK PACKAGE - The press-through pack package of the invention has a covering material composed of a stretched film with at least one layer comprising a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic filler at 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin. | 05-24-2012 |
20120145585 | PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus is provided for delivering single-dose packages sequentially from a substantially continuous strip having a first dispensing end and a second end. The strip includes a cover layer attached to a base layer to define a plurality of blisters therebetween that have one or more medications therein. The blisters are aligned in single file generally along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends and/or otherwise arranged in single-dose packages adjacent one another, e.g., at least some of the single-dose packages including a plurality of blisters having different types of medications therein. A first single-dose package at the first dispensing end may be separable from a second adjacent single-dose package such that individual single-dose packages may be removed successively from the first dispensing end. | 06-14-2012 |
20120145586 | PACKAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An apparatus is provided for delivering single-dose packages sequentially from a substantially continuous strip having a first dispensing end and a second end. The strip includes a cover layer attached to a base layer to define a plurality of blisters therebetween that have one or more medications therein. The blisters are aligned in single file generally along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends and/or otherwise arranged in single-dose packages adjacent one another, e.g., at least some of the single-dose packages including a plurality of blisters having different types of medications therein. A first single-dose package at the first dispensing end may be separable from a second adjacent single-dose package such that individual single-dose packages may be removed successively from the first dispensing end. | 06-14-2012 |
20120152795 | Blister Cards Promoting Intuitive Dosing - A daily blister card housing a unit dose includes a back side and a front side opposite the back side. The front side includes a manufacturer indicator visible on the front side. A face has an outer periphery and a total planar area bounded by the outer periphery. One or more blisters extend outwardly at the face that contain at least three unit doses that are visible from outside the one or more blisters. Each of the one or more blisters includes a shoulder contacting a cavity backing surface and a projected cavity area bounded by the shoulder that is projected onto the cavity backing surface. A total projected cavity area of the one or more blisters is no more than about 45 percent of the total planar area bounded by the outer periphery. | 06-21-2012 |
20120152796 | Blister Cards Promoting Intuitive Dosing - A blister card with a back side and a front side opposite the back side. The front side has a plurality of blisters and each blister contains a unit dose and each unit dose contains an active. Each blister card contains from about 12 hours to about 24 hours of unit doses according to the dosage instructions. The actives can be the same or different. | 06-21-2012 |
20120168342 | SLIDE CARD FOR SELECTIVE INSERTION AND WITHDRAWAL FROM A SLEEVE - A slide card for selective insertion and withdrawal from a sleeve includes a base panel, a locking panel and at least one embossment. The locking panel is integrally formed with the base panel and hingedly connected to one of the opposing end edges of the base panel to engage at least part of the sleeve to lock the base panel in the sleeve. The locking panel extends from the one of the opposing end edges of the base panel to its free end edge that is located opposed to the one of the opposing end edges of the base panel. The at least one embossment is formed on one of the opposed surfaces of the locking panel. The at least one embossment projects from the one of the opposed surfaces of the locking panel and is spaced apart from the free end edge of the locking panel. | 07-05-2012 |
20120228184 | MEDICAMENT DISPENSER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medicament dispenser comprises a housing having opposing first and second walls. A connecting assembly is associated with at least one of the first and second walls to facilitate connection of the first and second walls to one another. A blister pack containing the medicament is pivotally connected to the connecting assembly so as to be rotatable about the connecting assembly and about an axis of rotation substantially orthogonal to the first and second walls to facilitate movement of the blister pack from: i) a closed position in which the blister pack is substantially enclosed within the housing; and ii) an open position in which the blister pack is at least partially rotated from the housing. | 09-13-2012 |
20120285858 | DEVICE FOR DRUG DISTRIBUTION AND METHOD OF USING THEREOF - A medicament dispensing device comprises (a) at least one container adapted for accommodating and dispensing at least one elongate packagible elongate blister pack carrying a plurality of blisters containing the medicament; (b) transporting means adapted for transporting the blister pack toward opening of the container; (c) dispensing means adapted for releasing a fragment of the blister pack bearing a predetermined number of the blisters from the container through the opening to a patient; and (d) controlling means adapted for identifying the patient before dispensing the blister to the patient, activating the dispensing means, recording actions of dispensing. The substrate is foldable and configured to be folded within the container. In the folded configuration, non-foldable portions bearing the blisters face each other. | 11-15-2012 |
20120292225 | TABLET PACKAGE - A package includes a case and a card coupled to the case. The card is configured to carry a collection of oral tablets or the like that can be released from the card and then ingested by a consumer | 11-22-2012 |
20130008825 | BLISTER PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A blister package is defined for retaining product. The package is formed from a receptacle substrate having a planer sealing flange and at least one receptacle hollow for retaining product therein. A top layer is provided, covering the receptacle hollow with a portion overlapping and sealed to the sealing flange. A score pattern is formed in the top layer for promoting propagation of a tear upon forcing product from receptacle hollow against the top layer. The score pattern is defined by a plurality of rows of parallel straight lines aligned with the receptacle hollow. In addition, a plurality of spaced curved or bowed score lines are provided. The curved or bowed score lines transversely intersect the rows of straight lines above the receptacle hollow. | 01-10-2013 |
20130112588 | BOOK TYPE CONTAINER HOLDER FOR MEDICATION CARDS - There is shown in three embodiments a pill blister pack container for holding a pill blister pack. The container having a first portion highedly attached to a second portion. The first portion being sized to fit within the second portion when the container is closed. Both the first and second portions have defined side walls and a front wall. In addition, the first portion includes flanges in the side walls that engage apertures in the second portion to lock the two portions. Furthermore, at least one support post extends between the two portions. | 05-09-2013 |
20130153460 | BLISTER PACK - A blister pack comprises a bottom film and a top film for forming a plurality of film containers ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130193029 | CHILD-RESISTANT AND SENIOR-FRIENDLY ECO-FRIENDLY PILL DISPENSER BLISTER PACKAGE - A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package. | 08-01-2013 |
20130199962 | Press-Through Package And Method Of Removing Medication From Same - A press-through package for articles such as medicines which can reliably prevent a recipient from accidentally swallowing the whole package without opening it, including solid medicines M stored in a plurality of pockets of a base sheet one by one and the pockets sealed by a cover film having attached to the rear surface of the base sheet, wherein the entire package of the press-through package is made in a cylindrical form which cannot allow a recipient from accidentally swallowing and from which the medicines can be taken out easily. | 08-08-2013 |
20130213851 | OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID FORMULATIONS - The present invention provides highly purified omega-3 fatty acid formulations. Certain formulations provided herein have greater than 85% omega-3 fatty acids by weight. Certain other formulations provided herein contain EPA and DHA in a ratio of from about 4.01:1 to about 5:1. The invention also provides methods of using the dosage forms to treat a variety of cardiovascular, autoimmune, inflammatory, and central nervous system disorders by administering a formulation of the invention to a patient in need thereof. | 08-22-2013 |
20130220870 | DISPENSING PACKAGE - A package for dispensing pills that is childproof yet senior-friendly. The package includes a housing, which may be substantially tear-resistant, that encloses one or more blisters. In one embodiment, the cavities of the blisters are positioned such that pills or other objects are dispensed into a chamber. An object dispensing opening associated with the chamber is selectively covered by a childproof closure member. In various embodiments, the childproof closure may be rotationally or slidingly connected to the package to move between a closed position and an open position to selectively permit dispensing of the objects. | 08-29-2013 |
20130220871 | METHOD OF PROVIDING PIRFENIDONE THERAPY TO A PATIENT - The invention relates to methods for decreasing adverse events associated with pirfenidone (5-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone) therapy. The invention discloses an optimized dose escalation scheme that results in the patient having increased tolerance to adverse events associated with the administration of pirfenidone. The invention also discloses a starter pack that may be used in conjunction with the dose escalation scheme. | 08-29-2013 |
20130233756 | Child-Resistant and Senior-Friendly Eco-Friendly Pill Dispenser Blister Package - A blister and package system made of a blister card and an outer package with unique interacting locking mechanisms. The blister card or strip is inserted into the outer package or sleeve and locks immediately without having to further process the outer package or the blister card or strip. The user is able to expose the blisters from the outer package by disengaging the lock. The blister card or strip includes a formable, pliable sheet material, into which one or more individual cavities or blisters are formed. The separated cavities are loaded with product and sealed with one or more layers of puncturable or tearable sheet material, such as aluminum foil. The blister card or strip contains a plastic rivet assembly that forms an interference mechanism. The rivet is trapped by an internally formed panel and stopped by a catch flap included in the outer package. | 09-12-2013 |
20130256183 | Child Resistant Blister Package - A child and bite resistant package having a tray and a plurality of spaced apart cavities that are formed therein is provided. A sheet material overlies the tray such that a product disposed in a cavity is enclosed and sealed therein. The sheet material includes a plurality of zones of weakening that are each disposed above a corresponding cavity. Each of the zones of weakening is formed by a plurality of microperforations that are formed in the sheet material. To access a product, the product is pushed against the lidding in the zone of weakness with sufficient force to rupture the lidding. Since the majority of the surface area above each compartment is non-rupturable, the compartments are difficult to access by a child by either hand manipulation or biting. | 10-03-2013 |
20140027340 | SLIDE CARD FOR SELECTIVE INSERTION AND WITHDRAWAL FROM A SLEEVE - A slide card for selective insertion and withdrawal from a sleeve includes a base panel, a locking panel and at least one embossment. The locking panel is integrally formed with the base panel and hingedly connected to one of the opposing end edges of the base panel to engage at least part of the sleeve to lock the base panel in the sleeve. The locking panel extends from the one of the opposing end edges of the base panel to its free end edge that is located opposed to the one of the opposing end edges of the base panel. The at least one embossment is formed on one of the opposed surfaces of the base panel. The at least one embossment projects from the one of the opposed surfaces of the base panel and is spaced apart from receiving blisters on the base panel. | 01-30-2014 |
20140083900 | SEALABLE SECONDARY PACKAGING FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT BLISTER PACK - A pharmaceutical product supply is disclosed in the form of a container, a pharmaceutical product receiver, pharmaceutical product, an adhesive, and at least one release liner. The pharmaceutical product receiver includes a plurality of receptacles for pharmaceutical product. The container is initially disposed in a first configuration where all of the pharmaceutical product receiver receptacles may be accessible. The container is thereafter disposable in a second configuration where no covering for any of the pharmaceutical product receiver receptacles is accessible through any openable access incorporated by the container. One or more release liners may be moved to expose adhesive for disposing and retaining the container in its second configuration. The noted second configuration of the container facilitates disposal of the pharmaceutical product supply (e.g., now being in a form that should reduce the potential for gaining access to any remaining pharmaceutical product still enclosed within the pharmaceutical product receiver). | 03-27-2014 |
20140116916 | Therapy for Constipation - A method is disclosed of treating acute, sub-acute or chronic constipation in a patient having a condition requiring such treatment. The method includes administering a lipase inhibitor. | 05-01-2014 |
20140183095 | BLISTER PACKAGE FOR PATIENT COMPLIANCE - This invention relates to a compliance blister package comprising a matrix of blisters arranged in a plurality of columns and plurality of rows which comprises a combination of one of the fixed dose combination dosage form comprising two or more therapeutically active ingredients loaded into blisters of one of the columns and the other dosage form which comprises one or more of therapeutically active ingredient form loaded into the successive column blisters for once a day administration or concurrent administration. | 07-03-2014 |
20140216977 | RUPTURABLE SUBSTRATE - The package supports a plurality of consumable products. The package is a blister package having a plurality of consumable products housed in a blister tray and covered with a rupturable sheet. The sheet overlies the open surfaces of the blister tray and includes rupturable locations formed thereon for permitting passage of the product therethrough. | 08-07-2014 |
20140231300 | MATERIAL IMPERMEABLE TO HUMIDITY AND OXYGEN FOR PACKAGING DIETARY PRODUCTS, COSMETICS AND MEDICINAL SPECIALITIES - The present disclosure refers to a material impermeable to water vapour and oxygen for packaging dietary products, cosmetics and medicinal specialities. In particular, the present disclosure refers to primary packaging in the form of blister packs or sachets, which comes into direct contact with the formulations of medicinal specialities and dietary products and cosmetics, such as, for example, tablets, pills, pessaries, powders, granules, suppositories, rigid capsules and soft capsules (also known as soft gel capsules). | 08-21-2014 |
20140284245 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF DIMETHYL FUMARATE - Pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms of dimethyl fumarate containing low levels of certain impurities are disclosed. | 09-25-2014 |
20140305833 | BLISTER SHEET HOLDER FOR THE VERIFICATION OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF - Embodiments of a holder for a blister sheet used to manage prescription pills are described herein. The holder solves the problem of limited space in filled blisters of a blister sheet during visual verification of the contents thereof by including a frame to receive the sheet in such a way that at least some of the blisters are positioned in close proximity to verification receptacles also provided on the holder to temporarily receive part of the blisters' content. | 10-16-2014 |
20140305834 | CHILD-RESISTANT, SENIOR-FRIENDLY PACKAGE - A package for containing tablets or like items is provided and has child-resistant and senior-friendly dispensing properties. The package includes an outer sleeve having opposed first and second wall panels. The first wall panel has a series of separate tear-away tabs. A separate card is contained within the sleeve and has a plurality of separate compartments and at least one reinforcement rib. A series of separate push-through chads is provided by the packaging and are directly opposed from and aligned with the tabs. The reinforcement rib provides a column support between the first and second wall panels and is of a height greater than that of the compartments. Each compartment is located directly between and aligned with one of the chads and one of the tabs, and the reinforcement rib provides a pre-determined amount of spacing between the tabs and the compartments. | 10-16-2014 |
20140326634 | Blister Assembly for the Storage and Distribution of Pills - Embodiments of a blister sheet used to manage prescription pills are described herein and include a plurality of spaced-apart cavities, each surrounded by a flange on an open side of each cavity. The flanges together defining a top surface of the blister sheet. Two adjacent cavities are attached by adjacent sides of their respective flanges. Each of the adjacent sides having two longitudinal ends, each having a notch. When a sealing sheet is secured onto the top surface, the notches define unattached portions of the sealing sheet that can be used to grip onto the sealing sheet for its detachment from the top surface. The flanges of two adjacent individual blisters are joined by a tearing line that is weaker at the longitudinal ends thereof. | 11-06-2014 |
20140326635 | MEDICINE PACKAGING PTP SHEET - A medicine packaging PTP sheet capable of protecting a pocket from pressurization by external force in a combined state in which the medicine packaging PTP sheet has a first sheet in which a pocket capable of accommodating a medicine and a projecting convex portion each are projected from the upper surface and a second sheet which is attached to the lower surface of the first sheet and blocks an opening of the pocket. A first distance L | 11-06-2014 |
20150090628 | Recyclable Blister Pack and Process of Making - A recyclable blister pack system is provided, including a substrate having a dry tack cohesive adhesive layer deposited on one of its surfaces and a blister layer for receiving a product. The properties of the dry tack cohesive are selected so the blister layer is separable from the substrate without leaving substantial substrate residue on the blister layer. This improves the recyclability of the blister layer. | 04-02-2015 |
20150096920 | Child-Resistant Blister Package - A child-resistant blister package. The package has a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery. The package also has a protection layer with a top face, a bottom face and a periphery; a blister layer with one or more cavities; and an access layer with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery. The bottom face of the access layer has a line of weakness that allows the unit dose to be removed from the cavity in one-step by applying a force to the top of the cavity and pressing the unit dose through the line of weakness. The bottom face of the protection layer and the top face of the access layer are permanently joined along substantially the entire periphery of the package. The blister package can also contain a tear resistant layer. | 04-09-2015 |
20150108033 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR POORLY SOLUBLE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS - Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions for the delivery of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients. In particular, a substantially clear fexofenadine HCl solution in a soft gelatin capsule is described. | 04-23-2015 |
20150136640 | DEVICE FOR ACCOMMODATING A DRUG BLISTER - The present invention relates to a novel device for accommodating and storing blister packs, particularly pharmaceutical blisters, and for releasing a tablet or capsule from the blister pack using a means for punching the cover film of the blister. | 05-21-2015 |
20150298439 | MULTILAYER FILM - The present application describes a multilayer film having low water vapor permeability. The multilayer film of the present application is readily thermoformed and is, therefore, suitable for blister packaging sheets as well as for food packaging, medical barriers and device packaging, and other general purposes where low water vapor permeability is desired. | 10-22-2015 |
20150307226 | PACKAGE FOR STORING A PRODUCT - A package unitarily formed from a cardboard blank for storing a product has a back wall, a first hinged lid section and a second hinged lid section to set the package in an open or a closed position. The first and the second hinged lid sections are opposite the back wall when the package is set in the closed position. Further, the package has a first pair of side walls which are arranged opposite each other and extend from the back wall. The first hinged lid section extends from one of the side walls of the first pair and the second hinged lid section extends from the other side wall of the first pair. Further, the package has a second pair of side walls which are arranged opposite each other and extend from the back wall. Each of the side walls of the second pair comprises an extension that forms a stiffening member. The stiffening members are U-shaped and have a base, a first leg and a second leg. The first and the second leg are arranged opposite each other and extend substantially perpendicular from the base. The first leg is attached to the back wall, and the second leg supports the first hinged lid section and the second hinged lid section when the package is set in the closed position. The back wall has at least one crease extending between the U-shaped stiffening members, and at each end of the crease an intersection is provided which extends from the crease to one of the hinged lid sections to provide an indentation when the package is set in the closed position. | 10-29-2015 |
20150307260 | SINGLE-DOSE SEALED PACK WITH BREAK OPENING - A single-dose sealed pack with break opening having a first sheet of semi-rigid plastic material, and a second sheet of flexible plastic material, to define a sealed chamber for containing a dose of a product, the first sheet including a bearing layer and a barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer is arranged towards the outside of the chamber with respect to the bearing layer. The single-dose pack also having a first cut on the inner face of the first sheet to guide the breakage of the first sheet form an opening to allow product to exit, the first cut having a section defining the bending axis of the pack, the barrier layer being of the isotropic and not perforated type and having a lower elongation at break than the maximum elongation applicable to it by the only thickness of the bearing layer following the bending of the pack itself. | 10-29-2015 |
20150321028 | Tablet Deodorant Device - A tablet deodorant device facilitates transport and storage of individual portions of deodorant while away from home. The device includes a tablet constructed of a deodorant material and a coating encasing the tablet. The coating has a melting point such that the coating is configured for melting upon being positioned in an armpit wherein the deodorant material is dispersed into the armpit. | 11-12-2015 |
20160058824 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BETA-AMYLOID RELATED DISEASES - In alternative embodiments the invention provides compositions and methods for ameliorating diseases and conditions having a beta-amyloid component, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Vascular Dementia (VD), dementia, pre-dementia, Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS) and loss of cognition in humans and in non-human animal. In alternative embodiment the invention provides analogs of AB-007 and its acid form E64c (loxistatin), their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of making and using same. In alternative embodiments compositions of the invention are deuterated analogs of AB-007 (or E64d) and E64c (or loxistatin). In alternative embodiments compositions of the invention are metabolically blocked forms as compared to AB-007 and loxistatin. In alternative embodiments compositions of the invention are used to ameliorate (including treat, slow, reverse or prevent) a disease or condition which can be ameliorated by partial or complete inhibition of a cysteine protease, e.g., AD, VD, CDS. The invention also provides alternative dosage forms and formulations for AB-007 and loxistatin, and for compounds of this invention, which can be used e.g., to treat AD, VD and CDS, in humans and in non-human animals. | 03-03-2016 |
20160083170 | CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING CONTAINER AND BLANK - A childproof and senior friendly packaging container having a housing that defines a chamber for removably receiving a blister card or sheet. The blister card includes a blister or node on its end that is designed to engage a pair of slots within the sleeve of the housing to retain the blister card within the housing in a stored position and an extended position. The node may include a sloped rear surface to allow the blister card to be returned to a stored position. Squeezing the sides of the housing about the interior slot biases both the top panel of the housing and the panels defining the slot to release the node from the slot to allow the blister card to be withdrawn. | 03-24-2016 |
20160120744 | PACKAGING - A package includes a container made from a paperboard, cardboard or other foldable sheet material, and houses at least one blister pack. The blister pack is secured within an internal space of the container by means of a frangible connection, breakage of the frangible connection allowing complete removal of the blister pack from the container. | 05-05-2016 |
20160120745 | PACKAGING - A package includes a first wall panel, a second wall panel attached to one side of the first wall panel, a third wall panel attached to the first side wall panel on the side of the first wall panel opposite the second side wall panel, a blister carrier attached to the side of the second wall panel opposite the first wall panel, and folded over the first wall panel, a cover panel attached to the side of the third wall panel opposite the first wall panel and folded over the blister carrier, first and second end panels attached to opposed ends of the first panel and first and second closure flaps attached to the first and second end panels on the side opposite the first wall panel, and folded over the exterior surface of the cover panel. Each closure flap includes a first portion fixedly adhered to the exterior surface of the cover panel and releasably attached to the adjacent end panel through a first frangible connection, and a second portion releasably attached to the exterior surface of the cover panel through a second frangible connection to the first portion of the closure flap. | 05-05-2016 |
20160120746 | PACKAGING - A package includes a container having an open end and a dosed end, and a slider slidably mounted within the container. A releasable locking feature is provided at a side of the package, which comprises a pair of locking edges, one associated with a sidewall of each of the slider and container respectively, and a release area for releasing a locking abutment between the locking edges. The release area is provided in the sidewall of the container having the locking edge, and the locking edge of the slider comprises two or more plies of a material used to provide the slider. | 05-05-2016 |
20160120747 | PACKAGING - A carrier for a blister pack includes a first panel having an opening for movably receiving a blister of the blister pack, and a second panel having one or more dispensing openings aligned with the first panel opening. The first panel and the second panel slidably receive the blister pack there between. The carrier includes a blocking tab between the first and second panels that is selectively moveable between a blocking position and a dispensing position. When the blocking tab is in its blocking position it prevents movement of the blister in the first panel opening into alignment with a dispensing opening, thereby preventing dispensing of the blister's contents through the dispensing opening. When the blocking tab is in the dispensing position, it permits the blister to be moved into alignment with a dispensing opening for dispensing the blister's contents. The blocking tab is connected to a free edge of one of the first and second panels about a fold line, and one of the first and second panels of the blister pack carrier is connected to a panel of a slider. | 05-05-2016 |
20160120748 | PACKAGING - A package includes a container made from a paperboard, cardboard or other foldable sheet material, including a two telescopic parts which together define the body of the container and which are movable apart in telescopic fashion to open the same, and having at least one pair of internal flaps. One flap of said pair of flaps is on each of the parts, and the flaps are arranged to abut together edge to edge when the parts are moved apart as aforesaid, so as to stop such opening movement. At least one of the telescopic parts is manually deformable inwardly or outwardly to release said abutment and thereby permit opening of the container. A blister pack carrier is arranged within the container and attached to the inside of one of said container parts so as to project outwardly from that part when the container is opened to provide access to the blister pack. | 05-05-2016 |
20160122102 | PACKAGING - A package includes a container having an open end and a closed end, and a slider slidably mounted within the container. A releasable locking feature is provided at a side of the package, which comprises a pair of locking edges, one associated with a sidewall of each of the slider and container respectively, and a release area for releasing a locking abutment between the locking edges. The release area is provided in the sidewall of the container having the locking edge, and the locking edge of the slider comprises two or more plies of a material used to provide the slider. The package includes means for biasing the locking edge of the slider into engagement with the locking edge of the container. The biasing means extends from a blister pack carrier connected to the slider. | 05-05-2016 |
20160128903 | PTP SHEET FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING - A PTP sheet for pharmaceutical packaging has a first sheet in which pockets each capable of housing a solid pharmaceutical are projected to the side of a first surface which is one of a back surface and a front surface and a second sheet which is pasted to a second surface opposite to the first surface in the first sheet and covers an opening of the pocket. The second sheet has a first region having mesh-shaped grooves having a first depth in a third surface opposite to the surface to be pasted to the second surface and a second region having mesh-shaped grooves having a second depth smaller than the first depth or not having a groove. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132661 | PILL REMOVAL DETECTION FROM PILL PACKAGE - Technologies are generally provided for a pill dispensing device to track removal of a pill from a pill package. The device may include circuits printed/embedded on a composite sheet configured to be locally or completely flexible/stretchable with a multitude of slits corresponding to locations of pill containing cavities of the pill package. Composite sheet may include embedded rigid sections and be flexible near the slits. Additionally, top and/or bottom plates may further provide structural rigidity to achieve desired flexible behavior of the composite sheet. Electronic circuits printed/embedded on or in the composite sheet may detect removal of a pill from the pill package through the slits. Slits may include electrical contacts configured to switch a circuit corresponding to each slit between an active and an inactive state. Upon removal of the pill, the contacts may separate or touch each other, opening or closing the circuit corresponding to the expanded slit. | 05-12-2016 |
20160143809 | Medication Compliance Package with Hand Hole - A medication compliance package includes an outer carrier of card defining a rear panel into which the pockets of a blister sheet are attached and covered by a foil layer. A front panel folds over the rear panel to cover its front face and the pockets. The front panel has a slot shaped opening along the mutual side edge with the rear panel to allow fingers of the hand of the user to extend through the opening, with the front and rear panels in the open position, from the rear face of the front panel to reach around the mutual side edge to the rear face of the rear panel. This simplifies the act of popping the medications out of the blister since the fingers engage the rear of the rear panel and the thumb can be used to apply pressure to the pockets. | 05-26-2016 |
20160193112 | Blister Cards Promoting Intuitive Dosing | 07-07-2016 |
20160374899 | Child-Resistant Blister Package - A child-resistant blister package. The package has a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery. The package also has a protection layer with a top face, a bottom face and a periphery; a blister layer with one or more cavities; and an access layer with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery. The bottom face of the access layer has a line of weakness that allows the unit dose to be removed from the cavity in one-step by applying a force to the top of the cavity and pressing the unit dose through the line of weakness. The bottom face of the protection layer and the top face of the access layer are permanently joined along substantially the entire periphery of the package. The blister package can also contain a tear resistant layer. | 12-29-2016 |