Compartmented Patents (Class 206/538)
  • Publication number: 20110259783
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid dosage form dispenser and methods for manufacturing the same. The dispenser may include at least one well having a first section and a second section, at least one well support configured to support the well, and an enclosure element for enclosing the well and the support. The first section may be deeper than the second section, and the well may be configured to dispense one solid dosage form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Karen Angelucci, Peter Bates, Michael L. Forehand, Adele Gulfo, Janice Jackson, Brian D. Johnson, Theresa Litherland, Juliet Gail McQuillan, Kathy Monday, Alan Mudd, David Trapani, Dean Whitney
  • Publication number: 20110259782
    Abstract: The invention includes a pharmaceutical dispensing cell (“PDC”) that includes at least one sidewall having a top edge and a bottom edge; a base plate; and a lid having a first surface and a second surface. The bottom edge of the at least one sidewall is affixed to the base plate, and the lid is rotatably affixed to the at least one sidewall. Also included are methods of regulating the allocation of at least one pharmaceutical unit dosage over time. The method includes inserting a single dosage unit of at least one pharmaceutical dosage in each cell of the dispensing unit of the pharmaceutical dispensing system of the invention. In an embodiment, the system includes a plurality of PDCs having cells that are configured in grid which has an X-axis and a Y-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Christy L. Adamucci, Carmen N. Adamucci
  • Patent number: 8025149
    Abstract: Described within is a device for monitoring the removal of articles contained in compartments of a standard blister package, in particular to assist a patient in following a prescribed programme of drugs. The compartments are covered with a rupturable cover. The removal of a drug out of the blister package is detected by photosensitive sensors located under the compartments, one per compartment. The device includes an opaque frame support comprising cavities which accommodate said standard blister package and covers the transparent faces of each compartment, which keeps light from the photosensitive sensors. Ambient light illuminates the photosensitive sensors when the cover of a compartment is torn and a drug removed from the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Telecare Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Graham Sterry, Catherine Gal
  • Patent number: 8006845
    Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
  • Publication number: 20110186470
    Abstract: A flexible, compact, and securely closed pill pouch pocket packet folder designed for secure handling, has multiple pockets, containing securely stored pouches for easy and orderly storing and retrieving of pills or similar small items, as when needed, for home or travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Sastry K. Ganti
  • Publication number: 20110168719
    Abstract: A lid with a compartment for housing a breath mint, pill, toothpick, or similar item. The lid may comprise a standard lid of various sizes and configurations as is known in the art, such as for a cup for coffee, tea, soda, or other food item, solid or liquid. The compartment or indentation may be open or closed, such as with a flap. If open, the indentation may be sized to securely hold a mint or other item until removed by the user. If a flap or similar cover is used, it may have a ridge, tab, protrusion or corner that the user can use to lift the flap or cover and expose the mint or other item. The indentation or compartment may be square, circular, oval, triangular, or other polygonal form. The flap or cover may be perforated for tearing off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER LOTTERHOS
  • Patent number: 7967144
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Anderson Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryen Sack, Curtis A. Knutson, Thomas Moyer
  • Publication number: 20110132797
    Abstract: A packaging system for transporting vials containing biological samples may comprise a first tray defining at least one first tray cavity; and a second tray defining at least one second tray cavity and configured to mate with the first tray. The packaging system may further comprise at least one first tray cavity and at least one second tray cavity, wherein the at least one first tray cavity and the at least one second tray cavity are configured to securely hold respective vials for transport, and to restrain caps on the respective vials during transport, wherein the at least one first tray cavity and the at least one second tray cavity oppose each other when the first tray and the second tray are mated together. The packaging system may also be configured to permit barcode scanning of vials held within the first tray cavity and the second tray cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Adair, Joselito T. Crespo, Allen M. Perry, Paul G. Russell
  • Patent number: 7942267
    Abstract: A case for receiving and dispensing pills, having an optional top cover having a forward edge and a rearward edge, an optional bottom cover having a forward edge and a rearward edge, a spine extending between the top cover and the bottom cover, to which the top cover and the bottom cover are affixed at the rearward edges thereof, and at least one sleeve containing a plurality of pills secured within the sleeve and adapted to be dispensed therefrom, the sleeve having a forward edge and a rearward edge and being attached to the spine at the rearward edge thereof between the top cover and the bottom cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: PharmaDesign Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew T. Coe, Kun-Chi Wu
  • Publication number: 20110089076
    Abstract: A container for discretely packaging liquid or solid medication, or other substances, comprising a tray (10) with individual compartments (12) each containing a removable pot (17) and a perforated sealed sheet (21) enabling individual pots to be removed from the tray (10) for dispensing of its contents The perforated sealed sheet (21) is of laminated construction and comprises an upper layer (30) of CPET which is surface-treated to be ink jet printable, an intermediate layer (33) bonded to the layer (30) and sealingly attachable to the tray (10). A removable paper backing layer (34) provides sufficient structural rigidity to enable the flexible laminated sheet (21) to pass through an ink yet printer whereby details of the intended contents of the pots (17) may be printed on the sheet (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Norman Niven
  • Patent number: 7919171
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Patrick Henry Young
  • Patent number: 7909165
    Abstract: System 10 delivers specified medication(s) 10M of a specified dosage in a specified sequence (see FIG. 1A). Flexible cover lamina 12C is pressed into selective engagement base lamina 12B defining a series of sequential storage units 10X and 10Y and 10Z with frangible seal 14F (no hatching) and destruct seal 14D (double hatching). Sealed medication chamber 16M is proximate the destruct seal within each storage unit. Chamber access region 16R is proximate the frangible seal within each storage unit. Diagonal chamber seal 14S (single hatching) extends across each storage unit. Breachable bubble 16B is positioned within each chamber access region and expands under applied pressure towards the frangible seal of the storage unit (see FIGS. 1A and 1B). The expansion separates the opposed laminae until the bubble produces perimeter breach 12P (see FIG. 1C) in the frangible seal. Flexible peel flap 14C is formed by the flexible cover lamina along the breached frangible seal as the bubble breaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: PopPack, LLC
    Inventor: William S. Perell
  • Publication number: 20110056864
    Abstract: A multi-opening pill box comprises a body, mobile covers and sealing covers. The body is a polyhedron having a plurality of openings and a plurality of cover slots. The cover slots can receive the mobile covers and the sealing covers. Two opposite sides of the body respectively have joining pins and pin holes used to assemble together the body to another body. At a specified time, the user takes out pills from one specified side of the pill boxes of the present invention. The pills stored behind the mobile cover of the specified side are pills to be taken at the specified time. The pills stored behind the sealing cover of the specified side are pills the user should not take at the specified time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Le-Chi Chia, Le-Shin Chang
  • Patent number: 7900772
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Anderson Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryen Sack, Curtis A. Knutson, Thomas Moyer, Tyler Theis, Richard M. Bowen, Jr., John T. Peterson
  • Patent number: 7896161
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Anderson Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn P. Reilley, Curtis Knutson, Timothy Powell, Jeff Smoczynski
  • Patent number: 7866476
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Sean McGonagle, Greg Pankow, Christina M. Marotta, Amy C. Biesenthal, William H. Valls, Zack Simmering
  • Patent number: 7854326
    Abstract: The medicine storage apparatus provides portable medication storage, identification, and dispensing. Each pie-shaped module is removable from the circular bottom of the revolving member. A domed handle provides easy carry capability. As each module is removable, a user can optionally take each module to a professional for filling with medication. Medications are placed in color-differentiated modules. Each module timer is set as needed. A user can thereby be notified by an alarm when medication time has arrived. Further, the various module colors can indicate the number of times daily a medication is needed. The lid of each module substantially comprises the module top, providing easy access while not encouraging spillage. And, the indicia panel of each module provides sufficient space for labeling, instructions, and other needed information, including Braille indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Selena J. Beckett
  • Publication number: 20100314283
    Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Apothecary Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
  • Patent number: 7845496
    Abstract: A package includes a slide card that is received in an outer sleeve having a false end wall. The false end wall extends between a top wall and a bottom wall to enhance the structural integrity of the outer sleeve. The false end wall provides child resistance in that it prevents a user from manipulating the outer sleeve to inadvertently disengage a locking feature that lockably retains a slide card in the outer sleeve. The false end wall also prevents a user from accessing the slide card through an opening that is created by removing an end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Jeffrey Hession
  • Publication number: 20100300925
    Abstract: A medicament container has a body and a cover. The body has multiple medicament chambers. The cover has a fastening ring and an opening device. The fastening ring is rotatably attached to the body and has multiple labels. The opening device is capable of opening or closing the medicament chambers and has a through hole for accessing the medicament chambers. When the medicament in one medicament chamber is consumed, the opening device is rotated to access the next medicament chamber and indicates respective label. Thus a user can approximately estimate the amount of remaining medicaments in the medicament container at a glance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Lien-Ching Kan
  • Publication number: 20100288672
    Abstract: A pillbox comprising a plurality of compartments, each compartment having two side walls, two end walls, and a bottom and each compartment having a top, each top comprising a hinged lid for accessing the compartment, the hinged lid being hinged pivotally at a hinge area; a slot at one of the walls of each compartment disposed parallel to the one wall, further wherein the hinged lid for each compartment is separable from the compartment, each hinged lid having a tab depending from the hinged lid and being pivotable from the lid at the hinge area, the tab being insertable into the slot to secure the hinged lid to the compartment for access to the compartment, the tab being releasably and frictionally held in place in the slot and being removable from the slot integral with the lid when the lid is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventor: John J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 7828149
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Multi-Comp, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Kalvelage, Ian Salditch, Galen Nickey
  • Patent number: 7828148
    Abstract: An improved medication organizing system for allowing patients to rapidly and easily prepare hermetically sealed dosage packages to set up their medication regime for a week, month, or longer period of time. The device includes seven hoppers to allow the patient to prepare a set of hermetically sealed medication packages for a given time for each day of the week. After being filled, each package in the set of seven packages is hermetically sealed simultaneously by simply loading the set into a sealing unit and pulling a lever. Sealing of the packages does not require manual manipulation of the individual packages by the user, such as would be required for medication organizers utilizing individual packages with zip-lock seals. The medication organizing system allows patients who lack manual dexterity, such as elderly patients, to easily prepare medication dosages for an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: James B. Gibson
  • Patent number: 7810640
    Abstract: Taught herein is a package for holding and securing various types of portable items. An inner slide card with integral tray (12) is loaded with items, and inserted into an outer sleeve (200). Receiving apertures (38) and securing tabs (40) hold and secure the items in the tray. An engaging element (42), integral to the slide card or tray cooperatively engages locking elements and stopping elements (240, 216) integral to the outer sleeve. The cooperative engagement of the elements provides an optional child-resistant feature and an optional spill-resistant feature. A release button (224) integral to the outer sleeve disengages the child-resistant feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Weston
  • Patent number: 7806270
    Abstract: A child-resistant and senior-friendly unit dose package has a hollow container body, an internal divider, and at least first and second separate trays each 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 each tray can be slid to a retracted position in which the tray is located within the container body and a dispensing position in which the tray extends at least partially 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. Multiple simultaneous manipulations are required to remove the cap from the container body thereby providing a child-resistant connection. A method of assembling a package with at least two separate blister cards and a divider is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Anderson Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Seibert, Ryen Sack, Curt Knutson, Shawn P. Reilley
  • Patent number: 7802683
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Richards Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Gilles Bourque
  • Patent number: 7802677
    Abstract: A lockable container includes a lockable case and an insert. The insert can be stored in the lockable case. The lockable case and the insert can each have one or more engaging elements and receiving elements, with reciprocal elements for engaging or receiving being included in the case or insert. The engaging elements, the receiving elements, or both, can be made removable to provide selective removal of the locking feature of the lockable container. For example, the engaging elements can be a removable post that can be selectively removed from the lockable case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Ricky N. Williams
  • Patent number: 7798329
    Abstract: An insert package includes an insert and a container. The container is formed by assembling an upper housing member and a lower housing member, thereby creating a void bound by side walls and a closed end. The container includes rails or channels, and an open end with an engageable cover. When the cover is open, the open end provides access to the void. An insert can be passed into container through the open end. The insert is a package for storing and dispensing items, such as a blister card. The insert includes wings and the wings can include lugs or detents. The wings are designed to interface with the rails, to align the insert with the container during storage and dispensing of the items. A retainer in the container, and a retainer receiver on the insert (or vice versa) can selectively immobilize the insert. A release can disengage the insert and allow slideable movement of the insert into and out of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: John A. Gelardi
  • Patent number: 7798330
    Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
  • Patent number: 7793784
    Abstract: A child resistant package for tablets is disclosed. The package includes an outer sleeve and a blister package. The blister package is designed to fit within the outer sleeve, and is capable of being slid from a closed position to an open position. The blister package includes a blister sheet and a lidding material sheet that is peeled from the blister sheet to access the tablets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Cima Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Michelle Nivala
  • Patent number: 7794665
    Abstract: A fluidic device includes a first material defining a first region, a second material defining a second region that is separated from the first region, and a connector coupled between the first region and the second region. The connector includes a brittle material and has an open end and a closed end, the open end being disposed in the second region, the closed end being disposed in the first region. The first region is closed off from the second region by the closed end of the connector. The connector is configured such that when the closed end of the connector is broken, the connector defines a passage from the first region to the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Kuo-Yao Weng
  • Patent number: 7793785
    Abstract: A medication dispenser including a container having a bottom, first and second upstanding sidewalls and first and second upstanding end walls with the container or liners positioned therein defining a plurality of open topped medication compartments. A plurality of compartment covers overlie and close the compartments to maintain medication within the compartments. Each of the covers has an outwardly extending tab or extension which assists in the opening of the cover. The upper ends of the sidewalls of the container are provided with a plurality of spaced-apart protrusions which extend outwardly from the associated sidewall beyond the outer ends of the tabs on the covers to shield the tabs to prevent inadvertent opening of the covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Mark G. Keffeler, David P. Keffeler
  • Patent number: 7784616
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Teva Women's Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathy Reape, George Jones, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100213097
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: F.M. Howell & Company
    Inventors: Michael PALIOTTA, George HOWELL
  • Publication number: 20100206766
    Abstract: A pill tray that facilitates dispensing of pills from a pill storage container. The tray can be configured to attach to a pill storage container that stores the pills, and have a first aperture positioned immediately proximate to a second cavity defined in the pill storage container. The first aperture can facilitate the transfer of the pills from the pill storage container into the first cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: WARMAN ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Warman
  • Patent number: 7770732
    Abstract: A packaging includes a tray and a sheet. The tray has a series of spaced apart sections. Each spaced apart section is generally rectangular in shape and has a recessed compartment and an upper surface. The sheet is fixed in part to the upper surface of the tray and has a plurality of tab portions that are not fixed to the tray thereby creating a tab. Each tab portion corresponds to one of the spaced apart sections and has first and second ends. Each tab portion can be graduated in width from the first end to the second end. The first end can be positioned in a corner of the corresponding spaced apart section. The tab portion has a length measured parallel to the length of the corresponding spaced apart section and the second end is adjacent to the sealed portion of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Alpex Pharma SA
    Inventors: Federico Stroppolo, Sandro Lepori, Franco Ciccarello, Rita Milani, Lorenzo Bellorini, Davide Marchini
  • Patent number: 7762399
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved sealing sheet for use to close a container-defining sheet having a top surface comprising a given number of spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of the cavities being upwardly opened and thus defining a container that is surrounded by a flange that is part of the top surface of the container-defining sheet. This improved sealing sheet has a top layer with tearing lines punched therein in such a manner and position as to extend from one side of each cover piece that may be splitted from the sealing sheet to cover one of the cavities in line with opposite sides of a bottom piece left on the corresponding cover piece. Such facilitates peeling of the bottom piece and of the corresponding part of the cover piece from the corresponding container to have access to the element(s) stored in it while preventing glue to be left on the flanges that surround the top opening of the container since such flanges are then still covered by non splitted parts of the sealing sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Quebec Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Bouthiette
  • Patent number: 7758936
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new pharmaceutical blister with reduced permeability to water vapor and gas. It is proposed according to the invention to coat conventional blisters with a silicon oxide-containing functional layer to protect against gases, water vapor and organic molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Spallek, Burkhard Metzger
  • Patent number: 7748554
    Abstract: A unified container includes a plurality of individual storage units that are interlocked, each storage unit including at least one compartment and at least one lid. Each storage unit further includes an interlocking mechanism, for example, a tooth and groove mechanism. Through the interlocking mechanism each storage unit interlocks to adjacent storage units, thereby forming the unified container. However, the interlocking mechanism also allows each storage unit to be detached from adjacent units and thereafter reattached/interlocked with any other unit, thereby forming unified containers of varying sizes. According to one example application, the interlocked storage units form a pill case, each unit holding medication for a different week-day. Through the interlocking mechanism, users can detach one or more storage units and take them as they travel, the individual units being easier to carry. Thereafter, the detached units can be reattached and reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Inventor: John J Murphy
  • Patent number: 7748534
    Abstract: A package comprises an outer package (2) having two members (20, 21) connected to one another via a flexible web portion (22). Each member (20, 21) comprises a base panel (200, 210) and two opposite side wall panels (201, 202, 211, 212). One of the side wall panels (201, 211) has an attachment (204, 214) portion extending towards the opposite side wall panel (202, 212). An inner package comprises blister pack members (3) comprising an edge portion (304, 314) attached to the attachment portion (204,214) of the outer package member (20, 21) such, that in a closed state the goods carried by the blister pack member are facing towards the base panel (200,210). The members (20,21) are folded towards each other via the flexible web portion (22). In an open state the outer package members (20, 21) are unfolded and the members (3) can be accessed by folding the blister pack member (30, 31) away from the opposite side (202, 212) wall panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Lionel Jeannin, Marco Ackermann
  • Publication number: 20100147733
    Abstract: A re-usable dispensing container (10) for pills, tablets or capsules, includes a base portion (20) having a plurality of compartments (25). An adhesive-free sealing sheet (50) is arranged to cover openings of the compartments such that the sheet may be ruptured to provide access individually to the compartments. A sealing sheet retainer (30), having apertures thorough which the sheet may be ruptured, is removably closable over the sealing sheet removably to retain the sealing sheet between the sealing sheet retainer and the base. A lid (40) is provided to cover the sealing sheet retainer (30) and is lockable to the base with a tamper-evident locking pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Alpa Shantilal Pabari, Hiten Shantilal Pabari
  • Publication number: 20100147735
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organizer and dispenser for pills and the like which reduces demands for manual dexterity when the user retrieves the pills. In one aspect of the invention, the novel organizer and dispenser may have a plurality of compartments, such as one for each day of the week. The organizer and dispenser may have a closure at the top which reveals all of the compartments simultaneously. This is convenient for loading a full week's supply of pills. In addition to the closure at the top, each compartment has an individual closure at the bottom of the compartment. This enables all of the pills stored within one compartment, which are presumably to be taken by the user at one time, to be discharged from the organizer and dispenser by gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Charles Ivy Musgray
  • Patent number: 7735650
    Abstract: A unitary pharmaceutical package according to this invention includes two primary components: a tubular sleeve-like carton or housing, and a medication card typically in the form of a blister pack in which multiple pre-formed pockets each enclose a pill. The medication card or sleeve has at least one upturned lip or flange along a longitudinal end of the card. The end walls of the carton are composite end walls formed by flaps which extend from the top, bottom, front and back panels. The unitary package of this invention easily and conveniently secures the medication card to the surrounding carton. After the carton sleeve is erected but prior to closing at least one of the composite end walls, the medication card is inserted longitudinally through one of the open ends of the carton. Some of the end flaps are folded inwardly so that they are tucked inside the carton on the interior of the upturned flange on the medication card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: The C.W. Zumbiel Company
    Inventor: Michael W. Zumbiel
  • Publication number: 20100133140
    Abstract: A dispensing container is provided, the container including an outer shell comprising a top, a bottom, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom, and two ends, at least one end being open; an inner tray, slidably received within the outer shell, comprising at least one storage compartment adapted for storage of a plurality of units of a product to be dispensed, and comprising at least one depressible detent, the detent comprising a raised surface that abuts the outer shell; wherein, in a closed configuration, the detent holds the inner tray within the outer shell, and wherein the at least one detent may be depressed by pressure to allow the inner tray to slide relative to the outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Ryan A. Bailey, John A. Gelardi
  • Patent number: 7726485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a switch for use with an article formed from paperboard. The article includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel each have a sliding surface facing one another. The first and the second panels are in sliding relation to one another between a first position and a second position. The switch comprises a conductive pathway disposed on the sliding surface of the first panel and a first contact surface is disposed on the sliding surface of the second panel and a second contact surface is disposed on the sliding surface of the second panel. The second contact surface is in spaced relation to the first contact surface so as to prevent electrical communication between the first and second contact surfaces. The conductive pathway of the first panel is in spaced relation to at least one of the first and second contact surfaces of the second panel when the first and second panels are in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventor: Brian W. Brollier
  • Publication number: 20100100391
    Abstract: A disease management system including: a Diagnostic Module, which provides access to patient information and scientific guidelines for patient treatment; a Diagnostic Interpretive Module, which provides tools to evaluate risk of particular diseases or conditions based on patient information and an evaluative methodology; a Prescriptive Module, which is used to recommend, select, and/or evaluate one or more treatment regimens based on patient information and guidelines; a Dispensing Module, which evaluates a patient's compliance with a treatment regimen; and/or a Feedback and Patient Management Module, which gathers compliance information and evaluates efficacy of a treatment regimen for a patient. In embodiments of the subject invention, some or all of the modules described can communicate to manage a disease, medical condition, and/or health problem in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: KANTILAL KASAN DAYA, Justin K. Daya
  • Patent number: 7690511
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Permalith Plastics
    Inventors: William S. Arnold, Joseph M. Schaeffer, William A. Callanan
  • Patent number: 7681724
    Abstract: A multi-compartment housing with a plurality of cavities forms the main part of the housing. The multi-compartment housing has a side portion that has a smooth, continuous surface and a plurality of individual cavities that are perpendicular to a central axis of the multi-compartment housing. The individual cavities have a plurality of plugs capable of being placed in communication with a corresponding individual cavity. The multi-compartment housing also has a sealing bottom that is capable of being secured onto the multi-compartment housing after the plug array has been placed in position and separated from adjacent plugs from the array so as to close off the of the multi-compartment housing and to isolate each plug from adjacent cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Jacques Michel Marcel Pichot, Mathieu Paul Meugnier
  • Publication number: 20100044270
    Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
  • Patent number: 7661530
    Abstract: A pill organizer assembly and the associated method of organizing and isolating multiple doses of pharmaceuticals using a pill organizer. The pill organizer includes a holding case. A plurality of partition walls extend between the side walls in the holding case. The partition walls define a plurality of compartments. A lid is provided that is selectively positionable into a closed position on the holding case. A plurality of removable receptacles are provided. A removable receptacle is disposed within each of the plurality of compartments. The lid creates a seal against each of the removable receptacles when the removable receptacles are within the plurality of compartments and the lid is in its closed position. The seal created by the lid isolates the contents of the removable receptacles until they are removed from the holding case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: William Hewitt