Abstract: The invention relates to a method for blister packing products (9), comprising the step of packaging said products (9) in a blister web (1) or a blister sheet (2) and storing said blister web or blister sheet intermediately (12). Following said intermediate storing (12) several blister packs (4) are formed from said blister web (1) or blister sheet (2).
Abstract: The invention features a method of selling dosage forms without a prescription. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the dosage forms are sold in a container displayed on a retail shelf without outer secondary packaging. The container preferably is made of a material through which the dosage forms are visible. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the container has at least one substantially flat side wall and is laid on a retail display shelf on its substantially flat side wall. The container may be formed to have only one plane of symmetry. At least one of the side walls of the container may be formed to facilitate gripping of the container.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2011
Assignee:
McNeil-PPC, Inc.
Inventors:
Mary Toth, Javier Verdura, Craig Pirie, Daniel Peter Sterling, Erik Joseph Moses, Peter Michaelian, Richard A. Gross, Dieter F. Lay, Roger Rinker, Kristin Recchiuti, Leonard Wojnarowicz, Jr., John Spano
Abstract: The invention provides a device and method for packaging and merchandising personal healthcare products. A first aspect of the invention provides a device for storing health care products, comprising: a plurality of product containers, each product container including: a body; a dispensing portion; and an attachment feature; and a housing including a mating feature adapted to be compatible with the attachment feature of each of the plurality of product containers, wherein connection of the attachment feature of a product container and the mating feature of the housing substantially and non-fixedly secures the product container to the housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2006
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2011
Assignee:
McNeill-PPC, Inc.
Inventors:
Bradford Grant, Erin Melcher Beam, William Doskoczynski, Ronald Jaketic, Opher Yom-Tov, Emily Ma, Anthony Pigliacampo, Hans-Christoph Haenlein, Alan Regala, Christine McElhaney, Arvind Gupta, Stephen Kim, Shilajeet Banerjee, Stephen Wahl, Larry Cheng, Prateek Lal
Abstract: A child-resistant multi-step tear-access blister package having at least one product well containing a product. The product is accessed by tearing the blister package from a peripheral edge toward the product well. A step in addition to tearing is required to access the product, thereby elevating the cognitive skill necessary to access the product above those of a typical small child. In the disclosed exemplary embodiment, the additional step involves weakening a tear-resistant channel blocking a tear path from the peripheral edge of the package to the product well. More particularly, initial tearing of the package toward the product well is interfered with by the presence of the tear-resistant channel interrupting the tear path. The tear-resistant channel may be bent or snapped to permit tearing therethrough and to permit continued tearing of the blister package toward the product well to access the product.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 2006
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2011
Assignee:
McNeil-PPC, Inc.
Inventors:
William Doskoczynski, Steven Ginsberg, Barry G. Seelig, Anne Carls, Karel Golta
Abstract: A portable wound care kit sized, shaped, and configured to carry only articles necessary for wound care treatment. In one embodiment, the wound care kit contains only a container of wound treatment medicament and two or more wound coverings. However, the wound care kit may also be configured to carry wound cleansing wipes or wound wash. The wound care kit is configured to permit ready and easy access to the wound care treatment articles.
Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and device for dispensing a quantity of liquid from a vessel. In one embodiment, an apparatus according to the invention comprises: a base portion adapted for insertion into an opening of a vessel, the base portion having a well extending into the base portion such that at least a portion of the well resides at within a body of the vessel when the base portion is inserted into the vessel opening; and a hollow spout portion extending from the well of the base portion away from the vessel opening when the base portion is inserted into the vessel opening, the spout portion having at least one opening such that a liquid within the body of the vessel may pass through the hollow spout, through the at least one opening, and into the well.
Inventors:
Steve Blanchard, Janette Suh Edelstein, Robert W. Fusi, II, Josef Knutzen, Justin McDonough, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Logan Ray, Lori Dee Kumar
Inventors:
Stephen Blanchard, Janette Suh Edelstein, Barbara Lemli, Justin McDonough, Robert W. Fusi, II, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Logan Ray