Patents Assigned to Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7871558
    Abstract: A container for a moisture-sensitive product. The container has an openable container body defining an interior volume for holding the product. More specifically, a rigid container defining an interior volume for holding a moisture-sensitive product, and comprising at least an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner and outer layers being coextruded layers, the inner layer comprising a polymeric material and a desiccant material, the outer layer comprising a moisture-barrier material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Merical, Kenneth Charles Wurtzel, Lee Murray
  • Publication number: 20090301924
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: ALCAN GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING INC.
    Inventor: Gilles Rondeau
  • Publication number: 20090288978
    Abstract: A child resistant card for dispensing pills, e.g., capsules and/or tablets, that renders access to the pills difficult for a child but not for an adult. The child resistant blister card enables the user to access the item disposed within the card after performing a series of steps. The blister card is received in a protective envelope. A weakened area in the front panel of the envelope can be depressed to release a tear tab in the back panel. Once released, the tear tab can be ripped from the back panel to expose the backing foil of the blister card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Jean Andre Prud'Homme
  • Publication number: 20090270821
    Abstract: An ophthalmic dropper for distributing medicinal fluid to an eye is provided. The dropper comprises a fluid carrying container having a hollow body extending along a longitudinal axis, and an opening defined in the hollow body. A nozzle is coupled to the opening of the container for receiving fluid from the container. The nozzle defines an outlet port for distributing fluid from the nozzle. The outlet port of the nozzle is positioned to deliver fluid along an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging , Inc.
    Inventors: Don F. Yeager, Paul H. Andrews
  • Publication number: 20090020493
    Abstract: A child resistant package comprising a container having a neck finish including an annular locking ring with at least one notch having a locking rib therein and indicium indicating the location of the notch, and a snap-on closure of rigid and stiff material disposed for rotary movement on the neck finish, said closure comprising an end wall, a resilient peripheral skirt, and a crown extending upwardly and outwardly from the end wall and the skirt to form a surface that provides leverage for removal of the closure from the container with a locking lug extending radially inwardly from said skirt in alignment in a fire position with said notch upon rotation of the closure to permit removal of said closure only when in the fire position, and snap beads co-planar with the locking luck and extending inwardly from the skirt, said snap beads being longer than the notch is wide, a finger tab comprising indicium and extending radially outwardly from said skirt in alignment with said locking lug, said snap beads camming
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: ALCAN GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING INC.
    Inventor: Don F. Yeager
  • Publication number: 20080308522
    Abstract: An easy open bottle having grooves for the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: ALCAN GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING INC.
    Inventor: Don F. Yeager
  • Publication number: 20080277368
    Abstract: A push-squeeze-lift child resistant closure for a container having an unthreaded neck and a top shoulder having a top surface with at least one receptacle locking slot, the closure comprising a top having a spring inside the top and a sidewall having flexible panels, wherein each flexible panel includes at least one horizontal tab hook that engages a corresponding locking slot in the container, wherein the tab hook and corresponding locking slot prevents removal of the closure without first pushing downward on the closure and concurrently squeezing or depressing the flexible panel to disengage the hook and remove the closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Don F. Yeager
  • Publication number: 20080265461
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing plastic containers having RFID tags embedded therein is disclosed. The bottles are manufactured using a blow-molding technique wherein an in-mold film having an RFID tag embedded therein is positioned or placed against the parison immediately prior to the blow mold being closed and the pressurized air being used to inflate the parison. The resulting container thus has an RFID tag fused thereto to allow for tracking and tracing of the container after manufacture, as well as providing a mechanism by which the authenticity of the bottle can be verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Freund, Doug Deluke, Garrett Hager
  • Publication number: 20080202973
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: John Andrew Prud'Homme