Abstract: In order that, in a plaster comprising a composite film having a recess for holding the medicament and having a layer of adhesive surrounding the recess and a composite covering film glued to the recess and covering it, the galenical may be optimized regardless of the properties of a matrix containing the medicament in the recess, it is proposed to close the recess by means of a membrane which is firmly connected to the composite film and is permeable to the active ingredient of the medicament, and to join the composite covering film hermetically to the composite film along a ring extending between the central membrane and the surrounding layer of adhesive.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a device for the uptake of capsule parts. The device may include a female member having an internal cavity defined by a contact surface which engages the outer surface of the capsule, or a male member having an outer contact surface which engages the inner surface of the capsule. In each embodiment of the invention the device includes at least one channel opening into the contact surface thereof for supplying a source of underpressure or overpressure to the capsule. The underpressure creates a suction which facilitates the uptake and holding of the capsule, while the overpressure ejects the capsule from the device.