Abstract: An improved notch-forming tab enables a blister card package comprising a medicament to be easily opened by a user. The blister card package includes a container sheet having a well formed therein; a cover sheet laminated to the container sheet and spanning the well to form a blister containing the medicament between the cover sheet and the container sheet; and a plurality of slits defining a pattern comprising a pair of legs having respective converging and diverging ends disposed adjacent the blister. The converging ends of the pair of legs are separated from one another by between about 0.1 mm and about 1 mm and are spaced from the blister. The diverging ends of the pair of legs are spaced from an adjacent edge of the blister pack. Methods of opening this and other inventive blister card packages are also described herein.

Abstract: An improved notch-forming tab enables a blister card package comprising a medicament to be easily opened by a user. The blister card package includes a container sheet having a well formed therein; a cover sheet laminated to the container sheet and spanning the well to form a blister containing the medicament between the cover sheet and the container sheet; and a plurality of slits defining a pattern comprising a pair of legs having respective converging and diverging ends disposed adjacent the blister. The converging ends of the pair of legs are separated from one another by between about 0.1 mm and about 1 mm and are spaced from the blister. The diverging ends of the pair of legs are spaced from an adjacent edge of the blister pack. Methods of opening this and other inventive blister card packages are also described herein.

Abstract: An optical coupling device for connecting hollow core optical fiber coils in a fiber optic gyro system. An example fiber optic gyro system includes a recirculator or an integrated optics chip, a fiber coil of hollow core optical fiber with first and second ends, and a coupling device that holds an end of the hollow core optical fiber in an enclosed cavity at some predefined distance from the recirculator or integrated optics chip. The coupling device includes a housing for rigidly holding the fiber end in position. The housing includes a cavity that receives the fiber end.

Abstract: A resonator sensing device having an optics coupler device for communicating light between light source(s) and sensor(s) and a hollow core fiber resonator. Light from one resonator fiber tip is coupled to a second resonator fiber tip via a graded index (GRIN) lens having the appropriate pitch such that the maximum coupling efficiency is achieved and having two angled surfaces. The angled surfaces are coated with an appropriate coating having a reflectance R in order to achieve the desired degree of coupling. Light reflected by the second angled surface is captured with another lens (such as a microlens) and coupled to a third fiber segment (coupled port). The optical parameters for the GRIN lens and the microlens are tailored to have the least loss.

Abstract: A resonator sensing device having an optics coupler device for communicating light between light source(s) and sensor(s) and a hollow core fiber resonator. Light from one resonator fiber tip is coupled to a second resonator fiber tip via a graded index (GRIN) lens having the appropriate pitch such that the maximum coupling efficiency is achieved and having two angled surfaces. The angled surfaces are coated with an appropriate coating having a reflectance R in order to achieve the desired degree of coupling. Light reflected by the second angled surface is captured with another lens (such as a microlens) and coupled to a third fiber segment (coupled port). The optical parameters for the GRIN lens and the microlens are tailored to have the least loss.

Abstract: An optical coupling device for connecting hollow core optical fiber coils in a fiber optic gyro system. An example fiber optic gyro system includes a recirculator or an integrated optics chip, a fiber coil of hollow core optical fiber with first and second ends, and a coupling device that holds an end of the hollow core optical fiber in an enclosed cavity at some predefined distance from the recirculator or integrated optics chip. The coupling device includes a housing for rigidly holding the fiber end in position. The housing includes a cavity that receives the fiber end.