Structure For "press-out" Of Content Unit Patents (Class 206/531)
  • Patent number: 7126879
    Abstract: A child resistant medication package and associated system can enable compliance and anti-diversion features. The medication package can include a timing reminder, can detect and record a compliance history of each dose of medication, and can include anti-tamper capabilities to ensure doses are removed in the intended fashion. The medication package can have the capability to exchange data with other devices, including personal computers. The associated system can include a central database that receives data from the medication package, and provides for the transmission of data between various system locations, including not only the individual medication package, but also, for example, drug manufacturers, pharmacies, physician offices, law enforcement agencies, and a database managing agency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: HealthTRAC Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: William B. Snyder
  • Patent number: 7121410
    Abstract: In a blister pack comprising a base foil with chambers formed therein for receiving a product sealed into the chambers, a rupture foil disposed on the base foil to close and seal the chambers and a plastic foil disposed on the rupture foil for the protection of the rupture foil, wherein the plastic foil is attached to the rupture foil with a retaining force which is lower than the force with which the rupture foil is attached to the base foil, except for a limited edge area of the rupture foil which is delimited by a seal edge and a perforation extending along the seal edge, so that, upon removal of the plastic foil and the rupture foil from the base foil in the limited edge area where the rupture foil is not attached to the base foil, the rupture foil breaks away from the plastic foil when reaching the perforated seal edge so that the chamber remains reliably covered by the rupture foil while the plastic foil is peeled off the rupture foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Romaco Pharmatechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Rohrmus, Günter Albrecht, Jörg-Uwe Bippus, Udo Guth
  • Patent number: 7093736
    Abstract: A tablet dispenser includes a housing formed by first and second shells defining a cavity therebetween. A blister tray configured to receive a plurality of tablets therein is rotatably attached to the housing. The blister tray is moveable between a closed position in which the blister tray is releasably contained within the cavity, and an open position in which at least a portion of the blister tray extends out of the cavity. An alarm unit activates at least one alert signal upon completion of a cycle period. The alarm unit is reset after the blister tray is accessed to dispense at least one tablet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Maietta, Fred Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 7090079
    Abstract: A package made of cardboard, includes a sleeve and an insert, the sleeve being provided with at least one catch tab located on the inside of the sleeve and provided with at least one projection, so that the catch tab forms an angle with the upper wall of the sleeve. At least one locking tab is provided on the insert, which is arranged so as to be at least in part inserted between the catch tab and the upper wall. At least one operating tab is provided, in addition to which the sleeve is provided with at least one cutout next to the operating tab, the operating tab being arranged so as to be pressed by a user against the locking tab, movement of the insert in the sliding direction (S) towards the opening being made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Stora Enso AB
    Inventor: Ake Ehrlund
  • Patent number: 7086532
    Abstract: A titration package and method for enabling compliance with a regime of changing dosage of medication over a period of time includes a backing having an array of receivers with the array including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. A plurality of sets of tablets are provided with each tablet in a set having a common dose of medication and a different dose than a tablet of a different set. Each set of tablets is disposed in receivers of one having an adjacent row and an adjacent column. Indicia is provided and disposed adjacent to the columns and rows for displaying common days and successive weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jacob Vander Zanden, Rodney Terwilliger
  • Patent number: 7074390
    Abstract: A single use capsule containing dentifrice is disclosed. It includes toothpaste or other dentifrice enclosed in a shell or coating. The dentifrice may include miswak fibers, which acts as a natural brush, therefore obviating the need for a traditional brush. The coating may include choline and albumin. In use, a capsule is placed in the mouth, burst with the teeth, and then distributed throughout the mouth with the tongue. The teeth can then be brushed with a traditional brush, or the tongue can rub the miswak fibers over the teeth in lieu of using a brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Carol L. MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 7063211
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel child-resistant senior-friendly blister card packaging that is cheap and easy to manufacture. The packaging requires a push-peel-push method for opening, which is cognitively and physically challenging for children and mentally impaired adults. Yet, competent adults can easily open the package, especially after reading instructions. More specifically, opening the package requires the user to: 1) Push through an aperture to create a pull tab; 2) Pull on the pull tab to remove a panel; and 3) Push the blister to force the contents through the blister's seal. Furthermore, the packaging is designed to be tear resistant and to halt any propagation of a tear. Advantageously, the present invention is designed such that information such as instructions and product information can be easily printed directly on the packaging. Moreover, users may also record information directly on the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Inventor: Wade Everette Williams-Hartman
  • Patent number: 7035168
    Abstract: The present invention is method for switching a power supply associated with an instrumented medication package, such that energy contained in the power supply can be preserved until the instrumented medication package is dispensed to a patient. The switch may be formed by providing an exposed discontinuity on a trace forming a conductive path between the power supply and circuitry associated with the instrumented medication package. Bridging the discontinuity, such as by placing a conductive element across the discontinuity, allows the power supply to be conductively connected to the circuitry, such that the circuitry can perform its desired function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: DDMS Holdings, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark A. Niemiec, Louis M. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 7032590
    Abstract: A fluid filled ampoule comprises an ampoule body having a top end, a bottom end and a sealed interior containing a liquid. A top tab is coupled to the top end and is removable to create a drain vent in the top end. A bottom tab is coupled to the bottom end and is removable to create a drain opening in the bottom end. A movable shroud is coupled to the top end and is disposed about the top tab. The shroud is movable to permit access to the top tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Aerogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Loeffler, Richard Q. Poynter, David Rapp, Michael Klimowicz
  • Patent number: 7025207
    Abstract: A carrier section (2) is captively integrated into a box which is stabilized in a folding and glueing operation, said box comprising four side walls (5, 5?, 6, 6?) connected approximately at right angles to a base section (4). One of the side walls is embodied in the form of an articulated strip (7), at least as far as part of the length thereof is concerned. Said strip can be pivoted on the plane of the base section (4) and is coupled to the carrier section (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Dividella AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Breu, Erich Specker
  • Patent number: 7000768
    Abstract: A PTP case with at least one blister with one or more pills therein is disclosed. The PTP case includes: a first sheet member having at least one accommodation hole for accommodation of the at least one blister; a second sheet member having at least one take-out hole located corresponding to the at least one accommodation hole of the first sheet member, in which the press-through package is placed between the first and second sheet members so that the one or more pills is taken out from the at least one blister through the at least one take-out hole; and a blocking sheet member disposed between the PTP and the second sheet member in such a manner as to be slidable along the PTP and the second sheet member between an opening position at which the at least one take-out hole is exposed to the outside, and a closing position at which the at least one take-out hole is closed by the blocking sheet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignees: Asahi Printing Co., Ltd., Kanae Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Morita, Shinsuke Watanabe, Tetsuo Oida, Masahito Tanaka, Yasunori Akimura
  • Patent number: 6976576
    Abstract: A child-resistant/senior friendly dispensing package comprising a dispensing member having a dispensing cavity and a product storage cavity, the dispensing member being mounted within a sleeve movable from a first stored position to a second position wherein the dispensing cavity is exterior of the housing to permit dispensing of the product, a device having first and second locks which must be operated either sequentially or simultaneously in order to move the dispensing cavity exteriorly of the housing. The device preferably permits the dispensing of only a single tablet or product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas D. Intini
  • Patent number: 6974031
    Abstract: A child-safe packing for tablets, capsules and similar pharmaceutical products having a blister pack with at least one cup to hold the tablets sealed by a push-through cover film (154). A first cove part (160) is arranged over the blister pack fitted with an outer pack. The first cover part is overlaid by a second cover part. A sealing part lies between the first cover part an the second cover part. The cover film of the blister pack faces towards the first cover part. The sealing part has a removal opening opposite of the cup of the blister pack that is sealed by the second cover part when the outer pack is closed and is optionally covered by a push-through opening seal. The two cover parts are connected together at one end and at the other end each is connected to one end of the blister pack or sealing part. The blister pack is connected to the sealing part at their other ends to form grip tabs. The grip tabs of the two cover parts lie within a loop formed by the blister pack and the sealing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti
  • Patent number: 6964338
    Abstract: A child-safe packing for tablets, capsules or similar pharmaceutical products having a blister pack with at least one cup to hold the tablets sealed by a push-through cover film. The blister pack is arranged in an outer pack between a base part and a cover part. The cover part is covered by a sealing part. The sealing part is overlaid by a tear-off part. The cover film of the blister pack faces towards the cover part. With the outer pack closed, a first adhesive is arranged between the base part or blister pack and the cover part. A second adhesive is arranged between the base part and sealing part. The second adhesive has a higher adhesive force than the first adhesive. With the outer pack closed, the sealing part is folded about a first fold line. Upon opening the outer pack is folded about a second fold line. After folding the sealing part about the second fold line, the second adhesive is arranged between the sealing part and the cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd
    Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti
  • Patent number: 6961285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to assisting patients in the taking of medication, and to assisting third parties in accumulating information regarding patient medication intake. The invention may be embodied a system including a portable medication monitor used in association with an instrumented medication package to provide intake data acquisition and patient support functions. The system may further be connected to a computer or computer network allowing information distribution between the medication monitor and third parties, such as physicians or pharmacists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: DDMS Holdings L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark A. Niemiec, Louis M. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 6951353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medication management system that is simple, reliable and extremely easy to use. It comprises a label having a plurality of raised tabs that are depressed upon taking a medication to provide a tactile and a visual record of medication use. It can be secured to the medication container, and thus is not subject to being misplaced or forgotten. The system can be integrated with a pharmacy's computerized pharmaceutical record and prescription label printing system or it can be a stand-alone paste-on label. Alternatively, it can be used in combination with blister packs to dispense medication while maintaining a record of use. The label can be in the form of an overlay, which is placed over a preprinted container or a container having a prescription label. The use of a pressure sensitive releasable adhesive permits the removal of the overlay label in the event that is it necessary to read information on the underlying label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Inventors: Nancy Kozlowski, Nicholas Webb
  • Patent number: 6951282
    Abstract: A packaging substrate is formed that has at least the following elements. A main panel with at least one gate formed on the main panel to assist with removing contents from a package cell. At least one cell flap secured to the main panel. The cell flap has at least one aperture dimensioned and aligned to fit over a package cell. At least one tab flap secured to the main panel on an opposite end from the cell flap. The tab flap further comprises at least one peel away tab and at least one glue tab. The peel away tab is aligned and dimensioned so that when properly folded it will substantially overlap the gate or gates of the main panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Marty Jones
  • Patent number: 6945400
    Abstract: A blister card label form has a first sheet having first and second major surfaces. The first sheet is provided with removable portions and a permanent adhesive directly applied on its second major surface and a temporary adhesive directly applied on its second major surface. This permits portions of the label to be permanently attached to a blister package and also permits portions of the first sheet to be selectively removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Sticky Business, LLC
    Inventors: Martin M. Bolnick, Richard S. Bolnick
  • Patent number: 6913149
    Abstract: A unit dose package formed from the combination of a flexible portion, preferably of paperboard, which houses unit dose materials, and a rigid molded plastic locking mechanism comprising a child resistant trigger release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Gelardi, Todd H. Huffman, Brad A. Jones, William R. Rigby, Keshav Sharma
  • Patent number: 6896138
    Abstract: A blister pack has a main sheet unitarily formed with an array of pockets each dimensioned to receive a respective object and a frangible foil overlying a front face of the sheet and closing the pockets so that objects in the pockets are hermetically sealed therein by the foil. A pair of guides unitarily formed with the main sheet flank the array of pockets. A protective panel having an array of holes substantially identical to the array of pockets overlies the foil and is displaceable in the guides between a rest position with the holes at least partially offset from the pockets and the panel blocking the pockets and a dispensing position with the holes aligned with the pockets. A spring web unitarily formed with the sheet and with the panel urges the panel into the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nina Röck, Günter Kayran, Bernhard Hegemann
  • Patent number: 6896139
    Abstract: A child-safe packing for tablets, capsules and similar pharmaceutical products, with a blister pack (52) with at least one cup (64) to hold the tablets (60) sealed by a push-through cover film (66). Over the blister pack (52) fitted with an outer pack (50) is arranged an intermediate part (56). The cover film (66) of the blister pack (52) faces towards the intermediate part (56). Between the blister pack (52) and intermediate part (56) is arranged a first adhesive (70). The intermediate part (56) is partly covered by a removable separating part (57). A cover part (58) lies on the separating part (57). Between the intermediate part (56) and the separating part (57) is arranged a second adhesive (74). Between the intermediate part (56) not covered by the separating part (57) and the separating part (57) and cover part (58) is arranged a third adhesive (78).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti
  • Patent number: 6880722
    Abstract: There is provided a medicament dispenser for dispensing medicament comprising: a body; a holder, shaped to fit within the body and movable relative to the body; and receivable by said holder, a cassette containing a medicament carrier, wherein movement of the holder relative to the body results in movement of the cassette between a first position and a second position such that the cassette is reversibly removable from the holder when the cassette is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Gregor John McLennan Anderson, Philip William Farr, Paul Kenneth Rand, Stephen James Harvey
  • Patent number: 6874636
    Abstract: A lock and release mechanism of a unit dose package has a cut away formed in the second panel of an outer sleeve of the package, the cut away having a pair of legs extending therefrom and defining a node therebetween. A cut line and a throat region are formed in an end flap of first and second side panels, respectively, of a slide card to bifurcate each end flap into first and second engaging segments. The first and second engaging segments engage an engaging surface of a cut away formed in a second panel of the outer sleeve to prevent the slide card from unintentionally sliding within the outer sleeve. A release feature is formed in the third panel of the outer sleeve. The first and second engaging segments are disengaged from the engaging surface of the cut away by depressing the node via the release feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Howell Packaging, division of FM Howell & Co.
    Inventors: Michael Paliotta, George Howell
  • Patent number: 6875011
    Abstract: A flint is easy to take out of a flint holder, which can be carried in a lighter. The flint holder consists of a holding part in the form of a thin plate, a fitting part and a molded hinge part, which integrally connects the holding and fitting parts in such a manner that they can bend. The holding part has parallel slots formed through it side by side at regular intervals. Each of the slots can be loaded with a columnar flint. The fitting part has a fitting hole, with which a screw can engage to fit the flint holder to the lighter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Inventor: Masasuke Soeda
  • Patent number: 6863175
    Abstract: A locking container has a tray with sidewalls, a shelf and a bottom with an elongated opening. A sliding lock and a spring are formed in the bottom opening. A lock flap is hinged to the shelf. A cover has a base glued to the tray bottom, a spine end and a top panel. A latch extension extends form the flap through holes in the shelf and top panel. Sliding the lock with a finger or thumb and lifting with fingers both side sections of the flap releases the latch extension and allows raising of the top panel. Articles are held in bubbles of an inner laminate on the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: John A. Gelardi
  • Patent number: 6854618
    Abstract: A child resistant multiple dosage blister pack dispenser includes a main housing bottom component having walls and a bottom panel for supporting a blister pack, a middle component, and a main top component. The bottom panel has a plurality of rows of orifices located so as to position a blister pack thereabove, with individual dosages of the blister pack located above the orifices, so that individual dosages are pushed therethrough from the blister pack. The main housing top component is connected to the middle component and is laterally moveable. It has a first position, being a rest position, and a second position, being a dispensing position. There is a biasing spring connected to at least one of the components, that biases the top component relative to the middle component so that the top component is in its first position. There are a plurality of push tabs located on the top component for dispensing in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Valley Design, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Harrold
  • Patent number: 6848580
    Abstract: A simultaneous stop and alignment feature of a package having an outer sleeve and a slide card slidably disposed within the outer sleeve. A stop panel disposed on an inside surface of the outer sleeve has a stop panel edge spaced a predetermined distance (L) from a first end of the outer sleeve. A raised flap edge of the slide card may travel across a sliding distance (M) defined by the relationship L>M?0. When the raised flap edge engages the stop panel edge, the sliding distance is defined by the relationship M=0, the slide card is prevented from further sliding within the outer sleeve, and at least one blister pocket receiving aperture and at least one exit aperture of the outer sleeve align with corresponding at least one aligning aperture of the slide card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Howell Packaging Division of FM Howell & Co.
    Inventors: Michael Paliotta, George Howell
  • Patent number: 6839304
    Abstract: A system for managing delivery of pharmaceutical drugs is formed of a blister package that includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. Each of the cells is sealed by a breakable wall and holds a unit-dose of medication. A user gains access to the medication in a given cell by puncturing the breakable wall associated with the given cell. A severable conductor is positioned proximate to each breakable wall. The severable conductor associated with a given cell ruptures upon puncturing of the breakable wall associated with the given cell. A computer chip is electrically connected to the severable conductors. The computer chip senses the puncturing of each cell in the grid by monitoring the rupturing of each of the severable conductors. An RF transmitter is coupled to the computer chip. The RF transmitter sends information corresponding to usage of each of medications stored in the blister package to a remote information transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Inventors: Mark A. Niemiec, Louis M. Heidelberger, Daniel H. Golub
  • Patent number: 6832686
    Abstract: A package for medicaments comprising a cover and a base connected along one edge by a living hinge, at least two spaced pivotable latching members on one of the members, complementary openings in the other member engagable by the latching member to secure the cover in a closed position, pivoting of one of said latching members to release it from its opening part permitting slight pivotable movement of the cover toward an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Patrick Donegan
  • Publication number: 20040245145
    Abstract: The present invention provides a child-resistant package for a dosed-form product having a blister layer, a rupturable layer disposed adjacent the blister layer, the rupturable layer and the blister layer together defining at least one cavity, a diaphragm layer for resisting passage of a dose, the diaphragm layer disposed adjacent the rupturable layer on a side of the rupturable layer opposite the blister layer, and a backing layer having at least one moveable tab corresponding to the at least one cavity, the backing layer disposed adjacent the diaphragm layer on a side of the diaphragm layer opposite the rupturable layer. Also included are methods of packaging dosed products in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Joseph J. Urban
  • Publication number: 20040232033
    Abstract: A package having a simultaneous stop, alignment, and enhanced tamper-resistant feature, wherein the package has an outer sleeve and a slide card slidably disposed within the outer sleeve. A stop panel is disposed on an inside surface of the outer sleeve and has an extension panel extending away therefrom, wherein the extension panel enhances the tamper-resistant nature of the package. A guide panel extends along a longitudinal edge of the outer sleeve and has a length equal to or greater than a combined length of the stop panel and extension panel. The guide panel being folded over the extension panel to defined a channel between an edge of the guide panel and a score line separating first and second panels of the outer sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Paliotta, George Howell
  • Patent number: 6818269
    Abstract: A blister board and a blister package wherein the board and package includes a metallized paper so that the blister material is securely bonded to both the metallized paper and to the underlying paper board material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: DOT Packaging Group, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Quinn, Jack A. Fuechsl
  • Publication number: 20040188315
    Abstract: A PTP case includes a case body having first and second sheet members that are overlapped to each other so as to place a PTP therebetween. The PTP has at least one blister each containing one or more pills. The first sheet member has at least one elongated hole, through which the at least one blister protrudes to the outside, so that the at least one blister is pressed along the at least one elongated hole, thereby sliding PTP along the first and second sheet members. The second sheet member has at least one take-out portion located facing to the at least one elongated hole at such a position as to be matched in position to the at least one blister of the PTP when the PTP has been slid to a predetermined point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Makoto Morita, Shinsuke Watanabe, Tetsuo Oida, Masahito Tanaka, Yasunori Akimura
  • Publication number: 20040188313
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a product in use from a blister pack (200) of the type comprising a support member defining a plurality of pockets (204) arranged in a circle around a blister pack axis, and a cover sheet provided on a dispensing side of said blister pack having rupturable portions which close each of said pockets, comprises a housing (208,210), and a hub (206) for locating in use a blister pack for rotation within said housing (208, 210). A dispensing window (236) is disposed in said housing (208, 210) such that in use a blister pack (200) may be rotated to bring each pocket of a blister pack into registration therewith to allow ejection of the contents. An access aperture (240, 242) is provided in the housing (208, 210) through which in use a user may manually engage an exposed portion of the circumference of the blister pack (200) to apply rotation thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Martin John Tedham
  • Publication number: 20040188314
    Abstract: A blister pack has a main sheet unitarily formed with an array of pockets each dimensioned to receive a respective object and a frangible foil overlying a front face of the sheet and closing the pockets so that objects in the pockets are hermetically sealed therein by the foil. A pair of guides unitarily formed with the main sheet flank the array of pockets. A protective panel having an array of holes substantially identical to the array of pockets overlies the foil and is displaceable in the guides between a rest position with the holes at least partially offset from the pockets and the panel blocking the pockets and a dispensing position with the holes aligned with the pockets. A spring web unitarily formed with the sheet and with the panel urges the panel into the rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: UHLMANN Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nina Rock, Gunter Kayran, Bernhard Hegemann
  • Publication number: 20040188312
    Abstract: A childproof package for a pharmaceutical product includes a blister pack including at least one blister covered with a foil cover through which the pharmaceutical product can be pushed to eject it from the blister pack. A front panel defines at least one aperture through which the blister extends and includes a removable push tab. A middle panel defines at least one aperture in register with the aperture defined in the front panel and including a removable perforated tab located adjacent to the aperture defined in the middle panel and in register with the push tab. A rear panel includes a removable segment overlying the removable perforated tab and a removable cover segment overlying the foil cover of the blister pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Shorewood Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Brian T. Stepowany
  • Publication number: 20040188311
    Abstract: A lock and release mechanism of a unit does package has a cut away formed in the second panel of an outer sleeve of the package, the cut away having a pair of legs extending therefrom and defining a node therebetween. A cut line and a throat region are formed in an end flap of first and second side panels, respectively, of a slide card to bifurcate each end flap into first and second engaging segments. The first and second engaging segments engage an engaging surface of a cut away formed in a second panel of the outer sleeve to prevent the slide card from unintentionally sliding within the outer sleeve. A release feature is formed in the third panel of the outer sleeve. The first and second engaging segments are disengaged from the engaging surface of the cut away by depressing the node via the release feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: HOWELL PACKAGING DIVISION OF FM HOWELL & CO
    Inventors: Michael Paliotta, George Howell
  • Publication number: 20040182739
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel child-resistant senior-friendly blister card packaging that is cheap and easy to manufacture. The packaging requires a push-peel-push method for opening, which is cognitively and physically challenging for children and mentally impaired adults. Yet, competent adults can easily open the package, especially after reading instructions. More specifically, opening the package requires the user to: 1) Push through an aperture to create a pull tab; 2) Pull on the pull tab to remove a panel; and 3) Push the blister to force the contents through the blister's seal. Furthermore, the packaging is designed to be tear resistant and to halt any propagation of a tear. Advantageously, the present invention is designed such that information such as instructions and product information can be easily printed directly on the packaging. Moreover, users may also record information directly on the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Wade Everelle Williams-Hartman
  • Publication number: 20040182738
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel child-resistant senior-friendly blister card packaging that is cheap and easy to manufacture. The packaging requires a push-peel-push method for opening, which is cognitively and physically challenging for children and mentally impaired adults. Yet, competent adults can easily open the package, especially after reading instructions. More specifically, opening the package requires the user to: 1) Push through a aperture to create a pull tab; 2) Pull on the pull tab to remove a panel; and 3) Push the blister to force the contents through the blister's seal. Advantageously, the present invention is designed such that information such as instructions and product information can be easily printed directly on the packaging. Moreover, users may also record information directly on the packaging. Thus, the present invention not only provides child-resistant and senior-friendly features, but also provides convenience for viewing and recording information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Wade Everette Williams-Hartman
  • Patent number: 6793077
    Abstract: A child-resistant yet senior-friendly packaging for tablets, capsules or similar pharmaceutical products. The packaging is a blister pack (12) with at least one cup (24) that receives tablets in an external package (10), arranged between a base part (14) and an intermediate part (16), and that is closed by a cover film (26) that can be pressed through. The intermediate part (16) is covered by a cover part (18). A first adhesive (30) is arranged between the base part (14) or the blister pack (12) and the intermediate part (16). A second adhesive (32) is arranged between the intermediate part (16) and the cover part (18). The second adhesive (32), in the closed state of the external package (10), has a lower adhesiveness vis-à-vis the first adhesive (30) and, once the cover part (18) is released from the intermediate part (16), a higher adhesiveness vis-à-vis the first adhesive (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti
  • Publication number: 20040173497
    Abstract: A child-safe packing for tablets, capsules and similar pharmaceutical products, with a blister pack (52) with at least one cup (64) to hold the tablets (60) sealed by a push-through cover film (66). Over the blister pack (52) fitted with an outer pack (50) is arranged an intermediate part (56). The cover film (66) of the blister pack (52) faces towards the intermediate part (56). Between the blister pack (52) and intermediate part (56) is arranged a first adhesive (70). The intermediate part (56) is partly covered by a removable separating part (57). A cover part (58) lies on the separating part (57). Between the intermediate part (56) and the separating part (57) is arranged a second adhesive (74). Between the intermediate part (56) not covered by the separating part (57) and the separating part (57) and cover part (58) is arranged a third adhesive (78).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti
  • Patent number: 6776285
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to facilitate separate waste disposal of blister packs by consumers. To achieve this object, a blister pack has been provided, which comprises a sheet-like thermoformed body having a number of protrusions extruded from a surface of the body; and a laminated film made from a synthetic resinous material, which closes openings of recesses on a reverse face of the thermoformed body after to-be-packaged matters have been placed in the recesses, each recess forming an interior of each protrusion, wherein the laminated film is bonded to the thermoformed body with a small bonding strength to be capable of peeling, and a cut is formed in a position surrounding the opening of each recess such that the cut penetrates the laminated film in its thickness direction from its reverse face but does not penetrate the body in its thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Daiwa Gravure Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukihiko Shibata
  • Publication number: 20040108240
    Abstract: A foldable, unitary, packaging means for use in conjunction with one or more blister pack(s) containing medicament comprising: (i) a first surface area presenting the medicament/blister pack(s); and (ii) a second surface area presenting text containing information/instructions relating to the medicament; wherein the ratio of the first surface area to the second surface area is greater than 1:2. The invention also extends to processes for preparing the said packaging means and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Philippe Ragot
  • Publication number: 20040104142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blister package for topiramate tablets comprising a pan sheet having preformed cavities containing topiramate tablets dried to a free water content of between about 0.4% to about 1.4% and a cover sheet sealed to the pan sheet. The present invention further provides a process for blister packaging dried topiramate tablets into a blister package with improved shelf-life and stability performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Monika Dobler, Stefan Merkle, Pedro Lorca, Dieter Bachmann
  • Publication number: 20040099561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for dispensing of tablets from an apparatus constituting a dispenser for tablets contained in a blister pack. The invention also relates to such apparatuses and to uses of such apparatuses. The invention makes use of an apparatus the operating of which greatly increases the facility of using the apparatus, increases the resistance towards tampering the apparatus and facilitates reducing the size of the apparatus when not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Henrik Bondgaard Christensen, Henrik Hougaard Vilstrup, Ole Hangaard, Keld Sloth Christensen, Kim Bisgaard Sorensen
  • Patent number: 6726053
    Abstract: A child resistant multiple dosage blister pack dispenser includes a main housing bottom component having walls and a bottom panel for supporting a blister pack, and a main top component. The bottom panel has a plurality of orifices located so as to position a blister pack thereabove, with individual dosages of the blister pack located above the orifices. These orifices are of sufficient size and shape to push individual dosages from the blister pack therethrough. The main housing top component is permanently connected to the bottom component and is laterally moveable relative to the bottom component. The top component has a first position, being a rest position, and having a second position, being a dispensing position. There is a biasing spring connected to at least one of the bottom component and the top component, that biases the top component relative to the bottom component so that the top component is in its first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: John E. Harrold
  • Patent number: 6726015
    Abstract: This invention includes an improved child-resistant medicant package. The package may be in the form of a card that has a first page connected by a fold line to a second page. The second page may have a first and a second side with a moveable member mounted in between the first and the second pages. Disposed on the moveable member and extending from the member are one or more blisters that are separated by a raised area. A medicant can be disposed within each blister. A tab and is connected to the first side by perforations, such that the member cannot be moved unless the tab is separated from the first side. Disposed in the second side of the second page are a pair of holes that are not in registry with the blisters so that access to the medicant is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Corporation
    Inventor: Martin E. Hulick
  • Publication number: 20040069675
    Abstract: A blister package comprises a medication holder molded from a transparent plastic sheet and having one end closed by an integrally-formed flexible and non-resilient wall and the other end closed by a removable lid attached to the holder by a line hinge. The holder has four ribs pressed out of its sidewall and which respectively receive four detents provided at the sides of a central spigot formed on the lid and which locate in the interiors of respective ribs. The sidewall of the holder provides a socket for the reception of the lid spigot and the combined wall strengths of the spigot and socket when interfitting with one another makes the combination relatively inflexible until the lid is removed from the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Gerard Stevens
  • Patent number: 6708825
    Abstract: A form of child-proof package for tablets and similar pharmaceutical products, features a blister pack with at least one blister which is closed off by a push-through type foil lid, the blister serving the purpose of accommodating the tablets. For the purpose of removing the tablets, the push-through type foil lid of the blister pack lies against a wall part and with respect to that can be displaced by sliding from a closed position to an open position so that, when in the open position, the blister with the tablets lie in line with openings in the wall part and the tablets can be pushed through the openings. The blister pack is arranged between a rear wall part and a front part, and the wall part with the openings lies between the rear wall part and the foil lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Alcan International Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Filion, Jean Andre Prud'homme
  • Patent number: 6705467
    Abstract: A blister package (1) with a bottom part (2) with at least one depression (3) and a cover film (6) that is fastened to the bottom part (2), covers the depressions (3) and can be forced through, the depressions (3) containing a product to be withdrawn. A cover layer (7) covers the cover film (6) and contains sections that can be forced through and others that cannot be forced through. The depression (3), in the rest position of the blister package (1), is located at least partially or completely above a section of the cover layer (7) that cannot be forced through. In order to expose the product to be withdrawn, the depression is displaced across a section (8) in the cover layer (7) that can be forced through by way of a lateral movement with respect to the cover layer (7). The product to be withdrawn can then be forced through the cover film (6) and the cover layer (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti