Abstract: The package supports a plurality of consumable products. The package is a blister package having a plurality of consumable products housed in a blister tray and covered with a rupturable sheet. The sheet overlies the open surfaces of the blister tray and includes rupturable locations formed thereon for permitting passage of the product therethrough.

Abstract: An improved child-resistant blister package is provided in which the lidding component includes a tear-resistant nonwoven layer with a thermally resistant layer adhered thereto and a barrier layer.

Abstract: A multifold, pharmaceutical treatment blister card (10) suitable for dispensing unit dosages of a pharmaceutical composition (80). The multifold card (10) may be further characterized as a two layer card section containing blister cavities (22) there between, wherein a security strip (32) is located between the cavities and one of the layers, and wherein the security strip must be removed prior to dislodging the pharmaceutical composition from the card.

Abstract: A fluidic device includes a first material defining a first region, a second material defining a second region that is separated from the first region, and a connector coupled between the first region and the second region. The connector includes a brittle material and has an open end and a closed end, the open end being disposed in the second region, the closed end being disposed in the first region. The first region is closed off from the second region by the closed end of the connector. The connector is configured such that when the closed end of the connector is broken, the connector defines a passage from the first region to the second region.

Abstract: A child resistant blister package includes a film having a surface wherein a plurality of cavities are formed therein containing at least one medicament; a cover sheet which overlies the cavities and is bonded to the film; and a wall structure raised above the surface of the film which extends throughout the film forming an interior region enclosing the plurality of cavities therein.

Abstract: A storage unit including a storage sheet having a plurality of compartments for storing a component therein, each compartment having a length and a first tear guide line located on the storage sheet. The storage unit further includes a second tear guide line located on the storage sheet. The first and second tear guide lines each have a length greater than a length of each compartment, and the first tear guide line is more easily torn than the second tear guide line.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical package assembly includes a tether having a fold-over card mating feature, and a fold-over card configured to house one or more pharmaceutical blisters, wherein the fold-over card includes a tether mating feature. One exemplary method of coupling the fold-over card to a tether includes forming a tether receiving recess in the front side of the fold-over card, folding the front side of the fold-over card adjacent to the back side of the fold-over card so that the tether receiving recess reveals an exposed portion of the fold-over card front side, and coupling the tether to the revealed portion of the card front side.

Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, a rack (10) is provided to stock medication containers (16). The medication rack (10) has a base (12) and a perpendicular partition (14) that splits the base (12) by the middle. On both sides of the base (12), a plurality of cavities (15) that match the bottom portion of medication containers (16) are provided for pegging the containers (16) into a position. A paper chart (30) is further provided, including imprinted indicia and medication-related information (31). The chart (30) folds in half and drapes over the partition (14), covering both sides of the partition (14). A clear cover (18), made of a material such as clear plastic, is positioned over the chart (30). The cover (18) matches the contour of the partition (14), and snaps into the base (12) of the rack (10).

Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment, as depicted in FIG. 1, a rack (10) is provided to stock medication containers (16). The rack (10) includes a base (12) and a perpendicular partition (14) that splits base (12) by the middle and into two sides. One tower (20) is provided at each diagonal end of base (12). A label (25) with indicia (26) and medication-related information (27) is provided on a face panel (21) of each tower (20). On both sides of base (12), a plurality of cavities (15) that match the shape of the bottom of medication containers (16) is provided for stocking medication containers (16). Accordingly, the medication containers (16) fit into cavities (15) within base (12), and are keyed into alignment so that a flat surface (28) of the medication containers (16) faces outwards of rack (10), and so that the flat surface (28) of medication containers (16) aligns with face panel (21) of the towers (20).

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved sealing sheet for use to close a container-defining sheet having a top surface comprising a given number of spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of the cavities being upwardly opened and thus defining a container that is surrounded by a flange that is part of the top surface of the container-defining sheet. This improved sealing sheet has a top layer with tearing lines punched therein in such a manner and position as to extend from one side of each cover piece that may be splitted from the sealing sheet to cover one of the cavities in line with opposite sides of a bottom piece left on the corresponding cover piece. Such facilitates peeling of the bottom piece and of the corresponding part of the cover piece from the corresponding container to have access to the element(s) stored in it while preventing glue to be left on the flanges that surround the top opening of the container since such flanges are then still covered by non splitted parts of the sealing sheet.

Abstract: An improved child-resistant blister package is provided in which the lidding component includes a tear-resistant nonwoven layer and a barrier layer. The nonwoven layer can be a melt-spun continuous filament nonwoven web. The lidding component used in peel off-push through blister packages of the invention contains fewer layers, can be processed at higher blister package sealing temperatures and has improved puncture resistance compared to lidding components used in child-resistant packages known in the art. In addition, in peel off-push through and peel-open package designs of the present invention, the lidding peels more cleanly from the blister component compared to packages known in the art which have a tendency to tear during peeling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a primary package unit for a plurality of separated film laminas as administration forms, having a bottom layer and a top layer sealed thereto, between which layers individual compartments, surrounded by sealed areas, are formed for the administration forms in the region of which the top and bottom layers are unsealed. The invention achieves the object of configuring such a primary package unit in such a manner that the same makes possible a more densely packed package for, in particular round, film laminas as administration forms. To this end, the primary package unit is provided with at least two rows (I, II) of compartments (4, 8), and said compartments (4, 8) and the administration forms (1) of neighboring rows (I, II) are offset from one another.

Abstract: A convenient package containing multiple prescription medications in pill form is provided herein. The package has the medication arranged in a convenient format for ease of patient use. In one embodiment, the package comprises a lower tray having receptacles for the two medications arranged in a predetermined divided pattern. In another embodiment, for each medication, the prescribed number of pills per day may be grouped together and the total medication divided into a period of use (e.g., days). The lower tray is generally covered by a thin film that may be broken through by the patient when access to a particular pill is desired. The package may be perforated to allow used portions to be separated from the unused portion and discarded. The package allows for a single prescription to be written covering at least two separate medications laid out in a single package.

Abstract: This invention relates to devices and a method promoting the convenient use of hand sterilizing fluids and gels applied to reduce the hand-borne transmission of pathogens. While clean, disinfected hands are widely recognized as a principle means for controlling the spread of infections, disease, and similar health problems to both self and others, the prompt and repeated application of such materials as soap and water or waterless alcohol gels is necessary for maintaining a sanitary hand condition. This is particularly true for nurses, health care providers, veterinarians, elementary teachers, food handlers and others where rapid and continuous movement between patients, clients and tasks provides optimum conditions for cross-contamination. This invention of a convenient, wrist-mounted dispenser of hand sterilizing fluids in a blister package format advances the use of such materials to effectively control the spread of hand-borne pathogens.

Abstract: System 10 delivers specified medication(s) 10M of a specified dosage in a specified sequence (see FIG. 1A). Flexible cover lamina 12C is pressed into selective engagement base lamina 12B defining a series of sequential storage units 10X and 10Y and 10Z with frangible seal 14F (no hatching) and destruct seal 14D (double hatching). Sealed medication chamber 16M is proximate the destruct seal within each storage unit. Chamber access region 16R is proximate the frangible seal within each storage unit. Diagonal chamber seal 14S (single hatching) extends across each storage unit. Breachable bubble 16B is positioned within each chamber access region and expands under applied pressure towards the frangible seal of the storage unit (see FIGS. 1A and 1B). The expansion separates the opposed laminae until the bubble produces perimeter breach 12P (see FIG. 1C) in the frangible seal. Flexible peel flap 14C is formed by the flexible cover lamina along the breached frangible seal as the bubble breaches.

Abstract: A cover assembly for a medication dispenser including a container defining a plurality of open-top medication compartments adapted to be closed by a compartment cover assembly including a plurality of individual covers selectively connected together. Each cover includes an integral fracturable tab depending from one end and coacting means on the container for securing the tabs in a snap-fit relationship when the cover is positioned to close its respective compartments. Each tab is independently secured relative to the container and fractured from its respective cover in response to upward movement of the opposite end of the cover to open the compartment. In one embodiment, the tab has a plurality of spaced-apart openings formed therein to create a weakened area to facilitate the separation of the cover from the tab. In another embodiment, a pair of notches extend into the sides of the tab.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved sealing sheet for use to close a container-defining sheet having a top surface comprising a given number of spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of the cavities being upwardly opened and thus defining a container that is surrounded by a flange that is part of the top surface of the container-defining sheet. This improved sealing sheet has a top layer with tearing lines punched therein in such a manner and position as to extend from one side of each cover piece that may be splitted from the sealing sheet to cover one of the cavities in line with opposite sides of a bottom piece left on the corresponding cover piece. Such facilitates peeling of the bottom piece and of the corresponding part of the cover piece from the corresponding container to have access to the element(s) stored in it while preventing glue to be left on the flanges that surround the top opening of the container since such flanges are then still covered by non splitted parts of the sealing sheet.

Abstract: A portable medication dispenser comprising: a receptacle and a housing; said receptacle consisting of a cylinder having a first end and a second end, a handle extending from said first end, a series of cavities along the length of the cylinder, and an external means to attach the cylinder along the periphery of its' axis at its' first end, its' second end, and between cavities to said housing; said housing consisting of a tube of greater diameter than said receptacle with an open first end and a closed second end, at its' first end, an internal means to attach to said receptacle, and extending from the exterior of said tube a means to attach said portable medication dispenser to other objects.

Abstract: A medication regimen communication device for holding example medications within the cavities (2) of modular frames (100). Each frame displays one type of medication, and frames may be attachable to or detached from one another as needed. When attached, each cavity would align with one another and with an indicated time. An example dosage (14) is contained in the cavity appropriate to the timing of that dosage. When fully employed, the connected frames and their contents would consist of a representation of all the medications taken over the period of indicated time—typically a single day's medications.

Abstract: A container for storing and dispensing consumer products comprises a multi-compartment moulded tray (1) formed with an array of discrete cavities (6) for receiving consumer products. A cover film (20) is secured by adhesive to the generally planar top surface (5) of the tray (1) to retain the one or more items within the cavities (6). The cover film has pre-formed tear lines (23) defining the peripheries of an array of tear-off portions (22), each tear-off portion being arranged so that in use it overlies an associated one of the cavities to retain the one or more items in that cavity until it is removed. Each tear-off portion (22) has an associated lug portion (24) not secured to the tray in use, for gripping by a user preparatory to removing the said tear-off portion (22).

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.

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.

Abstract: A cup includes a liquid storage chamber and a separate medicine storage container.

Abstract: An organizational treatment device and method for the treatment of obstructive pulmonary disease comprising both controller and rescue medications such that the need for rescue medication and consequent need for controller medication can be more certainly determined than at present.

Abstract: A case for receiving and dispensing pills, having an optional top cover having a forward edge and a rearward edge, an optional bottom cover having a forward edge and a rearward edge, a spine extending between the top cover and the bottom cover, to which the top cover and the bottom cover are affixed at the rearward edges thereof, and at least one sleeve containing a plurality of pills secured within the sleeve and adapted to be dispensed therefrom, the sleeve having a forward edge and a rearward edge and being attached to the spine at the rearward edge thereof between the top cover and the bottom cover.

Abstract: A pill container includes a plurality of compartments arranged radially from one another, each of the plurality of compartments adapted for receiving and retaining at least one pill and reversibly secured by a corresponding closure; and a movable tab located in each of the plurality of compartments, each movable tab is configured to reversibly move from a first position to a second position within the corresponding compartment to partition the compartment into two discrete compartment portions.

Abstract: A cover assembly for a medication dispenser including a container defining a plurality of open-top medication compartments adapted to be closed by a compartment cover assembly including a plurality of individual covers selectively connected together. Each cover includes an integral fracturable tab depending from one end and coacting means on the container for securing the tabs in a snap-fit relationship when the cover is positioned to close its respective compartments. Each tab is independently secured relative to the container and fractured from its respective cover in response to upward movement of the opposite end of the cover to open the compartment. In one embodiment, the tab has a plurality of spaced-apart openings formed therein to create a weakened area to facilitate the separation of the cover from the tab. In another embodiment, a pair of notches extend into the sides of the tab.

Abstract: There is provided a child resistant and senior friendly tamper evident package having a blister sheet with blister pockets for medicants, a rupturable foil sealed to a back side of the blister sheet, a layer of paper secured to a back side of the rupturable foil, and a reinforcing layer of a paperboard material being adhered to the paper layer with a portion of the reinforcing layer in registry with the blister pockets not being adhered thereto. There are provided tear strips and tab members to assist in removing the tear strips which delaminate.

Abstract: In a sterilizing agent capsule container and a sterilizer using the sterilizing agent capsule container where a vacuum sterilizing housing is filled with a chemical vapor obtained by the vaporization of a sterilizing agent to sterilize an object to be sterilized, a plurality of sealed sterilizing agent capsules are accommodated in the axial direction of a needle for removing a sterilizing agent in a capsule accommodation chamber of the sterilizing agent capsule container and the sealed sterilizing agent capsules are made of a material through which the needle can pass. A plurality of the sealed sterilizing agent capsules in the sterilizing agent capsule container can be gradually punctured by the needle in sequence.

Abstract: An integrated medicament package comprises a prefabricated medicament container having a plurality of initially open top blisters, a closure cover affixed to one marginal edge thereof by at least one living hinge, the closure cover having at least one clasp on an open end of the closure cover opposite the living hinge, the blisters arranged in rows and columns separated by longitudinal and transverse shoulders, at least one of the longitudinal and the transverse shoulders having perforations therethrough wherein the prefabricated medicine container is adapted to be separated along the perforations into a plurality of units, and a sealing sheet with medicament information at a location corresponding to the at least one said plurality of blister such that the medicament information on the outside surface of the sealing sheet corresponds with the medicament in the blisters, the medicament information comprising the name of the patient, the name of the medicament, the dosage of the medicament, the time of day, th

Abstract: Described is a preferred medicine organizer including both pill bottle and individual pill storage units. Preferred devices include upper and lower frame members removably attached to one another, with one providing the bottle storage unit and the other providing the individual pill storage unit. Preferred medicine organizers also include nestable components whereby multiple identical medicine organizers can be nested atop one another.

Abstract: The oral medication delivery device provides patient access to medications prescribed to be available on an as-needed basis, but with a minimum time intervals between doses. The required time interval between drug accessibility is programmed into the device when the medication tray carrying the multiple doses is loaded into the device. The device allows access to a single dose of the medication after each minimum time interval has elapsed. When the drug dose is removed from the device, the medication tray locks until the next minimum time interval has elapsed.

Abstract: A medication reminder apparatus, comprising a parallelepiped case with an electric clock, a processor within the case communicating with the clock, an electronic punch card reader within the case communicating with the processor, a punch card with columns, each column comprising a medication identification and a corresponding number of punch holes, each punch hole read by the punch card reader, reminder tabs caused to release by a motor controlled by the processor whereby a user is reminded what medications to take when.

Abstract: A multi-compartment pill container constructed to hold a week's worth of medication for a user. The container has a housing having a top surface, a number of removable compartments held within the rectangular openings in the top surface of the housing, and a lid attached to the housing and extending over the compartments. Each compartment is divided into chambers by separation walls. Each chamber has a chamber cover on which indicia is printed. The indicia includes abbreviations for the days of the week for each of the compartments, as well as times of the day for each of the chambers. At the correct time, the user ingests the medication from the appropriate chamber. The container also includes a telescopic drinking cup to aid in the taking of medication and a timer to notify the user to take the medication. Each compartment may be completely removed from the housing to allow the user to carry the compartment separate from the entire container.

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.

Abstract: A child resistant blister package includes a film having a surface wherein a plurality of cavities are formed therein containing at least one medicament; a cover sheet which overlies the cavities and is bonded to the film; and a wall structure raised above the surface of the film which extends throughout the film forming an interior region enclosing the plurality of cavities therein.

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 (22) that receives tablets (18) in an external package, arranged between a base part (14) and a cover part (16), and that is closed by a cover film (24) that can be pressed through. The cover film (24) of the blister pack (12) is directed towards the base part (14) and the base part (14) comprises an opening (38) through which the product can be withdrawn. The cup (22) of the blister pack (12) is displaceably guided in a slot (30) in the cover part (16) and can be brought in alignment with the opening (38) in the base part (14) so that the cover film (24) can be pressed through and the tablet (18) can be withdrawn. A tear tab (32) is detachably linked with the cover part (16) via a perforated line (36) and covers the slot (30) at least partially.

Abstract: An improved temporary pharmaceutical product packaging solution provides users with multiple individual cavities that may be filled with multiple individual doses of various pharmaceuticals and subsequently sealed by the user for future consumption of the pharmaceuticals. In a preferred exemplary embodiment, the user is able to simultaneously seal a plurality of individual cavities with a sheet of cover material after the individual cavities have been filled with the desired pharmaceuticals. In a preferred exemplary embodiment of the cover material is reverse printed with dosing information for an individual.

Abstract: in a pill case 1 comprising left and right side walls 4a, 4b, a rear wall 5 continued from the left and right side walls 4a, 4b and a bottom plate 6 provided between the left and right side walls 4a, 4b in the upper position of the lower ends of the left and right side walls 4a, 4b having an inclined face 9 obliquely upwardly inclined toward the front side from the rear wall 5, and the pill case 1 storing blister packs 30 put on the inclined face 9 of the bottom plate 6, a drawer 3 is placed in a space positioned below the bottom plate 6 and defined by the left and right side walls 4a, 4b and the bottom plate 6, so that the drawer 3 can be drawn toward the front. On the inside of left and right side walls 4a, 4b is provided at least a pair of opposed vertical groves 22.

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.

Abstract: An emergency storage container for glucose tablets including portions to attach the same to an item always carried by most people such as a key holder. The container includes a housing forming a pair of spaced, tablet-receiving pockets and an interconnected cover having hingedly secured portions movable from an open position permitting access to the tablets and a closed position sealing the pockets. An apertured tab forming part of the housing is adapted to receive a beaded chain or the like to attach the container to a key holder.

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.

Abstract: A separator insertable into a medicine container and thereupon defining upper and lower compartments in the medicine container, the separator having a separating portion pivotally supported for movement into a first position for forming the upper and lower compartments and into a second position providing access to the lower compartment, the separator including latching structure for releasably maintaining the separator portion in the first position.

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.

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).

Abstract: In order to design a sterile container for the accommodation and sterile storage, in particular, of surgical instruments or material, comprising a receiving area formed by a container base and container walls, such that it is easy and inexpensive to use it is suggested that the receiving area comprise a plurality of separate chambers and that each chamber have its own closure element.

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.

Abstract: This invention allows medications to be held in bottles in a “medicine organizer device” in such a way that all medications can be identified and taken by the user easily and safely and at the appropriate time. It minimizes the risks associated with forgetting to take medication. The invention facilitates direct transfer of the appropriate dosage of medicine to the patient's mouth without the need of hand contact that in addition to sanitary considerations can lead to dropping the medication before oral ingestion.

Abstract: A liquid vitamin composition comprising (a) a first liquid vitamin formulation comprising vitamins A, D3, B12 and optionally vitamin E, (b) a second liquid vitamin formulation comprising vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, and H, and (c) a third liquid vitamin formulation comprising vitamin K3 wherein the three formulations are separate solutions.

Abstract: A carrying case for carrying and organizing medication is disclosed. The carrying case comprises a first compartment and second compartment, with the first and second compartments relatively foldable along a common fold line between an open position and a closed position. The first and second compartments are disposed in face-to-face relationship when the first and second compartments are in the closed position. A plurality of slots are defined in at least one of the compartments, and a plurality of inserts are provided. Each of the inserts is sized for insertion into a corresponding one of the slots, with each of the inserts having at least one closeable chamber. A divider panel is provided, with the divider panel mounted for shiftable movement between a folded position in which the divider panel is disposed over at least one of the compartments and an unfolded position in which the divider panel permits access to the at least one compartment.