EP1794063A1

EP1794063A1 - Packing device for distributing secured product units

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Publication number: EP1794063A1
Application number: EP05799907A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Pierre Doublet; Nathalie Vast
Original assignee: ArjoWiggins Security SAS
Current assignee: ArjoWiggins Security SAS
Priority date: 2004-09-21
Filing date: 2005-09-19
Publication date: 2007-06-13
Anticipated expiration: 2025-09-19
Also published as: WO2006032814A1; FR2875488A1; FR2875488B1; EP1794063B1; BRPI0506003A; ES2322606T3; DE602005012972D1; ATE423741T1

Abstract

The invention relates to a packing device comprising a plurality of packing elements (2) each of which contains at least one product unit (3) which are connected to each other and are placed in the same external package, a plurality of security elements (9) belonging to said packing elements or connected thereto and disposed in such a way that it is possible to jointly distribute at least one packing element (2) and at least one security element (9).

Description

Packaging device for dispensing secure product units

The present invention relates to the distribution of units of a product, for example a pharmaceutical specialty that can be delivered to the patient in pharmacy dispensary or hospital pharmacy. Pharmaceutical specialties are usually formulated as units and packaged. Commonly, and in particular according to the European regulation, the term "primary packaging" means the container or any other form of packaging which is in direct contact with the pharmaceutical specialty and the term "outer packaging" is the packaging in which is placed the primary packaging. The quantity of units in each outer packaging is generally determined beforehand between the pharmaceutical laboratory and the local authorities responsible for the public health regulations of the country concerned.

The primary packaging may in particular take the form of blisters, bags or bags, in particular sealed and / or glued sheets and the outer packaging that of a cardboard box. Most frequently, in this case, it is the entire box that is sold by the pharmacist to the patient.

However, it happens that the patient does not consume all the units of the pharmaceutical specialty that were sold to him, pharmacists are not allowed to "unpack" pharmaceutical presentations in some countries. One of the methods that can be used to dispense the exact number of units of the proprietary medicinal product for each treatment may be to pack in bulk, for example in jars, said units and to deliver the exact number to the patient simply by counting them. .

In addition to the fact that, for regulatory reasons, all countries do not know this practice, it is clear that this method requires a lot of manipulation for the pharmacist, and can be tedious. Moreover, it has the disadvantage of not being adapted to pharmaceutical specialties other than tablets or to tablets sensitive to moisture or repeated handling.

Patent application GB 2 223 001 proposes in particular a packaging system which enables the pharmacist to easily deliver the required number of pharmaceutical specialty units while retaining them in their original packaging.

More precisely, this patent application describes a blister-type packaging under the form of a roll consisting of a succession of transverse strips separated from perforation lines. The roll can be packaged in a box having a window through which it can be dispensed.

Still in the field of blister packaging, patent application FR 2 786 158 discloses a packaging device in the form of a ribbon having one or two cells in the width direction, wound on itself to form a roll. This application also describes a reel for extracting the desired number of blisters.

In addition to the problem of adjusting the number of specialty pharmaceutical units to the prescribed treatment, the safety of the products dispensed is a constant concern, both with regard to traceability and the fight against counterfeiting.

Reflections are underway in various countries and particularly in the United States to set up reliable authentication systems to alleviate these problems. The present invention aims inter alia to provide a solution to this safety problem, in particular in the case of pharmaceutical or medical specialties including vaccines or syringes, but also for other products, especially small and / or strong products. added value and that require security, such as chips for phones, spare parts or jewelry or watches. It achieves, according to a first aspect, through a packaging device comprising:

a plurality of packaging elements each comprising at least one unit of a product, integral with each other or contained in the same outer packaging, a plurality of security elements belonging to the packaging elements or integral with those elements; ci and arranged to allow the joint distribution of at least one conditioning element and at least one security element.

In a first example of implementation of the invention, the packaging device comprises a strip formed by a succession of packaging elements.

Advantageously, two adjacent conditioning elements are separated by an embrittlement line. The latter can be adapted to manual detachment or automated, and may include for example a series of holes or removal of material, a pre-cut or a weakening related to a heat treatment, for example by means of a laser.

The tape can be packaged in a roll. Alternatively, the band is packaged by being folded, for example accordion.

In a second example of implementation of the invention, the packaging elements are assembled via a binding. The packaging elements may for example be glued or welded to each other or be connected by means of turns or staples, or by any other suitable fastening means. In a third example of implementation of the invention, the packaging elements are included, for example pell-mell, in the same outer packaging and each packaging element comprises at least one security element.

Each packaging element may comprise a single product unit or more. When each packaging element comprises several product units, the latter may for example be arranged in one or more rows.

The number of product units per conditioning element is, for example, between 1 and 10.

In an exemplary implementation of the invention, each packaging element comprises a blister. In a conventional manner, a blister may comprise one or more cells generally made of plastic, most often transparent, sealed with a sealing film, of plastic or metallic or metallized material, the product or products being placed in the cell or cells. corresponding. The blister is still commonly called thermoformed blister, blister pack or blister pack.

The packaging element may also comprise at least two sealed sheets and / or glued, for example based on aluminum, plastic and / or paper, arranged such that each unit of product is included in a package individual.

As a product that can be stored in a packaging device according to the present invention, mention may be made of any product, in particular a chemical product, such as food supplements, cosmetic products, phytosanitary products or else pharmaceutical specialties, vaccines or syringes, or various other products. other products, in particular of small size and / or with high added value and / or requiring security, such for example chips for mobile phones or other electronic devices, spare parts, jewelry or watches.

When the product is a pharmaceutical specialty, all galenic forms can be employed to be packaged in the device according to the present invention. Thus, the doses may take the form of tablets, granules, pills, capsules, typically adapted for oral administration, or suppositories or eggs adapted respectively to rectal and vaginal administration, or solutions, powders and creams.

The security elements can form a first-level security, being detectable to the naked eye by the public without external assistance from a device and can in particular be chosen from: the elements with variable optical effect and / or diffractive and / or interferential such as holographic, iridescent or liquid crystal elements; watermarks; impressions of a varnish or a specific ink; thermochromic tracers; fibers and / or planks visible colored or even different colors or a mixture of fibers and / or colored boards; optical interference filters; Fresnel lens effect elements; lenticular networks; microperforations; metals and / or metal oxides of different colors; security son, these son may be metallic, metallized, metallized / demetallized and / or printed, for example, and include information appearing in positive and / or negative such as a text, a drawing or a logo.

The security elements may also be second-level or even third-level, detectable with the aid of a suitable detection device more or less sophisticated, and chosen in particular: RFID radio identification devices, magnetic coatings or crystalline; bar codes; hidden impressions for example digital watermark type (hidden and coded points field); rare earths; metallic and / or magnetic fibers or particles; tracers detectable by X-ray fluorescence; luminescent particles (fluorescent, phosphorescent) such as fibers, aggregates or microspheres sensitive to infrared rays or ultraviolet rays; microspheres; visible particles under UV; fluorescent nanoparticles, in particular UV quantum dots; elements detectable in microwaves; anti-theft elements; wires with magnetic coding; piezochromic tracers, thermochromic, photochromic; all types of markers and in particularly biomarkers, in particular based on DNA; tracers that change color in contact with one or more predetermined products and any combination of the aforementioned security elements. Among the UV-reactive substances, the visible-re-emitting pigments may be used in excitation at 365 nm or 254 nm wavelengths such as inorganic pigments or organic pigments supplied by NEMOTO and HONEYWELL. It is also possible to use re-emitting pigments with a different color at the two wavelengths mentioned above, such as, for example, the CD R / GI pigment of the company HONEYWELL.

It is also possible to use so-called "up-converter" or antistoke pigments which are excited in FIR and which re-emit in the visible such as the LUMILUX UC6 pigment of the company HONEYWELL. In the same way, it will be possible to use pigments which are excited in FUV and which re-emit in FIR, such as, for example, the IR pigment 139 of the company HONEYWELL which, excited at a wavelength close to 300 nm, emits between 900 and 1000 nm. It is also possible to use the pigments which are excited in FIR and which re-emit in FIR as the IR pigment CD 170 of the company HONEYWELL which, excited under a wavelength of 620 nm, re-emits around 1050 nm.

As regards the thermochromic substances, it is possible for example to use the products of the company MATSUI referenced CHROMICOLOR Aqualite AQ ink. These products are colored at room temperature and become colorless at a higher temperature.

Conditioning devices comprising combinations of first and second level security elements are also part of the invention.

These security elements can be used as means of authentication to fight against counterfeiting. They can also provide a traceability role.

When it comprises a blister, the packaging element may comprise at least one safety element on the lid or on the associated plate, for example attached to the surface thereof or embedded in the plastic material used in the achieve. Each packaging element may comprise a single security element or a plurality of dispersed security elements. The security element or elements can be located in particular in the cells. When the packaging element comprises at least two sealed and / or glued sheets, the security element or elements may be placed for example on one of the faces of at least one of the sheets or may be situated between these sheets. ci, for example in the areas of sealing and / or gluing. At least one security element may still be present inside the packaging element, for example in a compartment containing a user manual and / or on this notice itself.

The packaging element may for example comprise a notice comprising at least one security element and / or an RFID device in the same compartment as the record.

Moreover, a related problem in the field of drug distribution when the adequacy between the number of product units prescribed and the number of product units exempted is sought, is related to the issuance of instructions for use of the drugs. products. Thus, if the pharmacist uses the devices described above for the aforementioned applications GB 2 223 001 and FR 2 786 158, he is obliged to provide separately the instructions for use of the products, which leads him to additional manipulations and compels him to classify these records, such classification being a source of potential errors. The same types of problems can arise in the context of any distribution of products to be accompanied by the issuance of information, whether for example cosmetic or phytosanitary products or food supplements.

Thus, regardless of the presence or absence of security elements, the packaging device may comprise a plurality of information carriers integral with the packaging elements or belonging to them and arranged so as to allow the joint separation of the less an information medium and at least one conditioning element. The information carriers are repeated for example between the product units on the packaging elements or are arranged at least partially adjacent to them or are superimposed at least partially thereon. The packaging device may comprise a plurality of information carriers integral with the packaging elements or belonging to them and arranged so as to allow the joint separation of at least one information carrier and at least one conditioning, said information carriers not being altered when the product units are removed from a packaging element during its use.

The information carriers may be part of the conditioning elements or may be reported thereon.

According to a particular embodiment, the information carriers are arranged on the packaging elements between the product units, on the same side as the product units if they are arranged only on one side of the packaging elements, or as a variant of the opposite side.

According to another particular embodiment, the information carriers are arranged laterally relative to the conditioning elements. The information carriers are for example formed at least partially by one or more lateral extensions of the conditioning elements or are attached thereto, being for example secured to a marginal zone thereof, in particular by bonding, welding, stapling or by any other suitable fastening means.

An information carrier such as a notice can still be contained in a housing of the conditioning element. This may for example be in the form of a blister having at least two slots, one receiving the product to be packaged and the other the information carrier.

The information carriers may comprise a material that is identical to or different from a material, at least one of the conditioning elements. In an exemplary implementation of the invention, the information carriers comprise a fibrous material, in particular paper or cardboard, optionally reinforced with a resin, for example a synthetic resin, or with a woven or a non-woven .

As a variant, the information carriers may comprise a metal and / or a plastic material, in particular a metal film or a plastic film.

The information carriers may have a composite structure or not, comprising for example at least two layers of different materials. At least one of the information carriers may comprise a plurality of sheets, in particular sheets connected to them, for example by means of rings, staples, rivets, a solder or an adhesive. not being limiting.

Two adjacent sheets may be temporarily secured, in particular using an adhesive, for example a pressure-sensitive adhesive.

The information carriers may be separated from each other by at least one weakening line, arranged in particular in the alignment of an embrittlement line located between two adjacent conditioning elements.

In an exemplary implementation of the invention, the packaging elements comprise at least one element capable of cooperating with a drive member thereof, this element may for example comprise a perforation arranged to cooperate with a pin of the drive member.

Preferably, the information carriers include apparent information, including printed information. The information carriers may also include encrypted information or not.

The information present on the media of information can be apprehensible or not. When this information is not apprehensible, especially requiring a reading using a suitable reading device, for example in the form of a barcode or a hidden print, this information may for example be printed in a readable form on a separate sheet, either by the pharmacist when the product is a medicine, or by the customer, thanks to a reading and printing terminal for example.

The information carriers may also include one or more security elements as defined above. In the case where the information carrier is a notice made at least partially of paper, the record may comprise at least one security element conventionally used in the field of securing papers, such as for example a watermark, a thread of security, ...

Each information carrier can be connected to the associated packaging element so as to show any attempt to separate the two. At least one of the information carriers can be folded, especially accordion. Thus, it can contain more information about the product. In the case of a proprietary medicinal product, information carriers may contain information such as the name of the product, such as the common name, the pharmaceutical form and the content by weight, by volume or in units of catch, the list of excipients, the method of administration, the special warnings, the therapeutic indications, the batch number, the name of the manufacturer, the marketing authorization number, the expiry date, and all information and / or instructions concerning the use of the product and in particular its posology.

Still in the case of a pharmaceutical specialty, each carrier of information may further include, if required by local regulations, a pharmaceutical label, presenting various information concerning the pharmaceutical specialty concerned. This may be adhesive and be configured to be easily detached for affixing to a disease sheet.

Each information carrier comprises for example a user manual. The invention also relates to a packaging device comprising: a set of packaging elements each comprising at least one unit of a product, integral with each other, and a plurality of information carriers integral with the packaging elements and belonging thereto and arranged to allow the joint separation of at least one information medium and at least one packaging element, said information carriers repeating between the product units or the elements of packaging or being arranged at least partially adjacent to or at least partially superimposed thereto, said information carriers preferably not being altered during the aforementioned separation.

The invention also relates, in another of its aspects, independently or in combination with the foregoing, to a packaging device comprising:

a set of packaging elements each comprising at least one unit of a product, integral with each other, and

a plurality of information carriers integral with or belonging to the conditioning elements and arranged so as to allow the separation at least one information carrier and at least one packaging element, said information carriers not being altered when the product units are removed from a packaging element in use.

The expression "not being altered" must be understood as meaning that the information useful to the user, present on the information medium, remains apprehensible without difficulty. The absence of alteration can result, for example, in the absence of tearing or perforation of the information carrier during use.

The device may comprise a band formed by a succession of conditioning elements possibly packaged in roll or folded accordion. The packaging elements can still be assembled via a binding.

Another subject of the invention, according to another of its aspects, is a dispenser comprising:

a plurality of packaging elements each comprising at least one unit of a product, integral with each other or initially understood, in particular pell-mell or stacked, in one and the same outer packaging,

a plurality of security elements integral with or belonging to the conditioning elements and arranged in such a way as to allow the joint distribution of at least one conditioning element and at least one security element, a receptacle for at least partially receive the conditioning elements.

a set of packaging elements each comprising at least one unit of a product, integral with each other,

a plurality of information carriers integral with or belonging to the conditioning elements and arranged so as to allow the joint separation of at least one information carrier and at least one conditioning element, said carrier information repeating between the product units on the packaging elements or being arranged at least partially adjacent thereto, or at least partially superimposed thereon, and a receptacle for at least partially receiving the conditioning elements.

In exemplary embodiments of the invention, the distributors described above each comprise a drive member or sampling elements conditioning.

Said dispensers may be configured to be operated manually or automatically, and each comprise, if desired, at least one cutting member of the conditioning elements.

The dispensers each comprise for example a reel. In exemplary embodiments of the invention, particularly when the dispensers are automatically operated, they may include a system for selecting the number of product units to be dispensed.

The packaging elements may be stored in the dispenser receptacles in the form of a roll and the dispenser drive member arranged to rotate the roll.

The dispensers may each include a reading device, in particular for reading smart cards or bar codes.

Thus, a patient provided with an electronic prescription stored for example on a smart card can obtain the distribution of the number of product units prescribed on the prescription by reading this electronic prescription using the device. reading. The smart card may store information other than that relating to the prescription, including information relating to the client's medical record.

Another subject of the invention is, according to another of its aspects, a method of dispensing one or more product units, wherein the product unit (s) is (are) carried by a set of packaging elements. secured to one another or included, in particular pell-mell or stacked, in one and the same outer packaging, a plurality of security elements being integral with or belonging to the packaging elements and arranged in such a way as to enable the dispensing joint of at least one conditioning element and at least one security element, the method comprising the following step: jointly distributing at least one conditioning element and at least one associated security element.

At least one security element is for example present on a lid of the conditioning element or in a housing thereof, this housing receiving for example an information carrier such as a notice. The information carrier may comprise at least one security element.

Another object of the invention is, according to another of its aspects, a method of dispensing one or more product units, the product unit or units being carried by a set of integral packaging elements. each other, a plurality of information carriers being integral with or belonging to the packaging elements and arranged to permit the joint separation of at least one information carrier and at least one conditioning, said information carriers being repeated between the units on the conditioning elements or being arranged at least partially adjacent thereto or superimposed at least partially thereto, the method comprising the following step:

jointly separating at least one conditioning element and at least one information carrier.

The latter method may further comprise the following steps: reading an electronic prescription, in particular memorized on a smart card, delivering, in particular automatically, the number of packaging elements satisfying the number of units prescribed on the electronic order .

The present invention further relates, according to another of its aspects, to a secure packaging element comprising at least one solidarity; - a product unit, a security element, and an information carrier.

According to a preferred embodiment, the secure packaging element comprises a blister comprising a cell containing a product unit and a cell containing the information carrier. The blister may advantageously comprise, as a security element, at least one element with a variable optical effect, in particular an interferential effect, preferably on the cover, such as a strip changing color following the viewing angle and optionally an RFID device and / or a watermark in the information carrier.

The invention will be better understood on reading the detailed description which follows, examples of non-limiting implementation thereof, and on examining the appended drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 represents, schematically and partially, in perspective, a packaging device according to an exemplary implementation of the invention,

FIG. 2 is a partial and schematic cross-section of a conditioning element, FIG. 3 represents detail III of FIG. 2,

FIGS. 4 and 5 are views similar to FIG. 3 of variant embodiments,

FIGS. 6 and 7 are partial and schematic sections of variants of conditioning elements; FIG. 8 represents detail VIII of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 6 of another variant embodiment,

FIG. 10 represents, schematically and partially, in perspective, a packaging device according to an exemplary implementation of the invention; FIG. 11 represents, schematically and partially, in perspective, a packaging device in accordance with a another example of implementation of the invention,

FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate, schematically and partially, in perspective, other examples of packaging devices; FIGS. 12 to 20 illustrate, schematically and partially, different arrangements of an information carrier on a packaging element; ,

FIGS. 21 and 22 show, diagrammatically and partially, in perspective, two conditioning devices in accordance with other exemplary embodiments of the invention; FIGS. 23 and 24 show, schematically and partially, examples of distributors; according to the invention, and - Figures 25 to 27 show schematically, respectively in plan view, in section and in bottom view, a packaging element according to another embodiment of the invention.

In the drawing, the relative dimensions have not always been respected, for the sake of clarity.

FIG. 1 shows a packaging device 1 comprising a plurality of packaging elements 2 of a plurality of product units 3.

In the illustrated example, the packaging elements 2 comprise blisters 6, comprising a wafer having cells 4 each containing a product unit 3. The cells 4 of a wafer are closed by a cover 8.

The conditioning elements 2 form a roll-conditioned strip 5, each packaging element 2 comprising a row of cells 4.

The band 5 comprises weakening lines 7 separating each two adjacent packaging elements 2. These weakening lines 7 may comprise a series of holes or removal of material, a pre-cut or a weakening related to a heat treatment, for example by means of a laser.

In the illustrated example, the packaging elements 2 have a substantially rectangular shape, with a long side extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the strip 5. In the example under consideration, the packaging device 1 comprises safety elements 9 which can be security elements of first and / or second level (x) or more.

Among the first-level security elements, mention may be made of: elements with variable and / or diffractive and / or interferential optical effects such as holographic, iridescent or liquid crystal elements; watermarks; impressions of a varnish or a specific ink; thermochromic tracers; fibers and / or planks visible colored or even different colors or a mixture of fibers and / or colored boards; optical interference filters; the lens effect elements of

Fresnel; lenticular networks; microperforations; the metals and / or metal oxides of different colors, the security threads, these threads being able to be metallic, metallized, metallized / demetallized and / or printed, for example, and to comprise a information appearing in positive and / or negative such as a text, a drawing or a logo; and any combination of these security features.

Second or higher level security elements may be selected from: RFID radio frequency devices; magnetic or crystalline coatings; bar codes; hidden impressions for example digital watermark type

(hidden and coded points field); rare earths; metallic and / or magnetic fibers or particles; tracers detectable by X-ray fluorescence; luminescent particles, especially fluorescent or phosphorescent, such as fibers, aggregates or microspheres sensitive to infrared rays or ultraviolet rays; microspheres; visible particles under UV; fluorescent nanoparticles, in particular UV quantum dots; elements detectable in microwaves; anti-theft elements; wires with magnetic coding; piezochromic tracers, thermochromic, photochromic; all types of markers and in particular biomarkers, in particular based on DNA; tracers that change color in contact with one or more predetermined products and any combination of these security elements.

The security elements 9 can be dispersed or not within each conditioning element 2.

In the example illustrated in Figure 1, the security elements 9 are in the form of fibers, but the security elements 9 may be presented in other than in the form of fibers, for example in the form of particles.

The security elements 9 can be introduced in the plastic material or be present on the surface thereof or on the cover 8.

When the security elements 9 are fibers, these can be for example visible and of different colors so as to provide a first level security system. They may be further metal or magnetic, for example, to create a second-level security system.

The security elements 9 may still not be dispersed within a packaging element 2 and each packaging element may for example comprise a single security element, as shown in FIG. 4. This security element 9 is for example an RFID radio frequency device or any other security element selected for example from the lists of security elements given above, first level, second level or more. The security element 9 is for example embedded at least partially in the plastic material of the blister wafer, at a cell or not.

The conditioning elements 2 may also comprise at least one security element 9 carried by the cover 8. The cover 8 may for example be coated externally by a security element 9, as shown in FIG. security 9 is for example a label glued or welded to the cover 8 or any surface coating such as for example an ink printing, for example a magnetic ink and / or comprising iridescent pigments. In a variant, the operculum 8 has optically variable properties, for example following a surface treatment. The cover 8 may for example have been embossed so as to form a hologram.

The conditioning elements 2 may not include a blister and the units 3 may for example be contained between two sheets 10 and 11, as illustrated in FIG. 6, these sheets being fixed to one another so as to form a bag or pouch containing the product unit 3.

The sheets 10 and 11 are for example glued or heat-welded and may have a composite structure, for example comprising a layer of metal, in particular aluminum, laminated with a layer of a thermoplastic material and / or glue.

In the case of bags or bags, the packaging element may for example comprise a security element 9 carried by one of the sheets 10 and 11, outside thereof, for example in the form of a security thread.

The security element 9 may still be present at the interface between the sheets 10 and 11, as illustrated in FIG. 8, for example in the assembly area thereof.

The security element 9 can still be present inside the compartment containing the unit or units 3 of product, for example by being fixed or deposited on the inner surface of one of the sheets.

FIG. 10 illustrates the case where each packaging element 2 comprises only one product unit 3, which makes it possible to form a ribbon. FIG. 11 illustrates a variant according to which the packaging element contains only a single unit of product 3 and where the latter is arranged pell-mell in an outer packaging 13, which may be a simple jar for example.

A conditioning device 1 can be used, for example, as follows.

Depending on the number of units of desired product, the user separates one or more conditioning elements 2 from the rest of the strip 5, along a weakening line 7.

As can be seen, the separation of a conditioning element 2 makes it possible to keep at least one security element 9 integral with it, so that the authentication and / or the traceability analysis, in particular, can be assured regardless of the number of separate product units.

Regardless of the presence or absence of security elements within each packaging element 2, the packaging device 1 may comprise information carriers 18, as illustrated in FIG. 12.

In the example of this figure, the packaging device 1 comprises, between each pair of rows of cells 4, an information carrier 18 with information relating to the conditions of use of the product.

When this is a pharmaceutical specialty, this information relates to therapeutic indications and dosage, for example.

The information carriers 18 may comprise an ink impression on the packaging elements 2.

Alternatively, the information carriers 18 may be reported on the packaging elements 2, being welded or glued on, for example. Each information carrier 18 may include visible indications, such as a text for example.

The information carriers 18 may each include a bar code or hidden and coded printing, the reading of which makes it possible to access, in particular via a computer and / or telephony network, for example the Internet, all or part of the notice on a computer screen or mobile phone or any other device, and / or print this notice. In the case of blisters, the information carriers 18 may be arranged on the face of the conditioning elements 2 on which the cells 4 project, as illustrated in FIG. 15.

In a variant, as illustrated in FIG. 14, the information carriers 18 may be arranged on the face of the conditioning elements 2 opposite to the cells 4.

The information carriers 18 may further comprise an accordion-folded sheet, as illustrated in FIG. 16, which makes it possible to increase the area available for presenting the information. In the example of FIG. 12, the information carriers 18 are each arranged between two rows of cells 4.

In a variant, as illustrated in FIG. 13, the packaging device 1 may comprise information carriers 18 arranged along a longitudinal edge of the strip 5. These information carriers 18 form lateral extensions of the strip 5. The supports 18 may be glued or welded to a marginal zone 11 of the conditioning elements 2, as illustrated in FIG. 17.

In order to allow the joint separation of a conditioning element 2 and an information carrier 18, the band 5 advantageously comprises an embrittlement line 7 extending on the information carriers 18, as can be seen in FIG. figure 13.

The information carriers 18 may comprise an unfolded sheet or, alternatively, an accordion folded sheet, as illustrated in FIG. 18.

As a further variant, as illustrated in FIG. 19, the information carriers

18 comprise a plurality of sheets connected along a common border. These sheets can be connected for example using staples 19, as shown in Figure 20. Alternatively, the sheets can be connected by rivets, gluing or welding, this list is not limiting.

Reference can be made in particular to US Pat. No. 6,669,236 which discloses examples of means for assembling information carriers on a packaging element.

In some exemplary embodiments, the information carriers 18 may be made from fibrous material, especially cellulose fibers and / or synthetic, or also in the form of son or plastic sheets especially based on polyolefins, in particular as the synthetic paper POLYART ^® from the company ARJOBEX Limited, or be composites for example a paper / plastic film complex. The information carriers 18 may be paper. If desired, in order to increase the safety of the packaging device and / or ensure the traceability thereof, it is possible to incorporate into the information carriers 18 and / or the packaging elements 2 such as those mentioned above.

For example, it is possible to produce on each information medium 18 an impression of a security ink comprising, for example, magnetic pigments and / or optically variable pigments. It is also possible to incorporate into the fibers of each information carrier 18, when it is made of paper, markers and / or magnetic or other fibers.

It is also possible, particularly in the case of the example of FIG. 13, to have a security thread that extends along the edge of the strip on the successive information carriers 18.

The packaging device 1, when provided with information carriers 18, is used for example in the following manner.

The separation of a conditioning element 2 may not alter the associated information carrier 18.

The information carriers 18 remain attached to the conditioning elements 2 after separation thereof.

Furthermore, when a product unit 3 is removed from its cell 4, the information carrier 8 remains intact.

In the examples of FIGS. 12 and 13 in particular, the packaging elements form a roll-conditioned strip. FIG. 21 shows a conditioning device 20 comprising a plurality of conditioning elements 21 with each, as in the case of conditioning elements 2 previously described, a row of cells 4 and an information carrier 18.

The conditioning elements 21 form a band 22 folded accordion.

In the example considered, the fold lines 25 correspond to the weakening lines making it possible to separate the conditioning elements 21.

Each conditioning element 21 may comprise a security thread 9 embedded in a layer of the conditioning element. This security thread may for example be a metallic thread with visible inscriptions in transparency, in transmitted light. FIG. 22 shows a conditioning device 30 according to another exemplary embodiment of the invention, comprising a plurality of conditioning elements 31.

These are assembled via a binder 35 arranged to allow the separation of the conditioning elements 31 as required. The conditioning elements 31 can be connected for example by gluing or welding, when the material of the conditioning elements 31 allows it.

Alternatively, the conditioning elements 31 may be connected by turns, or any other suitable means of assembly.

There is shown in Figure 22 a dispenser 40 having a receptacle 41, including a box, for example cardboard, for receiving a packaging device 1 roll.

This receptacle 41 has an opening 42 through which extends an end of the band 5.

To use the dispenser 40, the user pulls on the band 5 to remove the number of conditioning elements 2 desired.

Then the user separates the conditioning element or elements 2 corresponding to the desired quantity of the rest of the band 5.

FIG. 23 shows a dispenser 50 for automatically dispensing packaged product units in the packaging device 1.

This distributor 50 may comprise a cutting member for separating one or more conditioning elements 2 from the rest of the strip 5, a device for payment 51 allowing a user to adjust the amount corresponding to the products delivered and optionally a selection system 52 for selecting the desired number of product units.

The dispenser 50 may further include a reader 54 of smart cards. Thus a user provided with an electronic prescription stored on a smart card 55 can obtain the dispensing of doses prescribed on the prescription by inserting his card 55 in the reading device 54.

Figures 25 to 27 illustrate an alternative embodiment of a packaging element, which can be packaged in a batch in the same outer package such as a jar or a box or rosary.

The conditioning element 60 shown in these figures comprises a blister having two thermoformed cells respectively containing a product unit 3 and an information carrier comprising in this case a user manual 18.

The blister comprises a metallized cap lined with a security element such as a band 61 with variable optical effect. In the example considered, the band 61 has a goniochromatic effect and for example passes from blue to green depending on the angle of observation.

The notice 18 may also contain a security element, such as a watermark for example. Another security element 9 such as an RFID device may optionally be contained in the same cell as the record 18.

The expression "having one" shall be understood as being synonymous with "having at least one", unless the opposite is specified.

All the characteristics of the different examples of implementation of the invention may or may not be combined with each other within additional variants, not illustrated.

Claims

1. Packaging device comprising:

a plurality of packaging elements (2) each comprising at least one unit (3) of a product, integral with each other or contained in one and the same outer packaging,

a plurality of security elements (9) belonging to or integral with the packaging elements and arranged so as to allow the joint distribution of at least one conditioning element (2) and at least one security (9).

2. Packaging device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a strip (5) formed by a succession of conditioning elements (2).

3. Device according to one of the two preceding claims, characterized in that two adjacent conditioning elements are separated by a weakening line (7) to separate them.

4. Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that at least one of the weakening lines (7) comprises a series of holes or removal of material, a precut or a weakening related to a heat treatment, in particular to using a laser.

5. Device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the strip (5) is packaged in roll.

6. Device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the strip is conditioned by being folded, especially accordion.

7. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the conditioning elements (2) are assembled via a binding.

8. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the packaging elements (2) are included, including pell-mell, in the same outer packaging (13) and in that each packaging element (2) comprises a security element (9).

9. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each packaging element (2) comprises a plurality of units (3) of product arranged in one or more rows.

10. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the number of product units per conditioning element is between 1 and 10.

11. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each packaging element comprises a blister.

12. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that each packaging element comprises a bag or a bag.

13. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the security elements (9) are chosen from: the elements with variable optical effect and / or diffractive and / or interference such as holographic elements, iridescent or liquid crystal; watermarks; impressions of a varnish or a specific ink; thermochromic tracers; fibers and / or planks visible colored or even different colors or a mixture of fibers and / or colored boards; optical interference filters; Fresnel lens effect elements; lenticular networks; microperforations; metals and / or metal oxides of different colors; security threads, especially metallic security threads, metallized, metallized / demetallized and / or printed, including son with information appearing positive and / or negative such as a text, a drawing or a logo; magnetic or crystalline coatings; radio frequency identification devices RFID; bar codes; hidden impressions, in particular of the digital watermark type; rare earths; metallic and / or magnetic fibers or particles; tracers detectable by X-ray fluorescence; luminescent particles, especially fluorescent or phosphorescent, such as fibers, aggregates or microspheres sensitive to infrared rays or ultraviolet rays; microspheres; visible particles under UV; fluorescent nanoparticles, in particular UV quantum dots; elements detectable in microwaves; anti-theft elements; wires with magnetic coding; piezochromic tracers, thermochromic, photochromic; all types of markers and more particularly the biomarkers, in particular based on DNA; tracers that change color in contact with one or more predetermined products; any combination of these security features.

14. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises a plurality of information carriers (18) belonging to the packaging elements (2) or integral thereof and arranged so to allow the joint separation of at least one information carrier and at least one packaging element, the information carriers (18) being repeated between the product units (3) on the packaging elements or being disposed at least partially adjacent thereto or overlapping at least partially therewith.

15. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises a plurality of information carriers (18) belonging to or integral with the packaging elements and arranged to allow the joint separation of at least one information medium and at least one packaging element, said information carriers (18) not being altered when the product units (3) are removed from a packaging element (2) for use.

16. Device according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the information carriers (18) are part of the conditioning elements.

17. Device according to any one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that the information carriers (18) are attached to the conditioning elements.

18. Device according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that the information carriers (18) are arranged on the conditioning elements, between the product units.

19. Device according to any one of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that the information carriers (18) are arranged laterally relative to the conditioning elements (2).

20. Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the information carriers are formed at least partially by one or more lateral extensions of the conditioning elements.

21. Device according to any one of claims 14 to 20, characterized in that at least one of the information carriers comprises several sheets interconnected.

22. Device according to any one of claims 14 to 21, characterized in that the information carriers (18) are separated by at least one weakening line (7), arranged in particular in the alignment of a line. embrittlement between two adjacent packaging elements.

Device according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that at least one information medium comprises a bar code or a hidden and coded print, the reading of which makes it possible to access, where appropriate via a computer network and or telephony, at least part of the record.

24. Packaging device comprising:

a set of packaging elements each comprising at least one unit (3) of a product, integral with each other, and a plurality of information carriers (18) integral with the packaging elements or belonging to those elements; ci and arranged to allow the joint separation of at least one information carrier and at least one packaging element, said information carriers being repeated between the product units (3) on the packaging elements or being arranged at least partially adjacent to them or at least partially overlapping them.

25. Packaging device comprising:

a plurality of information carriers (18) integral with or belonging to the conditioning elements and arranged so as to allow the joint separation of at least one information carrier and at least one conditioning element, said information carriers not being altered when the product units are removed from a packaging element during use.

26. Device according to one of claims 24 or 25, characterized in that it is further as defined in any one of claims 2 to 22.

27. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the product is a pharmaceutical or medical specialty, a vaccine, a syringe, a chip for a telephone or other electronic device, a spare part, a jewelery or a watch.

28. Distributor with:

a plurality of packaging elements each comprising at least one unit of a product, integral with each other or contained in the same outer packaging,

a plurality of security elements integral with or belonging to the conditioning elements and arranged so as to allow the joint distribution of at least one conditioning element and at least one security element, and

a receptacle for at least partially receiving the conditioning elements.

29. Distributor (40; 50) comprising:

a set of packaging elements each comprising at least one unit of a product integral with each other,

a plurality of information carriers integral with or belonging to the conditioning elements and arranged so as to allow the joint separation of at least one information carrier and at least one conditioning element, said carrier information repeating between the product units (3) on the packaging elements or being arranged at least partially adjacent thereto, or at least partially superimposed thereon, and

- A receptacle (41) for receiving at least partially the conditioning elements.

30. A method of dispensing one or more product units, the product unit (s) being carried by a set of packaging elements integral with each other or included in the same outer packaging, a plurality of security elements being integral with or belonging to the packaging elements and arranged to allow the joint distribution of at least one packaging element and at least one security element, the method comprising the next step :

- jointly distribute at least one conditioning element and at least one security element.

31. A method of dispensing one or more product units, the product unit (s) being carried by a set of packaging elements integral with each other, a plurality of information carriers being integral with or belonging to the packaging elements and arranged so as to allow the joint separation of at least one information medium and at least one packaging element, said information carriers being repeated between the units on the packaging elements or being arranged at least partially adjacent thereto or at least partially superimposed thereon, the method comprising the following step: - jointly separating at least one conditioning element and less an information medium.

32. The method as claimed in the preceding claim, comprising the following steps:

- read an electronic prescription, in particular memorized on a smart card,

- deliver, in particular automatically, the number of packaging elements satisfying the number of product units prescribed on the electronic prescription.

33. Secure packaging element comprising at least one:

- a unit (3) of product,

a security element (9), and

an information carrier (18).

34. Packaging element according to claim 33, characterized in that the product is as defined in claim 27.

35. Packaging element according to one of claims 33 and 34, characterized in that the security element (9) is as defined in claim 13.

36. A packaging element according to any one of claims 33 to 35, characterized in that it comprises a blister comprising a cell containing the unit (3) of product and another cell containing the information carrier (18) .

37. A packaging element according to claim 36, characterized in that it further comprises at least one security element with variable optical effect on a operculum, optionally an RFID chip and / or watermarks in the information carrier (18).

38. A packaging element according to any one of claims 33 to 37, wherein the information carrier (18) comprises a paper notice and wherein said notice comprises at least one security element, such as a watermark, or a security thread.