AU2016260676A1

AU2016260676A1 - Device for packaging portions of medication

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Publication number: AU2016260676A1
Application number: AU2016260676A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Christoph Hellenbrand
Original assignee: Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
Current assignee: Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
Priority date: 2015-05-13
Filing date: 2016-05-03
Publication date: 2017-11-23
Anticipated expiration: 2036-05-03
Also published as: BR112017023282A2; BR112017023282B1; CN107636740B; CA2983554A1; EP3093826A1; KR20180004719A; EP3093826B1; JP6720212B2; CA2983554C; CN107636740A; MX2017014385A; AU2016260676B2; JP2018516647A; WO2016180688A1; KR102510674B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for packaging portions of medication, wherein the device has improved cleaning possibilities according to the invention. The device comprises: a frame structure (10), to which at least one guiding apparatus (20) is fastened, which has a plurality of receiving openings (21) and at least one dispensing opening (22); a plurality of storage and dispensing stations (30), which have a stocking store (31) and a dispensing station (32) having a medication-dispensing channel (33); at least one holding apparatus (40), which a plurality of holders (41), in the case of each of which a medication slide (42), which has a receiving opening (43) and a dispensing opening (44), and a storage and dispensing station (20) are arranged in such a way that the receiving openings (43) of the medication slides (42) are associated with the medication-dispensing channels (33) of the dispensing stations (32) and the dispensing openings (44) of the medication slides (42) are associated with the receiving openings (21) of the at least one guiding apparatus (20); and at least one collecting device (50) for receiving portions of medication; wherein the at least one guiding apparatus (20) is detachably arranged on the frame structure (10) and the at least one holding apparatus (40) and the frame structure (10) are fastened to or in the device (1) in such a way that the holding apparatus (40) and the frame structure (10) can be moved in relation to each other in such a way that, in an access position, the at least one guiding apparatus (20) can be accessed from outside the device (1).

Description

Device for packaging medication portions

The present invention relates to a device for packaging medication portions.

So-called blister packaging machines are one type of device for packaging medication portions. For example, WO 2013/034504 A1 describes such a blister packaging machine.

The device according to the above-mentioned document is used in pharmacies and hospitals or, with appropriate dimensioning, also in blister packaging centers, and automatically combines medication combinations from multiple medication portions individually by patient according to the intake times ordered by the physician. The device packages medication combinations corresponding to order data in a pack formed from a packaging material web, so-called blister packs, wherein this pack leaves the device for further use as a strand of blister packs (also referred to as a "blister sleeve"). A blister pack generally corresponds in this case to an intake time of a patient, i.e., it contains all medication portions which a patient must take at a predetermined time of day. The order data themselves may be data derived from prescriptions or the like, for example.

The device described in the above-mentioned document is capable, because of its special design, of creating a plurality (several hundred) of blister packs per hour and is therefore used in particular where corresponding blister packs are to be prepared for a plurality of patients. If the demand on the production speed of the blister packs is not as high, other blister packaging machines are used, since the above-mentioned device is designed relatively complexly to achieve the high blister packaging speed. In the simpler blister packaging machines, a plurality of storage and dispensing stations is arranged in a matrix on or at a holding unit. From the storage and dispensing stations, the medication portions are supplied via a central guide unit to a packaging device, which blister packs the provided medication portions. Alternatively, the provided medication portions can also be packaged in another manner .

The storage and dispensing stations are fastened "from the outside" on the holding unit, and the medication portions dispensed from the storage and dispensing stations reach the central guide unit via medication slides. Because of the plurality of different medications which can be stored in the storage and dispensing stations, the guide unit is contaminated with a plurality of different medication fragments. The medication fragments can be blister packaged or packed with the medication portions and can trigger undesired side effects or allergic reactions when the patient takes the medication combination .

It is therefore essential, also in the case of packaging devices, the packaging speed of which is not as high as that of the above-mentioned device, that the parts of the device which come into contact with various medication portions are regularly cleaned. In the known devices, this cleaning operation is very time-consuming, since the devices must firstly be partially disassembled, to subsequently carefully clean, inter alia, the central guide unit by hand.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a device for packaging medication portions, in which cleaning-related shutdown times are reduced.

The object is achieved according to the invention by a device for packaging medication portions according to patent claim 1. The device according to the invention comprises a frame structure, on which at least one guide unit is fastened, wherein the guide unit has a plurality of receptacle openings and at least one dispensing opening. In the device according to the invention, the guide unit is an independent component, which can cooperate in the formation or support of a main structure of the device, but is not necessary for the main structure per se.

The device furthermore comprises a plurality of storage and dispensing stations for dispensing individual medication portions, wherein these storage and dispensing stations have a supply store for medication portions and a dispensing station having a medication dispensing channel for dispensing individual medication portions. The individual storage and dispensing stations are connected to a control unit, and individual medication portions can be dispensed from every storage and dispensing station upon a control command of this control unit.

The device furthermore comprises a holding unit for the storage and dispensing stations, wherein the holding unit has a plurality of mounts, in each of which a medication slide having a receptacle opening and a dispensing opening and also a storage and dispensing station are arranged, and specifically such that the receptacle openings of the medication slides are associated with the medication dispensing channels of the dispensing stations and the dispensing openings of the medication slides are associated with the receptacle openings of the at least one guide unit. In other words, the medication slides form the connecting element between the medication dispensing channel of a storage and dispensing station and the guide unit, i.e., isolated medication portions reach the guide unit via the medication slide.

Finally, to receive medication portions from the at least one guide unit and relay them to a packaging station, which packages the provided medication portions, the device comprises a collecting device. The manner of the embodiment of the collecting device is not significant for the present invention. Thus, for example, it can be a belt or a funnel arranged under the at least one guide unit, which conducts the dispensed medication portions to the packaging device.

Because of the plurality of the different medication portions which are dispensed from the storage and dispensing stations into the at least one guide unit, it is rapidly contaminated with medication fragments. The higher the degree of contamination with medication fractions, the greater the risk that medication fragments will be packaged with the combined medication portions. Regular cleaning of the guide unit is therefore necessary. To simplify such cleaning and therefore reduce the shutdown times of the device, it is provided that the guide unit is removably arranged or fastened on the frame structure. Furthermore, it is provided according to the invention that the at least one holding unit and the frame structure are fastened on or in the device such that the holding unit and the frame structure are movable relative to one another such that the at least one guide unit can be accessed from outside the device in an access position.

Because of the removable arrangement of the at least one guide unit on the frame structure, the guide unit can be removed and subsequently a guide unit which is already cleaned can be arranged in or on the frame structure. The combination of the above-mentioned features according to the invention enables the cleaning of the device to be carried out substantially more rapidly. All storage and dispensing stations located on the holding unit are moved away from the at least one guide unit by a single movement, and this guide unit is removed and replaced by a clean guide unit. Cumbersome cleaning of a permanently installed guide unit, as is required in the prior art, is dispensed with.

Depending on the type of the medication combinations to be expected and the number of medication portions to be packaged, one guide unit or a plurality of guide units can be used in the device according to the invention. For example, if it is to be expected that only a relatively small number of medication combinations are to be packaged, only one guide unit having only one internal guide channel can be used, wherein medication portions enter the guide channel via the receptacle openings and exit again via the dispensing opening.

Alternatively, a guide unit having a plurality of guide channels can be used, wherein then each guide channel is associated with a plurality of receptacle openings and one dispensing opening. It is also conceivable to use a plurality of guide units having one or multiple guide channels.

The holding unit for the storage and dispensing stations is preferably fastened so it is pivotable on the frame structure, for example. In such a case, the complete holding unit together with the storage and dispensing stations fastened thereon can be pivoted away from the guide unit(s), so that a direct access to the guide unit(s) is possible. A corresponding embodiment of the device has a simple design and is cost-effective to implement.

Alternatively to the pivoting of the at least one holding unit on the frame structure, for example, it is possible to displace the at least one holding unit and the guide unit(s) in parallel to one another, i.e., the frame structure relative to a fixed holding unit or a holding unit relative to a fixed frame structure. For this purpose, a displacement mechanism which is well-known to a person skilled in the art is to be installed in the device.

As already indicated, the guide unit(s) is/are removably arranged or fastened on the frame structure. To enable the most rapid possible removal from the frame structure, it is provided in a preferred embodiment that the at least one guide unit is implemented such that a formfitting removable connection exists between the guide unit and the frame structure. Furthermore, this has the advantage that a special tool is not required to remove the guide unit from the frame structure. According to the invention, the guide unit, or a composite of multiple guide units, can be suspended, for example, on a special mount of the frame structure. Further fixing of the guide unit is not absolutely necessary, since it is fixed during the "closing" of the device by the holding unit itself or the holding units themselves .

In addition to the guide unit(s), the medication slides are components which are strongly contaminated with medication fragments, so that frequent cleaning of the medication slides is also necessary, in particular if a storage and dispensing station having a medication which deviates from the medication previously stored therein is used with a medication slide. In the prior art, the medication slides are typically an integral part of the holding unit, the storage and dispensing stations, or the guide unit. This has the result that the above-mentioned components have a complicated structure, which is therefore complex to clean. It is provided according to the invention that the medication slides are removably fastened on the mounts of the at least one holding unit, so that they can be easily removed for cleaning and replaced by cleaned medication slides. For the above-mentioned reasons, it is particularly preferable for the medication slides to be implemented such that a formfitting removable connection exists between the medication slides and a holding unit.

The collecting device can be implemented as a conveyor belt, for example, which transports dispensed medication portions to the packaging device. With corresponding implementation of the conveyor belt, for example, having separating means arranged on the conveyor belt, multiple medication compositions can also be transported simultaneously using the conveyor belt. However, it is impractical and only possible with difficulty, in regard to the reliability of the separation of the individual medication combinations, to provide the conveyor belt with a plurality of separating means.

In a preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, it is therefore provided that the collecting device comprises a plurality of collecting units, which are used as temporary medication stores. One collecting unit is generally associated with one guide unit in this case, so that multiple medication preparations can be prepared in parallel, which can then be transferred after completion, for example, by opening a closure flap of a collecting unit, to a funnel or the like, from which they reach the packaging device.

Alternatively, the collecting units can also be fastened on a revolving transport belt and can be guided past below the guide unit(s), so that each collecting unit can be guided past each guide unit (and therefore at each storage and dispensing station), which substantially increases the number of different medication portions which can be used for a medication combination. As soon as a collecting unit is guided past or over the packaging device by means of the transport belt, the medication portions which are temporarily stored in the collecting unit are transferred to the packaging device.

To prevent medication fragments from hanging on the medication slides or the guide unit(s) and being absorbed or entrained by following medication portions, it is provided in a preferred embodiment that the medication slides and/or the guide unit has an antistick coating on the interior. Adhesion of medication fragments which form during operation is prevented, they fall downward through the device and can be disposed of in special regions provided for this purpose.

During the cleaning of the device, generally all medication slides are removed and replaced by cleaned medication slides.

The number of these medication slides is substantial, so that it can occur that during the replacement of contaminated medication slides, one or more mounts are not provided with a cleaned medication slide. As a result, the medication portions at these positions do not reach the associated guide unit as desired after dispensing by the dispensing station, which in turn has the result that the medication portion does not reach the medication combination as provided, so that it is flawed. To prevent replacement of a medication slide from being overlooked during the cleaning of the device, it is provided in a preferred embodiment that the device has a plurality of sensor units, which detect the presence of all medication slides. If it is established that one or more medication slides are missing after closing of the device, a signal tone or another notification, for example, a message on a display unit, can be output, which requests the insertion of the missing medication slides.

The invention will be described hereafter with reference to the appended drawing on the basis of several preferred embodiments, wherein

Figure 1 shows a sectional view of a first embodiment of the device according to the invention;

Figure 2 shows a sectional view of a second embodiment of the device according to the invention;

Figures 3a to 3c show detail views of a portion of the second embodiment;

Figures 4a and 4b show further detail views of a portion of the second embodiment;

Figures 5a to 5c show detail views of a holding unit having storage and dispensing stations and medication slides; and

Figures 6a and 6b show detail views of a third embodiment of the device according to the invention.

Figure 1 shows a sectional view through a first embodiment of the device according to the invention for packaging medication portions. In this first embodiment, a plurality of guide units (20) are installed, which are embodied as oblong downpipes having a plurality of receptacle openings 21 and a dispensing opening 22, wherein the receptacle openings 21 and dispensing openings 22 are only indicated in Figure 1. In the embodiment shown, a plurality of guide units is arranged in parallel adjacent to one another and forms a bundle of guide units, wherein the guide units can be connected to one another. Two such bundles are arranged in parallel one behind another, which cannot be seen in Figure 1, however (see Figure 3a in this regard). The individual guide units are each suspended on a suspension 13 of a frame structure 10, so that a formfitting connection is formed between the guide units and the suspensions. Each guide unit comprises a guide channel (not shown in Figure 1), to which medication portions are supplied via the receptacle openings 21.

The frame structure 10 comprises at least one horizontal girder 11 and at least two vertical girders 12 at the edges of the bundle of guide units, wherein the suspensions 13 are fastened on the horizontal girder 11. The frame structure 10 forms a structure arranged inside the device, on which the guide units are removably fastened, however, the guide units themselves do not form a part of the internal support structure of the device according to the invention, but rather can be removed completely from the device without impairing the internal support structure.

The device according to the invention furthermore comprises a holding unit 40, which can be seen in the background in the illustration according to Figure 1, and which is described in greater detail with reference to the following figures. The holding unit 40 is used to hold a plurality of medication slides and storage and dispensing stations and to align them in relation to the guide units. A collecting device 50 is arranged below the guide units 20, wherein it comprises a plurality of collecting units 52 in the first embodiment shown, which are fastened on a revolving transport belt 53 (only indicated) and are moved below the guide units. Each collecting unit 52 is thus aligned for a certain period of time at each guide unit, so that medication portions can be transferred from each guide unit into a specific collecting unit. The collecting device 50 furthermore comprises a funnel 51, into which the collected medication portions can be transferred from the collecting units 52 (for example, by opening a closing flap at a specific position above the funnel). From the funnel 51, the medication combinations formed by the medication portions reach a packaging device 60 (only schematically shown), using which the medication combinations are packaged. Whether the medication combinations are blister packaged or packed in another manner, for example, is dependent on the respective conditions.

The packaging device 60, the collecting device 50, and the storage and dispensing stations (not shown) are coupled to a control unit 60, via which the individual components of the device according to the invention are activated.

Figure 2 shows a sectional view of a second embodiment of the device according to the invention, wherein the second embodiment corresponds in large part to the first embodiment and only those aspects which deviate from the first embodiment are described hereafter.

As can be seen in the upper part of Figure 2, the guide units of the second embodiment are only fastened via two suspensions 13 inside the device, i.e., the bundles of guide units 20 are each assembled into one or two packets. The packets of guide units can only be removed as a whole, which is advantageous with regard to the duration of the replacement of the guide units, but also requires that a plurality of guide units is always replaced. A collecting device 50 is also arranged under the guide units in this embodiment, however, it does not comprise a plurality of collecting units, as was the case in the first embodiment, but rather only one large collecting funnel 51, which supplies the medication combinations to a packaging device 60, which is coupled to a control unit 70. In this embodiment, the storage and dispensing stations (not shown) are also coupled to the control unit 70, so that they can each be activated individually to dispense medication portions.

The device according to the invention is not restricted to the two above-mentioned embodiments. Thus, for example, special features of one embodiment can be combined with features of another embodiment. For example, it is conceivable to combine a collecting device having a plurality of collecting units with the manner of the embodiment of the guide units according to the second embodiment.

Figures 3a and 3b show detail views of a portion of the second embodiment. As can be seen in both figures, the device comprises two bundles of guide units 20 arranged behind one another in parallel, wherein the guide units or the bundles are arranged such that the receptacle openings 21 of the guide units 20 are arranged opposing and leading away from the middle plane between the bundles. A corresponding arrangement of the guide units is advisable in particular when, as will be shown in greater detail with regard to Figures 4a and 4b, two holding units 40 each having a plurality of storage and dispensing stations are installed.

According to the invention, it is provided that the at least one holding unit 40 and the frame structure 10 are fastened on or in the device such that the holding unit 40 and the frame structure 10 are movable in relation to one another such that the guide units 20 can be accessed from the outside in an access position. In the second embodiment of the device according to the invention, such a relative movement of the frame structure and the holding unit in relation to one another is implemented in that the holding unit 40 is arranged so it is pivotable.

As can be inferred from Figure 3a in particular, the holding unit 40 is implemented as a type of door, which comprises a vertical holding plane 45 and essentially horizontal and vertical frame elements 46 and 47, wherein the frame elements 46 and 47, as will be described hereafter with reference to Figure 3c, form a type of protective frame for the plurality of storage and dispensing stations.

As already indicated, the manner of the arrangement of the guide units 20 requires that the first and the second embodiments of the device according to the invention each comprise two holding units 40, which are pivotable with respect to the guide units, and specifically about the pivot axes SA1 and SA2 indicated in Figures 3a and 3b. To implement such a pivot, corresponding pivot joints are arranged either on the "rear" vertical girder 12, or other additional components of the frame structure 10 or the device itself. In Figure 3a, a corresponding pivot joint 14 is indicated for the second holding unit 40 (not shown).

Figure 3b shows a rear view of the illustration according to Figure 3a, wherein it can be seen well that the two bundles of guide units lie "back to back" and the respective receptacle openings 21 are arranged opposing one another. The guide units thus have a plurality of receptacle openings 21 "outward" in the embodiment, that is to say away from the center plane of the device .

In Figure 3b, a holding unit 40 is only shown on the right side. It comprises, as described in greater detail with reference to Figure 3c, a plurality of storage and dispensing stations, of which only the dispensing stations 32 are indicated for the sake of clarity.

Each dispensing station is associated with a medication slide 42 (only indicated), which extends through the holding plane 45 and provides a connection between the medication dispensing channel of the dispensing station and the receptacle openings of the guide units. The dispensing stations themselves thus do not extend with a portion through the holding plane, but rather are arranged or fastened thereon "from the outside."

Figure 3c illustrates how the dispensing stations 32 of the storage and dispensing stations are arranged on or at the holding unit 40. The storage and dispensing stations are arranged in a matrix, which is enclosed and protected by the horizontal and vertical frame elements 46, 47 of the holding unit. The dispensing stations 32 are (removably) fastened on the holding plane 45 of the holding unit 40 and the supply stores 31 (not shown) can be removably placed on the dispensing stations 32.

Figures 4a and 4b show detail views of portions of the second embodiment, wherein two holding units 40 are illustrated in these figures, which are arranged so they are pivotable inside the device. As indicated in Figures 3a, 3b, the holding units 40 are mounted in the device so they are pivotable using pivot joints (not shown here).

In the figures, the "rear" or "left" holding unit 40 is shown in a closed state, i.e., in a state in which the storage and dispensing stations and the medication slides are aligned on the guide units. The "front" or "right" holding unit 40 is already pivoted away somewhat from the guide units, specifically on the pivot axis SA2. All guide units 20 inside the device and the medication slides of the holding unit can be accessed by the pivoting open or away of the complete holding unit 40. The position shown in Figures 4a and 4b, however, is not yet suitable for unobstructed access to the above-mentioned components. For unobstructed access, the holding unit 40 must be pivoted away still further from the guide units.

As shown in Figure 4b, the guide units 20 can be implemented in multiple parts, in particular two parts, wherein a half 20a facing toward a holding unit 40 has the receptacle openings 21 in the embodiment shown. A half 20b facing toward the middle of the device comprises a guide channel 23, wherein this guide channel has projections, which are to slow the falling speed of medication portions inside the guide unit. Furthermore, it is indicated in Figure 4b that the guide units are provided on the inside with an antistick coating 24, which is to prevent adhesion of broken-off medication fragments.

In the embodiment shown, each guide unit 20 comprises a guide channel 23. As already indicated, the guide units can also be designed differently in alternative embodiments. Thus, for example, a guide unit having a plurality of guide channels or two guide units each having a plurality of guide channels can be used. In the simplest case, only one guide unit having at least one guide channel can be used. The respective distribution/arrangement of the receptacle openings and the dispensing opening(s) is dependent on the precise number and design of the guide channels.

Figures 5a - 5c show detail views of a holding unit 40 having a plurality of dispensing stations 32 fastened thereon, which are each part of a storage and dispensing station 30. In the view according to Figure 5a, two rows of dispensing stations 32 and medication slides associated therewith are omitted and it can be seen that the holding plane 45 of the holding unit 40 has a plurality of mounts 41. The mounts 41 are embodied in this embodiment as openings in the holding plane 45, and the medication slides 42 are arranged in a formfitting and removable manner in these openings (see Figures 5b, 5c in this regard). Projections 48 are implemented on each of the mounts 41, on which the dispensing stations 32 of the storage and dispensing stations 30 can be fastened.

As can be inferred from Figure 5b in particular, a medication slide 42 is typically arranged in each mount 41, via which the medication portions can be conducted from the dispensing channels of the dispensing stations into the guide units .

As already described, it is particularly preferable for the medication slides 42 to be arranged in a formfitting manner on the mounts 41. As can be inferred from Figure 5c, the medication slides 42 are simply inserted into the mounts 41 in the embodiment shown, wherein the receptacle openings 43 press against the medication dispensing channels 33 of the dispensing channels 32. The dispensing openings 44 of the medication slides are aligned on the receptacle openings of the guide units (in the closed state of the device).

Figure 5c furthermore indicates that the medication slides have an antistick coating 49b, which prevents or makes more difficult the adhesion of medication fragments. Furthermore, the holding unit 40 comprises a plurality of sensors 49a, which detect a presence of the medication slides, in the embodiment shown. The arrangement and number of the sensors is dependent on the precise structure thereof and is only to be indicated here. The sensors can be connected to the control unit of the device, and an absence of a medication slide can be centrally displayed. In addition, it is conceivable that the sensors ascertain the degree of soiling of the medication slides and transmit it to the control unit.

Figures 6a and 6b show detail views of a third embodiment of the device according to the invention. In this third embodiment, in contrast to the two above-described embodiments, a double layer of guide units is not installed, which each have receptacle openings toward only one side, but rather a single layer of guide units arranged in parallel, which have receptacle openings 21 toward both sides of the guide unit, wherein only the receptacle openings 21, which are not concealed by a holding unit 40, are shown in Figures 6a and 6b. In the embodiment shown, medication portions can be dispensed into the guide units from the storage and dispensing stations on both sides of the guide units.

In the first and second embodiments of the device according to the invention, the holding units were mounted so they are pivotable in the device. The possibility required according to the invention for the relative movement of the holding units or the guide units is implemented differently in the third embodiment, specifically by providing a sliding mechanism at the lower end of the holding unit 40. A guide rail 101 is arranged on a floor plate 100 of the device according to the invention, in which rollers 102 are guided at the lower end of the holding unit. Comparably to a sliding door, the holding unit 40 with all storage and dispensing stations and medication slides can be pushed away from the guide units 20, whereby the possibility of access to the guide units and the medication slides is provided. Alternatively, it is possible to mount the frame structure 10 so it is displaceable inside the device, so that the guide units can be pulled out of the composite holding unit/guide units/holding unit.

Of course, the two special features described in reference to the third embodiment of the device according to the invention can be combined with other features which were only described with regard to the first and second embodiments of the invention .

Claims

Claims

1. A device (1) for packaging medication portions, having a frame structure (10), on which at least one guide unit (20) is fastened, wherein the guide unit (20) has a plurality of receptacle openings (21) and at least one dispensing opening (22) , a plurality of storage and dispensing stations (30) for dispensing individual medication portions, wherein the storage and dispensing stations (30) have a supply store (31) for medication portions and a dispensing station (32) having a medication dispensing channel (33) for dispensing individual medication portions, at least one holding unit (40) for storage and dispensing stations (30), wherein the holding unit (40) has a plurality of mounts (41), in each of which a medication slide (42) having a receptacle opening (43) and a dispensing opening (44) and a storage and dispensing station (20) are arranged such that the receptacle openings (43) of the medication slides (42) are associated with the medication dispensing channels (33) of the dispensing stations (32) and the dispensing openings (44) of the medication slides (42) are associated with the receptacle openings (21) of the at least one guide unit (20), at least one collecting device (50) for receiving medication portions from the at least one guide unit (20) and relaying them to a packaging device (60), which packages the provided medication portions, characterized in that the at least one guide unit (20) is removably arranged on the frame structure (10) and the at least one holding unit (40) and the frame structure (10) are fastened on or in the device (1) such that the holding unit (40) and the frame structure (10) are movable relative to one another such that the at least one guide unit (20) can be accessed from outside the device (1) in an access position.
2. The device (1) for packaging medication portions as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the at least one holding unit (40) is mounted so it is pivotable.
3. The device (1) for packaging medication portions as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the at least one guide unit (20) is implemented such that a formfitting removable connection exists between the guide unit (20) and the frame structure (10).
4. The device (1) for packaging medication portions as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the medication slides (42) are removably fastened on the mounts (41) of the at least one holding unit (40).
5. The device (1) for packaging medication portions as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the medication slides (42) are implemented such that a formfitting connection exists between the medication slides (41) and the holding unit (40).
6. The device (1) for packaging medication portions as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the collecting device (50) comprises a plurality of collecting units (52), which are used as temporary medication stores.
7. The device (1) for packaging medication portions as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the medication slides (42) and/or the guide units (20) have an antistick coating (24, 42b) on the inside.
8. The device (1) for packaging medication portions as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the device (1) has a plurality of sensor units (49a) which detect the presence of the medication slides (41).