BR112015003882A8 - Aparelho para embalagem de quantidades dosadas de porções sólidas de remédio - Google Patents

Aparelho para embalagem de quantidades dosadas de porções sólidas de remédio

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BR112015003882A8
BR112015003882A8 BR112015003882A BR112015003882A BR112015003882A8 BR 112015003882 A8 BR112015003882 A8 BR 112015003882A8 BR 112015003882 A BR112015003882 A BR 112015003882A BR 112015003882 A BR112015003882 A BR 112015003882A BR 112015003882 A8 BR112015003882 A8 BR 112015003882A8
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medicine
solid portions
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R Lockers Eddy
Van De Koot John
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Carefusion Switzerland 317 Sarl
Bd Switzerland Sarl
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B39/00Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
    • B65B39/007Guides or funnels for introducing articles into containers or wrappers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/10Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/24Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B59/00Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/04Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B65/00Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/06Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details coated or treated with anti-friction or anti-sticking materials, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B65/00Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/08Devices for counting or registering the number of articles handled, or the number of packages produced by the machine
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/06Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in a longitudinally-folded web, or in a web folded into a tube about the articles or quantities of material placed upon it
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2210/00Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/06Sterilising or cleaning machinery or conduits
    • B65B2210/08Cleaning nozzles, funnels or guides through which articles are introduced into containers or wrappers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)

Abstract

APARELHO PARA EMBALAGEM DE QUANTIDADES DOSADAS DE PORÇÕES SÓLIDAS DE REMÉDIO. A presente invenção refere-se a um aparelho de comissionamento para farmácias ou hospitais com uma capacidade melhorada de execução de serviço. O aparelho compreende uma pluralidade de estações de dosagem (2), cada estação de dosagem tendo uma abertura de saída para a distribuição de porções sólidas de remédio, e meios de coleta (17) para a coleta de quantidades dosadas de porções sólidas de remédio distribuídas pelas estações de dosagem (2) e para encaminhamento das quantidades dosadas de porções sólidas de remédio para um meio de embalagem (3), em que uma pluralidade de dutos de queda (7) é disposta para guiar as porções sólidas de remédio a partir das aberturas de saída para os meios de coleta (17), cada duto de queda (7) tendo uma saída e um número de aberturas, as aberturas de saída das estações de dosagem (2) sendo alinhadas com as aberturas de entrada dos dutos de queda (7), quando um duto de queda (7) for posicionado adjacente a uma coluna (V) de estações de dosagem (2). Cada duto de queda (7) consiste em pelo menos uma primeira parte (7a) e uma segunda parte (7b), formando o duto de queda, quando as partes forem montadas, as partes (7a, 7b) sendo conectadas de forma destacável em conjunto, de modo que as partes possam ser destacadas para fins de manutenção e de limpeza.
BR112015003882-4A 2012-08-31 2013-08-23 aparelho para embalagem de quantidades dosadas de porções sólidas de remédio BR112015003882B1 (pt)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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EP12182632.5 2012-08-31
EP12182632.5A EP2702979B1 (en) 2012-08-31 2012-08-31 An apparatus for packaging dosed quantities of solid drug portions
PCT/EP2013/067523 WO2014033059A1 (en) 2012-08-31 2013-08-23 An apparatus for packaging dosed quantities of solid drug portions

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EP (1) EP2702979B1 (pt)
JP (1) JP6120968B2 (pt)
KR (1) KR102141373B1 (pt)
CN (1) CN104684530B (pt)
AU (1) AU2013307391B2 (pt)
BR (1) BR112015003882B1 (pt)
CA (1) CA2882618C (pt)
DK (1) DK2702979T3 (pt)
ES (1) ES2544273T3 (pt)
MX (1) MX357139B (pt)
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