CA1246501A - Blister packs for divisible tablets - Google Patents

Blister packs for divisible tablets

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Publication number
CA1246501A
CA1246501A CA000469636A CA469636A CA1246501A CA 1246501 A CA1246501 A CA 1246501A CA 000469636 A CA000469636 A CA 000469636A CA 469636 A CA469636 A CA 469636A CA 1246501 A CA1246501 A CA 1246501A
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cover
depression
pack
foil
tablets
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CA000469636A
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French (fr)
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Dieter Perthes
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Hoechst AG
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Hoechst AG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/325Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil
    • B65D75/327Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil and forming several compartments
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/36Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages, the recess or recesses being preformed

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  • Composite Materials (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
  • Medicinal Preparation (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)
  • Medicines Containing Plant Substances (AREA)
  • External Artificial Organs (AREA)
  • Silver Salt Photography Or Processing Solution Therefor (AREA)
  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)

Abstract

Abstract of the disclosure:

If divisible tablets are accommodated in blister packs, there is the problem of safe accommodation of tablet remainders if only a part dose is taken. The invention relates to a blister pack in which an open depression can be sealed with a cover. Advantageously, an individual depression is provided, as a store for tablet remainders, which can be sealed with a cover -connected with the blister strip by means of a hinge -by the groove and tongue principle. A tab on the cover facilitates opening.

Description

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- 2 -So^called blister packs in which ~he tablets or capsules lie individually in depressions in a foil, the depressions are covered with another foil and the tablets - or caosules can be removed individually by being forced 5 through the seal foil have found acceptance for solid medicament formulations.
Di~isible tablets in wh;ch the do~age of the medicament can be reduced in a controlled manner by means of a groove or the like have furthermore met with approval.
1U If such divisible tablets are accommodated in blister packs, there is the problem of ~here the remainders of tablets are to be safely stored if only a part dose is , . . .
` taken. It is unsatisfactory to place the re~ainder of the tablet back in the depression of the packag;ng foil, since the medicament is not protected from falling out or from impurities~ Although sealing with an adhesive strip ;s possible, this is quite inconven;ent, since the fo;l through which the table~ was forced must first be spread over the depression again in order to prevent con~
tact w;th the adhesive as far as poss;ble. Th;s procedure ;s not Dract;cable for elderly or d;sabled patients.
The inven~ion relates to a blister pack for d;visible tablets, in wtlich an open depression can be sealed with a cover. Pr~ferred embodiments of this invention are illustrated ;n more detail belo~.
~ In one embodiment of the invention, the cover ; taPers conically or in a wedge-shapPd manner, so that it adheres irmly by friction and/or shaping to the depres-sion to be sealed. Alternatively or additionaily, one or both of the surfaces ~hich come into contact during sealing can improve the sealing by being roughened or by hav;ng knobs, wavy lines or the like. In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the cover and depression are connected by the groove and tongue prin-ciPle~ in which case, thus, for example, a double row of .
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beading is arranged around the depress;on, resulting in - the groove~ ;nto which 3 single row of beading on the cover engages, as the tongue. These connecting elements of groove and tongue can be applied, and stuck or welded, as separate elements to the blister strip and cover.
However, they are particularly advantageousLy worked from ~he striP and cover naterial itself~ for example by embossing or, especially advan~ageously, by deep-drawing.
The connecting elemen~s between th~ ~over and depression are advantageously designed to surround the entire dePression, since an air-tight and water-tight closure is thereby ensuredO As in the co~ponents of a snap-. fastener, the sealing elements connecting the groove and tongue can have a bulge . on the outside and a corresponding depression tgroove) inside.
^ In another preferred embod;ment of the invention, the cover is firmly connected to the blister strip. This avoids the cover being lost. The connection between the blister strip and the cover can be produced by one or more bands or strips, the blister strip, cover and connecting element advantageously being in one piece, that is to say, for example, segments being stamped out bet~een the blister strip and cover so that a strip (or several strips) of greater or lesser width is left as the connect;ng eLement. In another advantageous embodiment of the invention, the cover ;s connected to the blister striP ;n a hinged manner, for exa~ple by 3 ridge-fold, so that when the cover is rotated around this hinge or in ~he r;dge~fold, it rests over the depress;on to be sealed -and can eas;ly be f;xed by pressing.
In a further preferred embo~iment of the inven-tion, the cover has a tab, which facilitates opening~
This tab can also serve to fix the cover, for example by the possibility of being drawn through a loop or by bein~
attached to the str;p by the groove and tongue or snap-fastene~ pr;nc;ple.
The depress;on to be sealed can be filled with a tablet; however, an ind;vidual depression can also be 65~

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provided, as a store for tablet remainders. In this case, for example, a strip with 11 depressions would be filled with only 10 tablets, and at the end of the blister strip there would advantageously be a free depression, to which the cover is adjacent.
In the embodiment according to the invention with a tab on the cover on the one hand and an individual depression (as a store for tablet remainders) on the other hand, this depression - or also advantageously only its seal, that is to say, preferably, the groove and tongue - can also be such that the longitudinal side facing away from the hinge or ridge-fold runs to a greater or lesser degree to a point. The "point" accordingly points in the direction of the tab on the cover. This embodiment has the advantage that when the tab is pulled the sealed store or its seal is easier to open -initally at the "polnt", which means that jerky opening can more easily be avoided.
The blister packs according to the invention are particularly preferred for multi-divisible tablets, in par-ticular for multi-divisible oblong tablets. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the depressions in the blister strip are such that these oblong tablets stand on their edge.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the in-vention by way of example, and in which, Fig. 1 is a plan view of part of a blister pack according to a preferred embodiment of the invention; and, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view cor-responding to Fig. 1.
The blister pack shown in the drawings comprises a foil blister strip 1 formed with a series of depressions, an end one of which 2 i5 initially open (unsealed) while the - s other depressions 3 are initially sealed by a cover foil
4 . In the drawings, tablets 10 are shown in place in the depressions 3 and the foil 4 is shown partially drawn back to permit removal of the tablet from the endmost one of the depressions 3 .
Strip l is continued beyond the initially open de-pression 2 to form a cover 7 which adjoins the remainder of the strip at a ridge-fold 8 . Depression 2 is surround-ed by circular beads 5 and the cover 7 carries a cor-responding bead (6) dimension to fit between the beads S
when cover 7 is rotated about fold 8 . In other words, the double beads 5 and bead 6 form a tongue and groove type of coupling which permits the cover 7 to be folded over depression 2 and used to close the depression by engaging the bead 6 between the beads 5 .
Beyond bead 6 , the blister strip l is shaped to form a tab 9 which can be manually grasped to lift the co-ver and open the sealed tablet store represented by depres-sion 2 .
Tablets lO are multi-divisible tablets having grooves 11 .
Reference numeral 12 denotes perforation lines for facilitating removal of the cover foil 4 in strips, for ex-ample, if a depression originally filled with a tablet is to be used as a store for tablet remainders. In this way, re-maining portions of the cover foil 4 which would impede sealing with the cover 7 , are avoided.
The perforation lines 12 can also pass through both foils, that is to say the base foil and cover foil 4 (not shown in the figures), and then allows separation of single pac~aged tablets or capsules.
It should of course be noted that the preceeding description relates to a particular preferred embodiment of ~65(~

: the invention only and that many modifications are possible within the broad scope of the claims. It should also be noted that the term "foil" as used herein is to be interpreted : broadly as simply denoting a thin sheet-form material, which is not necessarily metal.

Claims (9)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY
OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A blister pack for divisible tablets, comprising a foil formed with a plurality of depressions receiving tablets or capsules and means sealing the tablets or capsules in the depressions while permitting the tablets or capsules to be removed individually by being forced through the foil or sealing means, wherein the pack further comprises at least one open depression, a cover adapted to reversibly seal said open depression, and tongue and groove sealing means associated with the cover and open depression for sealing of the depression by the cover.
2. A pack as claimed in claim 1, in which the tongue and groove sealing means are defined by annular beads formed in the foil and cover.
3. A pack as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the cover is adapted to reversibly seal around the circumference of the said open depression.
4. A pack as claimed in claim 1, in which the cover is formed as an integral extension of the foil in which the depressions are formed.
5. A pack as claimed in claim 4, wherein a hinge or a ridge-fold is formed between the cover and the remainder of the foil.
6. A pack as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, in which the cover is shaped to define a tab which can be manually grasped for opening the cover.
7. A pack as claimed in claim 4, in which the foil defines a blister strip formed with a row of said depressions, in which the endmost depression adjacent said cover comprises said open depression, whereby the cover can be folded inwardly with respect to the remainder of the foil to close said depression.
8. A pack as claimed in claim 7, in which the outer edge of the cover has a pointed configuration.
9. In a blister pack for divisible tablets, the improvement comprising at least one open depression, a cover adapted to reversibly seal said open depression and tongue and groove sealing means associated with the cover and open depression for sealing of the depression by the cover, whereby the depression can be used as a store for parts of a tablet.
CA000469636A 1983-12-08 1984-12-07 Blister packs for divisible tablets Expired CA1246501A (en)

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DE19833344393 DE3344393A1 (en) 1983-12-08 1983-12-08 BLISTER PACKS FOR DIVISIBLE TABLETS
DEP3344393.9 1983-12-08

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KR (1) KR850004238A (en)
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