EP0051994B1 - Réceptacle distributeur pour médicaments - Google Patents

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EP0051994B1
EP0051994B1 EP19810305288 EP81305288A EP0051994B1 EP 0051994 B1 EP0051994 B1 EP 0051994B1 EP 19810305288 EP19810305288 EP 19810305288 EP 81305288 A EP81305288 A EP 81305288A EP 0051994 B1 EP0051994 B1 EP 0051994B1
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Kenneth J. 674 Gibilisco
Stephen Degnen
Richard Borders
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Merck and Co Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2583/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D2583/04—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets
    • B65D2583/0472—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action
    • B65D2583/0477—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets characterised by the dispensing action the container is maintained in the same position during the dispensing of several successive articles or doses
    • B65D2583/0481—One reciprocating action, e.g. to or from

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  • the invention relates to a medicament dispensing container.
  • the common container used by pharmacies for the dispensing of pills and capsules is an open-ended glass or plastic cylinder with a cap closure to retain the medicament when not being dispensed.
  • the cap closure is sometimes a screw cap or alternatively may be a ptastic snap-off cap or any of a variety of child resistant closures that require careful alignment of cap position in order to remove it from the container.
  • Such caps rather than simplifying the opening and closing of containers usually make the process more difficult.
  • Certain of the prior art devices are especially designed to act as containers for the delivery of one unit of medication; e.g. a single capsule or pill at a time.
  • Such devices are disclosed for example in U.S.A. Patent Specification No. 4,154,365 which shows a dispensing container for single capsules which is essentially a pair of axial, telescoped members in which the inner member carries a stack of pills or other articles to be dispensed and the inner member may be reciprocated within the outer member between a normal, non-dispensing position and the dispensing position.
  • the tubular members have openings which register when the inner member is depressed relative to the outer member, to allow the lowermost article of the stack to pass through the registered dispensing openings by gravity.
  • a drawback of this kind of dispenser is that the openings must be carefully registered and held in place until the article drops out. This requires careful manual manipulation and there is difficulty, for a patient having limited or painful finger mobility, in using such devices.
  • Austrian Specification No. 337,907 shows telescopically disposed inner and outer cylinders which can be moved axially relative to one another against the force of a spring, such movement allowing a closing jaws arrangement, at one end of the inner cylinder, to open to permit dispensing of pills from the inner cylinder and also causing a resilient stop to be inserted into the inner cylinder to limit the number of pills dispensed.
  • Such a device can readily be operated by an individual with limited finger mobility the lower receptacle being simply pressed into the upper receptacle to allow delivery of a single pill or capsule into the palm of the user's hand.
  • the outer receptacle is essentially a cylindrical storage container for capsules having one end preferably permanently closed.
  • the outer receptacle can be closed with a removable cap or may be fitted with a locking closure which may be joined directly to the neck of a standard capsule bottle thus providing a permanently attached dispensing device for said bottle.
  • the outer receptacle is divided into the upper storage compartment and the lower delivery compartment by a funnel-shaped capsule delivery guide integrally joined to the inner walls of the outer receptacle and terminating at its narrow end in the delivery tube, the end of which tube is provided with inwardly bevelled walls forming a delivery tube ramp at the open terminal end acting as a delivery port.
  • the outer receptacle is preferably further provided with a circular distributor plate or disc having a central opening preferably in the shape of a sexafoliate circle or a sexfoil, the distributor plate being closely fitted at its outer circumference to the inner walls of the outer receptacle and positioned immediately adjacent to the funnel-shaped capsule delivery guide.
  • a inner receptacle of smaller diameter is telescoped inside the outer receptacle allowing limited reciprocating motion within the outer receptacle between a rest position and an operating position.
  • the inner walls of the inner receptacle are fitted with a plurality of arcuate members acting as an escapement alternately allowing or preventing the passage of a small object from the upper storage compartment to the lower delivery compartment.
  • the arcuate members can have both concave and convex surfaces and be resiliently mounted on flexible rodlike projecting members integrally attached to the inner walls of the inner receptacle and positioned immediately below the capsule delivery port.
  • the arcuate members are closed together at their upper extremities blocking the capsule delivery port in the operating position and are closed at lower extremities and form a claw-like cradle in the rest position.
  • the resiliently mounted arcuate members are positioned against the capsule delivery tube ramp in such a way that the resiliently mounted arcuate members exert a force tending to force the inner receptacle out of the outer receptacle.
  • the inner wall of the outer receptacle and the outer wall of the inner receptacle are provided with the opposing shoulders extending circumferentially around the cylinders to limit the reciprocal motion of the inner receptacle and prevent the escape of the inner receptacle.
  • the structure of the device is modified to accommodate the disc shape of the tablets.
  • the outer receptacle is fitted at the lower end of the funnel-shaped delivery guide with a tablet delivery tube which is essentially rectangular in cross section to align the tablets in edge to edge order.
  • the delivery end of the tube is provided with outwardly bevelled walls forming a gate opening and tablet delivery means.
  • the outer receptacle and funnel-shaped delivery guide are further provided with a fixed vertical dividing wall of diamond shaped cross section extending through part of the vertical dimension of the outer receptacle. This divider wall partially aligns the tablets for edge to edge entry into the tablet delivery tube.
  • the inner receptacle is provided with resiliently mounted finger or bar elements positioned to act as a gate to prevent delivery of a tablet when in the rest or non- operating position and to allow delivery of a single tablet when in the operating position.
  • the inner receptacle is also telescoped inside the lower delivery compartment of the outer receptacle allowing limited reciprocating motion within the outer receptacle between a rest position and an operating position.
  • the inner walls of the inner receptacle are fitted with a framework structure bearing resiliently mounted bar members. The bar members are mounted at their lower extremities so that the tablet delivery tube is partially blocked by the upper extremities of the bar members when in the rest position.
  • the upper extremities of the bar members are slightly enlarged in cross section relative to the lower and middle parts of the bar members.
  • the upper extremities of the bar members are positioned against the outwardly bevelled tablet delivery tube ramp so that the upper extremities are spread apart, allowing a tablet to escape when the inner receptacle is pressed against a surface, such as the palm of the user's hand. Release of pressure allows the inner receptacle to return to the rest position blocking the tablet delivery tube and preventing escape of a tablet in the rest position.
  • the length of said arcuate members may be varied so that a measured number of small objects can be delivered at one time. It should be noted that the number of small objects which may be delivered at one time is directly dependent on the length of the arcuate members.
  • the device delivers tablets by pressing the inner receptacle into the outer receptacle until the tablet drops through the tablet delivery tube. When in the rest position, the tablet exit port is blocked by the upper extremities of the resiliently mounted bar members.
  • the resiliently mounted bar members When the inner receptacle is pressed into the upper outer receptacle, the resiliently mounted bar members are spread apart allowing a tablet to exit and said bar members exert a force against the outwardly bevelled ramp tending to force the inner receptacle out of the outer receptacle. At the rest position the upper extremities of the resiliently mounted bar members partially block the tablet delivery port preventing further tablet escape.
  • a special feature of the invention is its simplicity of operation for individuals affected by disease which limits finger mobility. Thus such an individual need only invert the dispensing device and press lightly against the palm of his hand thus dropping a capsule into the hand.
  • the container can be made of any suitable material but preferably of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride or nylon.
  • polyethylene polypropylene
  • polystyrene polystyrene
  • nylon is used for the construction of the resilient hinge member carrying the arcuate members
  • polypropylene for the cap.
  • the dispensing device may be closed at the storage end by any conventional closure device.
  • Non-removable closures are preferred since the container is preferably filled by the manufacturer and discarded after use.
  • the exit end of the device may also be fitted with a closure device such as a conventional screw cap, snap or a child-resistant closure.
  • the dispensing comprises two main elements, an outer cylinder 1 and an inner cylinder 2 which is telescoped inside the outer cylinder 1.
  • the outer cylinder 1 which may have one end permanently closed or may be closed by means of a removable top 12, includes a funnel-shaped capsule delivery guide 3 integrally joined at its widest circumference to the inner surface of the outer cylinder 1.
  • a distributor disc 6 is positioned immediately above the funnel-shaped guide 3 to align the objects to be dispensed before entry into the funnel-shaped guide and thereby prevent jamming in the guide.
  • the funnel-shaped guide 3 is joined at its narrow end to a relatively thick walled capsule delivery tube 4 terminating in an opening provided by inwardly bevelled walls forming a capsule delivery tube ramp 5.
  • the funnel-shaped guide 3 is preferably located approximately midway between the extreme ends of the outer cylinder 1.
  • the inner cylinder 2' is telescoped within the outer cylinder 1 at the end at which the delivery tube 4 is provided at the narrow end of the funnel-shaped capsule delivery guide 3.
  • the inner cylinder 2 is reciprocally slidable within the outer cylinder 1 between two positions. In a first, operating position shown in Figure 6, the ends of the inner cylinder 2 and the outer cylinder 1 are flush whereas in a second, rest position shown in Figure 5, the inner cylinder 2 protrudes a small distance from the outer cylinder 1.
  • the inner walls of the inner cylinder are provided with a plurality, preferably four, of rod-like hinge supports 9 projecting radially inwardly and terminating in flat resilient hinge members 8 carrying arcuate members 7 forming a gate positioned in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the cylinder with concave surfaces of said arcuate members faced toward the longitudinal axis and convex surfaces faced toward the cylinder walls.
  • the arcuate members 7 are positioned immediately below the capsule delivery tube 4 so that one end of each arcuate member 7 is in slidable contact with the bottom edge of the capsule delivery tube ramp 5.
  • the removable disc 6 has a sexfoil opening 13, Figure 7, the disc 6 being closely fitted to the inner wall of the upper compartment of the outer cylinder 1 and placed at the circumferential junction 14 of the funnel-shaped guide 3 and the inner wall of the outer cylinder.
  • an inner cylinder 22 is telescoped within an outer cylinder 20 enclosing a tablet delivery tube 24 at the narrow end of a funnel-shaped tablet delivery guide 23.
  • the inner, lower cylinder 22 is reciprocally slidable between a rest position illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 and an operating position illustrated in Figure 11. In the rest position the tablet is prevented from dropping out of the tablet delivery tube 24 by enlarged upper ends 26 of vertically mounted bar members 27.
  • a partial vertical divider wall 21 of diamond shaped cross section bisects an upper storage compartment 34 of the outer cylinder 20 and extends partially downward into the funnel-shaped delivery guide 23.
  • the divider wall 21 serves to separate and align the tablets dropping into the delivery guide 23 for edge to edge entry into the delivery tube 24 thus helping to provide smooth operation of the device.

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1. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments pour stocker des petits objets et les distribuer un par un, se composant de deux réceptacles, l'un monté de manière télescopique dans l'autre, et de moyens élastiques agissant comme une porte entre un compartiment de stockage et un compartiment de distribution, caractérisé en ce que:
le réceptacle extérieur (1, 20) contient les objets à distribuer et comporte une structure intérieure (3, 23) divisant le réceptacle extérieur en un compartiment supérieur et un compartiment inférieur, avec, en liaison, un tube de distribution (4, 24) comportant une rampe d'extrémité inclinée (5, 25);
' le réceptacle intérieur (2, 22) est contenu de manière coulissante dans le compartiment inférieur du réceptacle extérieur (1, 20) et comporte une structure intérieure (9, 29) pour recevoir et distribuer des gélules, par un mouvement alternatif à l'intérieur du réceptacle extérieur (1, 20);
les moyens élastiques (7, 8, 27, 28) exercent une force tendant à séparer les réceptacles extérieur et intérieur, et l'entrée des petits objets dans le réceptacle intérieur (2, 22) est contrôlée par le mouvement alternatif du réceptacle intérieur (2, 22) dans le réceptacle extérieur (1, 20).
2. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de medicaments selon la revendication 1, pour distribuer un par un des petits objets en forme de gélule, caractérisé en ce que les moyens élastiques se composent:
d'une pluralité d'éléments élastiques (8) fixés par une extrémité sur la paroi intérieure du réceptacle intérieur (2), et exerçant une force tendant à séparer les réceptacles extérieur (1) et intérieur (2); et
d'une pluralité d'éléments en forme d'arc (7) présentant des faces convexes et concaves, fixés sur la face convexe des éléments élastiques (8), les éléments en forme d'arc étant placés pour coulisser sur la rampe d'extrémité inclinée vers l'intérieur (5) avec le mouvement alternatif du réceptacle intérieur (2), et les réceptacles intérieur (2) et extérieur (1) étant pourvus, sur leurs faces en opposition, de nervures ou épaulements circulaires (10, 11) qui évitent que le réceptacle intérieur (2) s'échappe du réceptacle extérieur.
3. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par un disque de distribution et d'alignement (6) comportant une ouverture (13) pour aligner les objets en forme de gélule, le disque (6) ajusté par son pourtour avec la paroi intérieure du compartiment de stockage supérieur.
4. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments selon la revendication 2 ou la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la structure de division intérieure du réceptacle extérieur (1) se compose d'un guide en forme d'entonnoir (3) formé intégralement avec les parois intérieures du réceptacle sur le pourtour (14) du bord de l'entonnoir, et se terminant par le tube de distribution (4) à son extrémité étroite.
5. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments selon l'une des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les éléments en forme d'arc (7) ont des surfaces en regard l'une de l'autre concaves, formant un support en forme de cage grillagée, et sont placés pour maintenir un contact coulissant entre une de leurs extrémités et la rampe d'extrémité incline (5) du tube de distribution (4), de sorte que les éléments en forme d'arc (7) sont alternativement ramenés l'un vers l'autre à leurs extrémités de contact coulissant pour former une porte empêchant la sortie des petits objets, ou forment à leurs extrémités opposées un support en forme de cage grillagée ouvert vers le tube de distribution (4) pour permettre l'entrée de l'un des petits objects en provenance du tube (4).
6. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments selon la revendication 3, ou 4, ou 5 lorsque cette dernière est dépendante de la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'ouverture (13) dans le disque de distribution et d'alignement est de forme sexdigitée.
7. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le compartiment supérieur du réceptacle extérieur (1) est pourvu d'une fermeture de blocage pour fixation sur le col d'un flacon à gélules classique.
8. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments selon la revendication 1, pour distribution de comprimés, caractérisé en ce que les moyens élastiques se composent d'éléments en forme de barre (27) montés élastiquement sur la structure intérieure (23) du réceptacle intérieur, et placés verticalement pour agir comme une porte contrôlant la libération des comprimés depuis le tube de distribution (24).
9. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que les éléments en forme de barre (27) ont des extrémités supérieures élargies (26), et sont placés pour glisser contre la rampe d'extrémité inclinée vers l'extérieur (25), de sorte que les éléments en forme de barre sont écartés l'un de l'autre lorsque le réceptacle intérieur (22) est pressé dans le réceptacle extérieur (20), et reviennent en position parallèle en bloquant partiellement le tube de distribution de comprimés (24), lorsque la pression est supprimée.
10. Dispositif de stockage et distribution de médicaments selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le tube de distribution (24) est de section transversale rectangulaire de sorte que les comprimés sont limités à un alignement bord à bord.
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