EP0307352A1 - Emballage pour médicaments - Google Patents

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EP0307352A1
EP0307352A1 EP88810523A EP88810523A EP0307352A1 EP 0307352 A1 EP0307352 A1 EP 0307352A1 EP 88810523 A EP88810523 A EP 88810523A EP 88810523 A EP88810523 A EP 88810523A EP 0307352 A1 EP0307352 A1 EP 0307352A1
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Eileen Dixon
Robert Bänziger
René Hildenbrand
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Novartis AG
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5002—Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls
    • B65D5/5011—Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls formed by folding inwardly of extensions hinged to the upper or lower edges of the body
    • B65D5/5014—Integral elements for containers having tubular body walls formed by folding inwardly of extensions hinged to the upper or lower edges of the body and with an integral end closure
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
    • A61J1/03—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
    • A61J1/035—Blister-type containers
    • 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
    • B65D83/0445—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 all the articles being stored in individual compartments
    • B65D83/0463—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 all the articles being stored in individual compartments formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container

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  • the invention relates to a pharmaceutical container, in particular one for transdermal patches and other single-dose dosage forms.
  • transdermal patches are dosage forms that slowly and constantly release medication through the skin.
  • a known patch contains an estrogen such as e.g. in GB-A-2 093 694. It delivers estrogen transdermally bypassing the liver, i.e. the "first pass" effect of liver metabolism is avoided.
  • patients using such patches should take a progestogen tablet at the same time. For example, the patient may need 8 patches and 12 tablets over a 28 day period. When tablets and patches are delivered separately, it is difficult to remember and know when to take a new patch and when to take a tablet.
  • the aim of the invention is to create a container which enables the patient to ensure "synchronous" treatment with plasters and to take e.g. Tablets relieved.
  • single dose dosage forms include To understand capsules made of hard or flexible gelatin, ampoules, suppositories etc.
  • the box of FIGS. 2 and 3 is formed from the "blank" shown in FIG. 1 a and the push-through pack 41 shown in FIG. 1 b.
  • the blank is folded around the folds indicated by dash-dotted lines.
  • the push-through pack 41 of FIG. 1b is interposed.
  • the holes 35 of the parts 32 and 34 are mirror images of each other.
  • the tablet containers 42 have a pattern that is congruent with the holes 35, so that the tablet containers and thus the tablets can be placed exactly in the holes.
  • the fields 32 and 34 are glued to one another or with the interposed push-through pack 41 depending on the material (cardboard) or welded (plastic).
  • a detachable adhesive and / or plug connection can also be selected, which enables an exchange or replacement of the (used) push-through pack.
  • the pack can then be used for several treatment cycles.
  • Adhesives are used which, on the one hand, only impart a limited adhesive force and, on the other hand, allow the parts to be loosened and glued several times.
  • the fields 12 and 14 form the finished box the rear and front wall of the pocket 10, the fields 16 and 18 each a side wall, the field 20 the bottom and the fields 23 and 36 the cover.
  • the fields 22, 24, 26 and 28 form connecting lugs.
  • the field 38 forms a tab.
  • the tabs 24 and 26 are first folded onto the side wall panels 16 and 18. Then folds are carried out around the corresponding folds at an angle of 90 ° (perpendicular to the plane of the blank) in the order of flap 28 - bottom 20 - flap 22 - side wall 18 - front wall 14 - side wall 16.
  • the tabs 28 and 22 come to lie on the rear wall and are glued or welded to it.
  • the two tabs 24 and 26 in the pocket 10 can now be pressed onto the bottom 20. They prevent a gap from forming between the side walls 16, 18 and the bottom 20.
  • the pocket 10 is closed by the part 30 with the tablet containers 42 being folded onto the cover 36 and the latter then 180 ° downwards. In this position, the cover is secured against inadvertent opening by inserting the plug-in tab 38 into the slot 40 in its closed position.
  • the pocket 10 receives the number of plasters that are required for a treatment cycle, as well as an instruction leaflet with all the necessary information about the medication and its intake.
  • the lid 36 can additionally be printed on short-term intake instructions or contain an adhesive label that makes it easier for the patient to synchronize the intake of medication, for example when to use a plaster and when to take a tablet. This type of connection of information and container has the advantage that it is not lost can. Additional instructions, such as 1st day, 2nd day etc., can also be printed on the part 30 carrying the blister pack associated with the tablet containers 12.
  • the illustrated embodiment of the pharmaceutical container according to the invention represents only one of the possible embodiments of the invention. Many other embodiments are possible. It is essential that the container has two places at the same time for two different types of dosage forms, e.g. on the one hand transdermal patches and e.g. on the other hand contains tablets. If the container is in the form of a box, other "cuts" than those of FIG. 1a can of course also be selected.
  • the space for the plasters is formed by a pocket 10.
  • This space can also be realized differently, e.g. the patches are individually detachably attached to an inner part or an inner wall surface of the pack.

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EP88810523A 1987-08-07 1988-07-29 Emballage pour médicaments Expired - Lifetime EP0307352B1 (fr)

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AT8888810523T ATE104540T1 (de) 1987-08-07 1988-07-29 Arzneimittelbehaeltnis.

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GB8718797 1987-08-07
GB878718797A GB8718797D0 (en) 1987-08-07 1987-08-07 Container

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JP (1) JP2791477B2 (fr)
AT (1) ATE104540T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU626267B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA1331167C (fr)
DE (1) DE3889178D1 (fr)
DK (1) DK173959B1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2051313T3 (fr)
FI (1) FI92679C (fr)
GB (1) GB8718797D0 (fr)
NO (1) NO177586C (fr)
NZ (1) NZ225699A (fr)
PT (2) PT88163A (fr)
ZA (1) ZA885770B (fr)

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GB2256853A (en) * 1991-06-20 1992-12-23 Imp Pharmaceutical Services Li Packaging device for blister packs
DE4429503A1 (de) * 1994-08-19 1996-02-22 Klaus A Dipl Ing Kreft Packung, insbesondere Arzneimittelpackung, und Verfahren zur Herstellung der Packung
EP0725015A1 (fr) * 1995-02-04 1996-08-07 BIOMEDICA ARZNEIMITTEL GmbH & Co. KG Emballage pour comprimés contenus dans un blister
WO2000002538A1 (fr) * 1998-07-11 2000-01-20 Lts Lohmann Therapie-Systeme Ag Plaquette alveolaire contenant un systeme therapeutique transdermique et une forme galenique individuelle
WO2000032484A1 (fr) * 1998-12-01 2000-06-08 Lts Lohmann Therapie-Systeme Ag Systeme d'emballage pour medicaments sous forme de combinaison de boites pliantes pour au moins deux emballages primaires differents
WO2003010066A1 (fr) * 2001-07-26 2003-02-06 Novo Nordisk A/S Conditionnement pour bandes de plaquettes alveolees et ebauche pour la fabrication du conditionnement
EP1481913A1 (fr) 2003-05-26 2004-12-01 Dividella AG Emballage inviolable pour les enfants
EP1657184A1 (fr) * 2004-11-16 2006-05-17 GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l. Distributeur de produits solides d'un blister qui est contenu dans le distributeur

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US1474248A (en) * 1922-03-29 1923-11-13 English Arthur Container for coloring-agent capsules
GB689631A (en) * 1950-02-10 1953-04-01 Rose Brothers Ltd Improvements in cartons, boxes and like containers
DE1803236A1 (de) * 1968-10-11 1970-05-14 Arne Larsson Schachtel fuer Geschenkartikel vorzugsweise fuer Konfekt
CH516450A (de) * 1970-10-20 1971-12-15 Buergi Xaver Verpackung für Tabletten oder Pillen
DE2516720A1 (de) * 1975-04-16 1976-10-28 Braun Ag Verpackung insbesondere fuer kleinwaren
DE2714420A1 (de) * 1976-06-01 1977-12-08 Int Pregnancy Advisory Service Antikonzeptionsmittel zur verabreichung an mann und frau in einer gemeinsamen verabreichungspackung
EP0210820A2 (fr) * 1985-07-25 1987-02-04 American Home Products Corporation Emballage pour comprimés

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JPS6190718U (fr) * 1984-11-16 1986-06-12
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US1474248A (en) * 1922-03-29 1923-11-13 English Arthur Container for coloring-agent capsules
GB689631A (en) * 1950-02-10 1953-04-01 Rose Brothers Ltd Improvements in cartons, boxes and like containers
DE1803236A1 (de) * 1968-10-11 1970-05-14 Arne Larsson Schachtel fuer Geschenkartikel vorzugsweise fuer Konfekt
CH516450A (de) * 1970-10-20 1971-12-15 Buergi Xaver Verpackung für Tabletten oder Pillen
DE2516720A1 (de) * 1975-04-16 1976-10-28 Braun Ag Verpackung insbesondere fuer kleinwaren
DE2714420A1 (de) * 1976-06-01 1977-12-08 Int Pregnancy Advisory Service Antikonzeptionsmittel zur verabreichung an mann und frau in einer gemeinsamen verabreichungspackung
EP0210820A2 (fr) * 1985-07-25 1987-02-04 American Home Products Corporation Emballage pour comprimés

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GB2256853A (en) * 1991-06-20 1992-12-23 Imp Pharmaceutical Services Li Packaging device for blister packs
GB2256853B (en) * 1991-06-20 1994-10-12 Imp Pharmaceutical Services Li A packaging device for blister packaged pills
DE4429503A1 (de) * 1994-08-19 1996-02-22 Klaus A Dipl Ing Kreft Packung, insbesondere Arzneimittelpackung, und Verfahren zur Herstellung der Packung
DE4429503C2 (de) * 1994-08-19 2003-09-18 Astrazeneca Ab Packung, insbesondere Arzneimittelpackung
EP0725015A1 (fr) * 1995-02-04 1996-08-07 BIOMEDICA ARZNEIMITTEL GmbH & Co. KG Emballage pour comprimés contenus dans un blister
WO2000002538A1 (fr) * 1998-07-11 2000-01-20 Lts Lohmann Therapie-Systeme Ag Plaquette alveolaire contenant un systeme therapeutique transdermique et une forme galenique individuelle
US6630149B1 (en) 1998-07-11 2003-10-07 Lts Lohmann Therapie Systeme Ag Blister containing a transdermal therapeutic system and a single dose form of administration
WO2000032484A1 (fr) * 1998-12-01 2000-06-08 Lts Lohmann Therapie-Systeme Ag Systeme d'emballage pour medicaments sous forme de combinaison de boites pliantes pour au moins deux emballages primaires differents
WO2003010066A1 (fr) * 2001-07-26 2003-02-06 Novo Nordisk A/S Conditionnement pour bandes de plaquettes alveolees et ebauche pour la fabrication du conditionnement
EP1481913A1 (fr) 2003-05-26 2004-12-01 Dividella AG Emballage inviolable pour les enfants
EP1657184A1 (fr) * 2004-11-16 2006-05-17 GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l. Distributeur de produits solides d'un blister qui est contenu dans le distributeur

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FI883657A (fi) 1989-02-08
PT88163A (pt) 1989-06-30
NO883494D0 (no) 1988-08-05
AU626267B2 (en) 1992-07-30
ATE104540T1 (de) 1994-05-15
CA1331167C (fr) 1994-08-02
AU2043088A (en) 1989-02-09
ES2051313T3 (es) 1994-06-16
JP2791477B2 (ja) 1998-08-27
NZ225699A (en) 1990-06-26
DK439288D0 (da) 1988-08-05
FI92679C (fi) 1994-12-27
DE3889178D1 (de) 1994-05-26
EP0307352B1 (fr) 1994-04-20
DK173959B1 (da) 2002-03-11
NO177586C (no) 1995-10-18
DK439288A (da) 1989-02-08
NO883494L (no) 1989-02-08
JPS6470058A (en) 1989-03-15
NO177586B (no) 1995-07-10
PT8859T (pt) 1994-02-28
FI883657A0 (fi) 1988-08-05
GB8718797D0 (en) 1987-09-16
FI92679B (fi) 1994-09-15

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