EP0307352B1 - Emballage pour médicaments - Google Patents

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EP0307352B1
EP0307352B1 EP88810523A EP88810523A EP0307352B1 EP 0307352 B1 EP0307352 B1 EP 0307352B1 EP 88810523 A EP88810523 A EP 88810523A EP 88810523 A EP88810523 A EP 88810523A EP 0307352 B1 EP0307352 B1 EP 0307352B1
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Eileen Dixon
Robert Bänziger
René Hildenbrand
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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 medicament container, in particular one for transdermal patches and other single-dose dosage forms.
  • transdermal patches are dosage forms that release medication slowly and constantly 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 to 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.
  • DE-A-27 14 420 describes a collapsible, one-piece medicament container which has two places for medicaments of one and the same medicament dosage form. Both places are designed to take pills, especially daily doses of an anti-conception agent for men and women.
  • the container In the folded state, the container is designed to be open at its two longitudinal ends, so that the space between the two places for the pills is also unsuitable for the safe reception of another pharmaceutical dosage form, since this would fall out of the container through the openings.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 The box of FIGS. 2 and 3 is formed from the "blank" shown in FIG. 1a and the push-through pack 41 shown in FIG. 1b. For this purpose, 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 congruent with the holes 35, so that the tablet containers and thus the tablets can be placed exactly in the holes 35.
  • the fields 32 and 34 are glued (cardboard) or welded (plastic) to one another or to the interposed push-through pack 41, depending on the material.
  • 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, enable 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 down onto the cover 36 and the latter subsequently by 180 °. 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 cover 36 can additionally be printed on short-term intake instructions or contain an adhesive label which 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.

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  1. Récipient pour médicaments, servant à la prise simultanée de deux médicaments différents, dont un médicament est contenu sous la forme de doses individuelles dans un embllage thermoformé "à pressage au travers" (41), caractérisé en ce que le récipient est réalisé comme une boîte avec un couvercle rabattable (36), l'emballage thermoformé (41) étant fixé à une partie (30) reliée au couvercle et rabattable vers l'intérieur, de manière que les doses individuelles puissent facilement être retirées de l'emballage thermoformé et que la boîte constitue une poche (10), pouvant être fermée par le couvercle rabattable, pour la réception et le logement de pansements transdermiques.
  2. Récipient pour médicaments selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'emballage thermoformé (41) est remplaçable (après consommation).
  3. Récipient pour médicaments selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la partie (30) rabatabble vers l'intérieur, avec l'emballage thermoformé (41), est articulée sur le bord avant libre du couvercle rabattable.
  4. Récipient pour médicaments selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que la partie rabattable vers l'intérieur, avec l'emballage thermoformé (41), est elle-même constituée de deux parties (32, 34) pouvant être pliées ensemble et qui présentent des trous (35) disposés suivant un "motif" correspondant à celui des alvéoles (42) contenant les doses individuelles de l'emballage thermoformé (41), et que l'emballage thermoformé est serré en sandwich entre ces parties (32, 34).
  5. Récipient pour médicaments selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le "sandwich" composé des deux parties (32, 34) pouvant être pliées ensemble et de l'emballage thermoformé (41) est assemblé au moyen d'une colle ayant une force d'adhérence limitée.
  6. Récipient pour médicaments selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que, au cas où les parties (32, 34) pouvant être pliées ensemble sont revêtues de colle, ce revêtement autorise un collage ensemble et un détachement à plusieurs reprises.
  7. Récipient pour médicaments selon les revendications 4 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les parties (32, 34) pouvant, être collées ensemble présentent chacune 12 trous (35).
  8. Récipient pour médicaments selon une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que le couvercle rabattable (36) peut être fixé à sa position de fermeture par une languette (38) que l'on peut glisser dans une fente (40).
  9. Récipient pour médicaments selon une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que des informations pour l'utilisation sont imprimées sur le côté intérieur du couvercle rabattable ou qu'une étiquette collée pourvue de ces informations est fixée sur le côté intérieur du couvercle rabattable.
  10. Récipient pour médicaments selon une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que la boîte est formée d'une seule découpe en une pièce d'un seul tenant (figure 1a) et d'un emballage thermoformé (figure 1b).
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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GB878718797A GB8718797D0 (en) 1987-08-07 1987-08-07 Container
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JP (1) JP2791477B2 (fr)
AT (1) ATE104540T1 (fr)
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DE (1) DE3889178D1 (fr)
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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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NZ225699A (en) 1990-06-26
DK439288D0 (da) 1988-08-05
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JP2791477B2 (ja) 1998-08-27
FI883657A (fi) 1989-02-08
NO883494D0 (no) 1988-08-05
AU2043088A (en) 1989-02-09
FI883657A0 (fi) 1988-08-05
GB8718797D0 (en) 1987-09-16
ES2051313T3 (es) 1994-06-16
DE3889178D1 (de) 1994-05-26
NO177586B (no) 1995-07-10
PT8859T (pt) 1994-02-28
JPS6470058A (en) 1989-03-15
AU626267B2 (en) 1992-07-30
FI92679B (fi) 1994-09-15
DK439288A (da) 1989-02-08
FI92679C (fi) 1994-12-27
EP0307352A1 (fr) 1989-03-15

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