EP2301850A3 - An automatic blister pack pill dispenser - Google Patents

An automatic blister pack pill dispenser Download PDF

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EP2301850A3
EP2301850A3 EP10173078A EP10173078A EP2301850A3 EP 2301850 A3 EP2301850 A3 EP 2301850A3 EP 10173078 A EP10173078 A EP 10173078A EP 10173078 A EP10173078 A EP 10173078A EP 2301850 A3 EP2301850 A3 EP 2301850A3
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blister
blister pack
plunger
aligned
pill
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Michael Anthony Reynolds
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B69/00—Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for
    • B65B69/005—Unpacking of articles or materials, not otherwise provided for by expelling contents, e.g. by squeezing the container
    • B65B69/0058—Solid contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/02—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
    • B65B57/04—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages

Abstract

An automated blister pack pill dispenser (1) is provided to enable pills to be dispensed from relatively quickly and in relatively large numbers from blister packs. The dispenser (1) is provided with sensors (9, 19) operative to detect the size of the blister pack, and the position of the blister pockets on the blister pack. The sensors (9, 19) generate a signal used by a controller (51) to alter the relative transverse and longitudinal position of a pill dispensing head (25) comprising an electronic plunger (33) such that the plunger (33) is aligned with a blister pocket. When so aligned, the electronic plunger (33) is actuated to force a pill from the blister pack. The controller (51) is then operative to index the blister pack, or the pill dispensing head (25), such that the plunger (33) is aligned with the next blister pocket in the row. When the row is completed, the controller (51) is operative to adjust the relative position of the blister pack and the pill dispensing head (25) such that the plunger is aligned with the second row of blister pockets.
The sensors may comprise cameras.
EP10173078A 2009-09-14 2010-08-17 An automatic blister pack pill dispenser Withdrawn EP2301850A3 (en)

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GB0916076A GB0916076D0 (en) 2009-09-14 2009-09-14 A machine to facilitate medicament removal from packaging

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EP2301850A2 EP2301850A2 (en) 2011-03-30
EP2301850A3 true EP2301850A3 (en) 2013-01-02

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