WO1995000102A1 - Device for packaging and dispensing medicaments - Google Patents

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WO1995000102A1
WO1995000102A1 PCT/FR1994/000697 FR9400697W WO9500102A1 WO 1995000102 A1 WO1995000102 A1 WO 1995000102A1 FR 9400697 W FR9400697 W FR 9400697W WO 9500102 A1 WO9500102 A1 WO 9500102A1
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    • 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
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/04—Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to the technical sector of containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes.
  • the compartments have internal partitions corresponding to the daily doses distributed most often between morning, noon, evening and bedtime.
  • each compartment may have a sliding mounted cover or the housing may have a cover covering all of the drugs. Access to each compartment is sometimes difficult and very often requires turning the case upside down with the risk of mixing the doses of medication.
  • GB 1.012.508 which discloses a housing receiving at least one compartmentalized case capable of projecting from one of the faces of the housing. It appears that in the overflow position of the case in question, several compartments can be accessible. In practice, this can pose real problems.
  • the user wishes, for example, take the medication (s) placed in the second compartment, the first compartment also appears to overflow the housing. It follows that by reversing the housing to drop the medicine contained in the second compartment, the medicine contained in the first compartment, if the latter has not been taken for various reasons, will also fall. Under these conditions, the user will simultaneously take the drugs from the two compartments, which may be in total contradiction with the prescribed treatment.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks in a simple, safe, effective and rational manner.
  • the problem that the invention proposes to solve is to be able to package and distribute daily doses of drugs taking into account the fact that depending on the time of taking, the drug is of a different nature and therefore requires a volume of packaging. different. This is the case with supositoires and pills. Generally, it appears that taking supositoires is done in the morning and at bedtime.
  • Another important objective that the invention sets out to achieve is to not allow one of the faces of the housing to overflow, only one of the compartments, in order to avoid any accidental taking of two different drugs, continued when the housing is overturned.
  • a device for packaging and dispensing drugs has been designed and developed, of the type comprising a support box receiving in juxtaposition compartmentalized straight cases in which the drugs, the box and the cases are placed. having, in combination, arrangements capable of allowing guided sliding in translation of said cases with capacity to overflow at will from one or the other of the two opposite faces of the housing.
  • the housing comprises locking arrangements in the selected overflow position of one or the other of the two opposite faces of the housing, to give free access to one or to the other only internal compartments that each case.
  • each case in the form of r a parallelepiped element is open at its top and has a transversal partition which is offset relative to the length of the case, to form two compartments of unequal lengths.
  • the case is constituted by a receptacle comprising a flat face receiving the cases and whose edges are raised to constitute the transverse sides, delimiting faces lateral open for overflowing the cases, a transparent plate being fixed on these transverse sides to close the receptacle.
  • the blocking arrangements in the overflow position either of the compartment or of the compartment, of one or the other of the open side faces are constituted by elastic tongues formed in the bottom of the housing at each location of the cases, said tongues having at the end of the pins capable of cooperating with holes formed in the thickness of the bottom of each case.
  • Each location has two coaxial tabs, the tabs of two adjacent locations being offset to allow the overflow of large and small compartments in an alternating manner.
  • the cases have two by two, an inscription indicating the days of the week MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, while for each day, a case includes the inscriptions "MORNING and MIDI”, while the another case includes the inscriptions "EVENING and SLEEPING", the inscriptions "MORNING and SLEEPING” being arranged in correspondence with the large compartments.
  • the transparent closure plate has, in correspondence with the tabs at the bottom of the housing, visual indication means.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the housing according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the housing.
  • Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3.3 of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4.4 of Figure 2.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5.5 of FIG. 2.
  • Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 6.6 of Figure 2.
  • Figure 7 is a top view of the housing.
  • Figure 8 is a partial sectional view showing the detail of the locking tabs in position.
  • the device comprises a housing (1) arranged internally for the positioning of several cases (2) intended to receive the drugs.
  • the housing is constituted by a receptacle (1b) comprising a flat face (1b1) on which are mounted, with sliding capacity guided in translation, the cases (2).
  • the edges (1b2) (1b3) of the receptacle are raised to form the transverse sides.
  • a transparent plate (3) is fixed on the receptacle (1b) in order to close the cases (2), as will be indicated in the following description.
  • the lateral faces (1c) and (1d) of the housing are therefore open to allow the cases to overflow under a digital thrust force applied to the latter.
  • the receptacle may have, parallel to its transverse edges (1b2) (1b3), spacers (1b4) and (1b5).
  • the guiding in translation of the cases is carried out by means of rectilinear bosses (1e) formed in overflow from the bottom of the case. These bosses (1e), parallel to the transverse edges (1b2) (1b3), delimit the locations of the cases.
  • Each case (2), in the form of a parallelepiped element is open at its upper part and has a transverse internal separation (2a). This separation (2a) is offset from the length of the case, to form two internal compartments (2b) and (2c) of unequal lengths and therefore of different volumes.
  • the closure of the cases and consequently of the compartments (2b) and (2c) is carried out by the transparent plate (3).
  • the plate is fixed to the receptacle by any known and appropriate means, in particular by ultrasonic welding.
  • the housing (1) and the cases (2) have, in combination, arrangements capable of allowing the locking in the overflow position of said cases, relative to one or the other. open faces (1c) (1d), so as to have access only, either to the internal compartment of reduced dimension (2b), or to the internal compartment of larger dimension (2c).
  • the bottom of the housing constituted by the plate (1b) has, at each location of the cases, elastic tongues (1f) and (1g).
  • Each tab has, at the end, a centering pin (1f1) and (1g1) capable of cooperating with holes (2d) formed in the thickness of the bottom of each case.
  • each location delimited by the rectilinear bosses (1e), has two coaxial tabs.
  • the tabs of two adjacent locations are offset to allow the overflow of the large and small compartments (2b) and (2c) in an alternating manner.
  • the bottom of each case has three holes (2d) to cooperate with at least one of the tabs, regardless of the position of the case in the housing. Note that in the retracted position of the cases, the two locking tabs (1f) and (1g) each cooperate with a hole (2d) in the corresponding case.
  • the positioning of the tongues is determined as a function of the internal compartments (2b) (2c) of each case, so that in the overflowing position of the cases, only the internal compartments (2b) and (2c) project from the housing relative to the plate (3), thus allowing access only to the desired compartment depending on the medication to be taken.
  • the box (1) has fourteen cases (2) corresponding to the MORNING and the AFTERNOON of each day of the week.
  • the cases (2) have, two by two, an inscription indicating the days of the week MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
  • one case (2) includes the morning and noon inscriptions, while the other case includes the evening and bedtime inscriptions.
  • the MORNING and SLEEP inscriptions are arranged in correspondence with the large compartments (2c). Given the design of the device, the various abovementioned inscriptions appear on the transparent closure plate (3).
  • the locking tabs in the overflowing position of the cases (2) allow, if necessary, to completely remove the cases, by exerting on the latter, a greater pushing force.

Abstract

The device for packaging and dispensing medicaments is configured like a support case (1) wherein are received rectilinear boxes (2) divided into compartments and wherein are placed the medicaments, the device being characterized in that the case (1) or the boxes (2) present in combination, arrangements providing for the translational guided sliding of the boxes (2) with a capacity of protruding, as desired, beyond one or the other of the two opposite sides of the case, and blocking in the selected protruding position to provide for free access to any of the internal compartments of each box.

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Dispositif de conditionnement et de distribution de médicaments. Device for packaging and dispensing drugs.
L'invention se rattache au secteur technique des récipients spécialement adaptés à des fins médicales ou pharmaceutiques.The invention relates to the technical sector of containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes.
Il est connu d'utiliser, pour la distribution de médicaments devant être pris selon des cycles et doses prédéterminés, des boîtes ou boîtiers équipés de compartiments internes. Ces compartiments sont conformés pour permettre de préparer les doses prescrites de médicaments. Généralement, les boîtiers présentent sept compartiments correspondant aux sept jours de la semaine.It is known to use, for the distribution of medicaments to be taken according to predetermined cycles and doses, boxes or cases fitted with internal compartments. These compartments are shaped to allow the preparation of prescribed doses of medication. Generally, the boxes have seven compartments corresponding to the seven days of the week.
Dans certains cas, les compartiments présentent des séparations internes correspondant aux doses journalières réparties le plus souvent entre les matin, midi, soir et coucher.In some cases, the compartments have internal partitions corresponding to the daily doses distributed most often between morning, noon, evening and bedtime.
L'accès aux compartiments peut s'effectuer de différentes manières. Par exemple, chaque compartiment peut présenter un couvercle monté à coulissement ou bien le boîtier peut présenter un couvercle coiffant l'ensemble des médicaments. L'accès à chaque compartiment est parfois difficile et nécessite très souvent, de retourner le boîtier avec des risques de mélanger les doses de médicaments. On peut citer par exemple l'enseignement du brevetThere are several ways to access the compartments. For example, each compartment may have a sliding mounted cover or the housing may have a cover covering all of the drugs. Access to each compartment is sometimes difficult and very often requires turning the case upside down with the risk of mixing the doses of medication. We can cite for example the teaching of the patent
GB 1.012.508 qui divulgue un boîtier recevant au moins un étui compartimenté apte à déborder de l'une des faces du boitier. Il apparait qu'en position de débordement de l'étui considéré, plusieurs compartiments peuvent être accessibles. Or, en pratique, cela peut poser de réels problèmes. En effet, lorsque l'utilisateur souhaite, par exemple, prendre le ou les médicaments placés dans le deuxième compartiment, le premier compartiment apparaît également en débordement du boîtier. Il en résulte qu'en reversant le boîtier pour faire tomber le médicament contenu dans le deuxième compartiment, le médicament contenu dans le premier compartiment, si ce dernier n'a pas été pris pour des raisons diverses, va également tomber. L'utilisateur prendra simultanément, dans ces conditions, les médicaments des deux compartiments, ce qui peut être en contradiction totale avec le traitement prescrit.GB 1.012.508 which discloses a housing receiving at least one compartmentalized case capable of projecting from one of the faces of the housing. It appears that in the overflow position of the case in question, several compartments can be accessible. In practice, this can pose real problems. When the user wishes, for example, take the medication (s) placed in the second compartment, the first compartment also appears to overflow the housing. It follows that by reversing the housing to drop the medicine contained in the second compartment, the medicine contained in the first compartment, if the latter has not been taken for various reasons, will also fall. Under these conditions, the user will simultaneously take the drugs from the two compartments, which may be in total contradiction with the prescribed treatment.
D'autres solutions permettent de distribuer d'une manière séparée, chaque dose d'un même compartiment. Cependant, pour atteindre ce résultat, les moyens de mise en oeuvre sont relativement compliqués, générant une certaine fragilité et augmentant le coût de fabrication.Other solutions make it possible to distribute each dose of a single compartment separately. However, to achieve this result, the means of implementation are relatively complicated, generating a certain fragility and increasing the manufacturing cost.
On peut citer également la demande de brevet FR 2674828 qui enseigne une boîte pour la distribution de doses de médicaments, comprenant deux plaques rectangulaires comportant chacune des cases longitudinales qui reçoivent un tiroir apte à contenir une dose prédéterminée. Ces dispositions permettent de prélever individuellement les doses sans avoir à retourner la boîte et sans risque de mélange de ces doses.Mention may also be made of patent application FR 2674828 which teaches a box for the distribution of doses of medicaments, comprising two rectangular plates each comprising longitudinal boxes which receive a drawer capable of containing a predetermined dose. These provisions make it possible to withdraw the doses individually without having to turn the box over and without the risk of mixing these doses.
Il apparaît cependant, quelles que soient les solutions employées, que les compartiments ne sont pas réellement adaptés pour recevoir, en fonction de la période de la journée considérée, le médicament prescrit. Notamment, la distinction n'est pas faite entre un supositoire et des pilules qui, bien évidemment, nécessitent des compartiments de taille et volume différents. Par ailleurs, selon les dispositions connues, des risques accidentels de prises simultannées de deux médicaments existent.However, it appears, whatever the solutions used, that the compartments are not really suitable for receiving, depending on the period of the day considered, the prescribed medication. In particular, the distinction is not made between a supositoire and pills which, obviously, require compartments of different size and volume. Furthermore, according to known arrangements, risks accidental simultaneous use of two drugs exists.
L'invention s'est fixée pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients, de manière simple, sûre, efficace et rationnelle.The object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks in a simple, safe, effective and rational manner.
Le problème que se propose de résoudre l'invention est de pouvoir conditionner et distribuer des doses journalières de médicaments en tenant compte du fait qu'en fonction du moment de la prise, le médicament est de nature différente et par conséquent nécessite un volume de conditionnement différent. C'est le cas des supositoires et des pilules. Généralement, il apparaît que la prise des supositoires est effectuée le matin et au coucher.The problem that the invention proposes to solve is to be able to package and distribute daily doses of drugs taking into account the fact that depending on the time of taking, the drug is of a different nature and therefore requires a volume of packaging. different. This is the case with supositoires and pills. Generally, it appears that taking supositoires is done in the morning and at bedtime.
Un autre objectif important que se propose d'atteindre l'invention, est de ne permettre le débordement de l'une des faces du boîtier, de l'un seulement des compartiments, afin d'éviter toute prise accidentelle de deux médicaments différents, suite au renversement du boîtier.Another important objective that the invention sets out to achieve is to not allow one of the faces of the housing to overflow, only one of the compartments, in order to avoid any accidental taking of two different drugs, continued when the housing is overturned.
Pour résoudre ces problèmes, il a été conçu et mis au point un dispositif de conditionnement et de distribution de médicaments, du type de ceux comprenant un boîtier support recevant en juxtaposition des étuis rectilignes compartimentés dans lesquels sont placés les médicaments, le boîtier et les étuis présentant, en combinaison, des agencements aptes à permettre le coulissement guidé en translation desdits étuis avec capacité de débordement à volonté de l'une ou de l'autre des deux faces opposées du boîtier. Selon l'invention, il est revendiqué que le boitier comprend des agencements de blocage en position de débordement choisie de l'une ou de l'autre des deux faces opposées du boitier, pour donner un libre accès à l'un ou à l'autre seulement des compartiments internes que présente chaque étui. Pour résoudre le problème posé de pouvoir distribuer à volonté des médicaments du type supositoires et des médicaments du type pilules, chaque étui, sous forme drun élément parallélépipèdique, est ouvert au niveau de sa partie supérieure et présente une séparation interne transversale qui est désaxée par rapport à la longueur de l'étui, pour constituer deux compartiments de longueurs inégales.To solve these problems, a device for packaging and dispensing drugs has been designed and developed, of the type comprising a support box receiving in juxtaposition compartmentalized straight cases in which the drugs, the box and the cases are placed. having, in combination, arrangements capable of allowing guided sliding in translation of said cases with capacity to overflow at will from one or the other of the two opposite faces of the housing. According to the invention, it is claimed that the housing comprises locking arrangements in the selected overflow position of one or the other of the two opposite faces of the housing, to give free access to one or to the other only internal compartments that each case. To resolve the problem to distribute at will of supositoires such drugs and pills such drugs, each case in the form of r a parallelepiped element is open at its top and has a transversal partition which is offset relative to the length of the case, to form two compartments of unequal lengths.
Pour résoudre le problème posé de permettre le débordement de chaque étui, sous un effort de poussée digitale, le boîtier est constitué par un réceptacle comprenant une face plane recevant les étuis et dont les bords sont relevés pour constituer les côtés transversaux, en délimitant des faces latérales ouvertes pour le débordement des étuis, une plaque transparente étant fixée sur ces côtés transversaux pour obturer le réceptacle.To solve the problem posed of allowing the overflow of each case, under a digital pushing force, the case is constituted by a receptacle comprising a flat face receiving the cases and whose edges are raised to constitute the transverse sides, delimiting faces lateral open for overflowing the cases, a transparent plate being fixed on these transverse sides to close the receptacle.
Pour résoudre le problème posé de bloquer en position de débordement les étuis de manière à avoir accès seulement à l'un des compartiments internes, les agencements de blocage en position de débordement soit du compartiement soit du compartiment, de l'une ou de l'autre des faces latérales ouvertes sont constitués par des languettes élastiques formées dans le fond du boîtier au niveau de chaque emplacement des étuis, lesdites languettes présentant en bout des pions aptes à coopérer avec des trous formés dans l'épaisseur du fond de chaque étui.To solve the problem posed of blocking in the overflow position the cases so as to have access only to one of the internal compartments, the blocking arrangements in the overflow position either of the compartment or of the compartment, of one or the other of the open side faces are constituted by elastic tongues formed in the bottom of the housing at each location of the cases, said tongues having at the end of the pins capable of cooperating with holes formed in the thickness of the bottom of each case.
Chaque emplacement présente deux languettes coaxiales, les languettes de deux emplacements adjacents étant décalées pour permettre le débordement des compartiments de grandes et de petites dimensions d'une manière alternée. Compte-tenu du problème posé de distribuer les médicaments pendant les sept jours de la semaine, et à raison de quatre fois par jour, le boîtier présente quatorze étuis correspondant au matin et à l'après-midi de chaque jour de la semaine.Each location has two coaxial tabs, the tabs of two adjacent locations being offset to allow the overflow of large and small compartments in an alternating manner. Taking into account the problem posed of distributing the drugs during the seven days of the week, and at the rate of four times a day, the box has fourteen cases corresponding to the morning and the afternoon of each day of the week.
Les étuis présentent deux à deux, une inscription indiquant les jours de la semaine LUNDI, MARDI, MERCREDI, JEUDI, VENDREDI, SAMEDI, DIMANCHE, tandis que pour chaque jour, un étui comprend les inscriptions "MATIN et MIDI", tandis que l'autre étui comprend les inscriptions "SOIR et COUCHER", les inscriptions "MATIN et COUCHER" étant disposées en correspondance avec les compartiments de grande dimension.The cases have two by two, an inscription indicating the days of the week MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, while for each day, a case includes the inscriptions "MORNING and MIDI", while the another case includes the inscriptions "EVENING and SLEEPING", the inscriptions "MORNING and SLEEPING" being arranged in correspondence with the large compartments.
Les différentes inscriptions apparaissent sur la plaque d'obturation transparente.The different inscriptions appear on the transparent cover plate.
Dans le cas où l'ensemble des étuis sont sortis du boîtier, et pour les repositionner correctement, en fonction des inscriptions correspondant aux compartiments internes de grande ou petite dimensions, la plaque d'obturation transparente présente, en correspondance avec les languettes du fond du boîtier, des moyens d'indications visuelles.In the case where all of the cases have come out of the case, and to reposition them correctly, according to the inscriptions corresponding to the internal compartments of large or small dimensions, the transparent closure plate has, in correspondence with the tabs at the bottom of the housing, visual indication means.
L'invention est exposée, ci-après plus en détail à l'aide des dessins annexés, dans lesquels :The invention is set out below in more detail using the appended drawings, in which:
La figure 1 est une vue en perspective du boîtier selon l'invention. La figure 2 est une vue en plan du boîtier.Figure 1 is a perspective view of the housing according to the invention. Figure 2 is a plan view of the housing.
La figure 3 est une vue en coupe transversale considérée selon la ligne 3.3 de la figure 2.Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3.3 of Figure 2.
La figure 4 est une vue en coupe transversale considérée selon la ligne 4.4 de la figure 2.Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4.4 of Figure 2.
La figure 5 est une vue en coupe transversale considérée selon la ligne 5.5 de la figure 2.FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 5.5 of FIG. 2.
La figure 6 est une vue en coupe longitudinale considérée selon la ligne 6.6 de la figure 2. La figure 7 est une vue de dessus du boîtier.Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 6.6 of Figure 2. Figure 7 is a top view of the housing.
La figure 8 est une vue partielle en coupe montrant le détail des languettes de blocage en position.Figure 8 is a partial sectional view showing the detail of the locking tabs in position.
Le dispositif comprend un boîtier (1) agencé intérieurement pour le positionnement de plusieurs étuis (2) destinés à recevoir les médicaments. Le boîtier est constitué par un réceptacle (1 b) comprenant une face plane (1b1) sur laquelle sont montés, avec capacité de coulissement guidé en translation, les étuis (2). Les bords (1b2) (1b3) du réceptacle sont relevés pour constituer les côtés transversaux. Une plaque transparente (3) est fixée sur le réceptacle (1b) afin d'obturer les étuis (2), comme il sera indiqué dans la suite de la description. Les faces latérales (1c) et (1d) du boîtier sont donc ouvertes pour permettre le débordement des étuis sous un effort de poussée digital appliqué sur ces derniers. Le réceptacle peut présenter, parallèlement à ses bords transversaux (1b2) (1b3), des entretoises (1b4) et (1b5).The device comprises a housing (1) arranged internally for the positioning of several cases (2) intended to receive the drugs. The housing is constituted by a receptacle (1b) comprising a flat face (1b1) on which are mounted, with sliding capacity guided in translation, the cases (2). The edges (1b2) (1b3) of the receptacle are raised to form the transverse sides. A transparent plate (3) is fixed on the receptacle (1b) in order to close the cases (2), as will be indicated in the following description. The lateral faces (1c) and (1d) of the housing are therefore open to allow the cases to overflow under a digital thrust force applied to the latter. The receptacle may have, parallel to its transverse edges (1b2) (1b3), spacers (1b4) and (1b5).
Le guidage en translation des étuis s'effectue au moyen de bossages rectilignes (1e) formés en débordement du fond du boîtier. Ces bossages (1e), parallèles aux bords transversaux (1b2) (1b3), délimitent les emplacements des étuis. Chaque étui (2), sous forme d'un élément parallélépipèdique est ouvert au niveau de sa partie supérieure et présente une séparation interne transversale (2a). Cette séparation (2a) est désaxée par rapport à la longueur de l'étui, pour constituer deux compartiments internes (2b) et (2c) de longueurs inégales et par conséquent, de volumes différents. L'obturation des étuis et par conséquent des compartiments (2b) et (2c), est réalisée par la plaque transparente (3).The guiding in translation of the cases is carried out by means of rectilinear bosses (1e) formed in overflow from the bottom of the case. These bosses (1e), parallel to the transverse edges (1b2) (1b3), delimit the locations of the cases. Each case (2), in the form of a parallelepiped element is open at its upper part and has a transverse internal separation (2a). This separation (2a) is offset from the length of the case, to form two internal compartments (2b) and (2c) of unequal lengths and therefore of different volumes. The closure of the cases and consequently of the compartments (2b) and (2c) is carried out by the transparent plate (3).
A noter que la fixation de la plaque sur le réceptacle s'effectue par tout moyen connu et approprié, notamment par soudure ultra-sonique.Note that the plate is fixed to the receptacle by any known and appropriate means, in particular by ultrasonic welding.
Suivant une autre caractéristique de l'invention, le boîtier (1) et les étuis (2) présentent, en combinaison, des agencements aptes à permettre le blocage en position de débordement desdits étuis, par rapport à l'un ou à l'autre des faces ouvertes (1c) (1d), de manière à avoir accès seulement, soit au compartiment interne de dimension réduite (2b), soit au compartiment interne de plus grande dimension (2c).According to another characteristic of the invention, the housing (1) and the cases (2) have, in combination, arrangements capable of allowing the locking in the overflow position of said cases, relative to one or the other. open faces (1c) (1d), so as to have access only, either to the internal compartment of reduced dimension (2b), or to the internal compartment of larger dimension (2c).
Dans ce but, le fond du boîtier, constitué par la plaque (1b) présente, au niveau de chaque emplacement des étuis, des languettes élastiques (1f) et (1g). Chaque languette présente, en bout, un pion de centrage (1f1) et (1g1) apte à coopérer avec des trous (2d) formés dans l'épaisseur du fond de chaque étui. Notamment, chaque emplacement, délimité par les bossages rectilignes (1e), présente deux languettes coaxiales. Les languettes de deux emplacements adjacents sont décalées pour permettre le débordement des compartiments de grande et de petite dimensions (2b) et (2c) d'une manière alternée. Le fond de chaque étui présente trois trous (2d) afin de coopérer avec au moins l'une des languettes, quelle que soit la position de l'étui dans le boîtier. A noter qu'en position escamotée des étuis, les deux languettes de blocage (1f) et (1g) coopèrent chacune avec un trou (2d) de l'étui correspondant.For this purpose, the bottom of the housing, constituted by the plate (1b) has, at each location of the cases, elastic tongues (1f) and (1g). Each tab has, at the end, a centering pin (1f1) and (1g1) capable of cooperating with holes (2d) formed in the thickness of the bottom of each case. In particular, each location, delimited by the rectilinear bosses (1e), has two coaxial tabs. The tabs of two adjacent locations are offset to allow the overflow of the large and small compartments (2b) and (2c) in an alternating manner. The bottom of each case has three holes (2d) to cooperate with at least one of the tabs, regardless of the position of the case in the housing. Note that in the retracted position of the cases, the two locking tabs (1f) and (1g) each cooperate with a hole (2d) in the corresponding case.
Le positionnement des languettes est déterminé en fonction des compartiments internes (2b) (2c) de chaque étui, de sorte qu'en position de débordement des étuis, seuls les compartiments internes (2b) et (2c) débordent du boîtier par rapport à la plaque (3), permettant ainsi d'avoir accès uniquement au compartiment souhaité en fonction du médicament à prendre.The positioning of the tongues is determined as a function of the internal compartments (2b) (2c) of each case, so that in the overflowing position of the cases, only the internal compartments (2b) and (2c) project from the housing relative to the plate (3), thus allowing access only to the desired compartment depending on the medication to be taken.
Le boîtier (1) présente quatorze étuis (2) correspondant au MATIN et à .'APRES-MIDI de chaque jour de la semaine. Dans ce but, et comme le montre la figure 2, les étuis (2) présentent, deux à deux, une inscription indiquant les jours de la semaine LUNDI, MARDI, MERCREDI, JEUDI, VENDREDI, SAMEDI, DIMANCHE.The box (1) has fourteen cases (2) corresponding to the MORNING and the AFTERNOON of each day of the week. For this purpose, and as shown in Figure 2, the cases (2) have, two by two, an inscription indicating the days of the week MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
Pour chaque jour, un étui (2) comprend les inscriptions MATIN et MIDI, tandis que l'autre étui comprend les inscriptions SOIR et COUCHER. Les inscriptions MATIN et COUCHER sont disposées en correspondance avec les compartiments de grandes dimensions (2c). Compte-tenu de la conception du dispositif, les différentes inscriptions précitées apparaissent sur la plaque d'obturation transparente (3).For each day, one case (2) includes the morning and noon inscriptions, while the other case includes the evening and bedtime inscriptions. The MORNING and SLEEP inscriptions are arranged in correspondence with the large compartments (2c). Given the design of the device, the various abovementioned inscriptions appear on the transparent closure plate (3).
Les languettes de blocage en position de débordement des étuis (2), compte-tenu de leur élasticité, permettent, si nécessaire, de sortir complètement les étuis, en exerçant sur ces derniers, un effort de poussée plus important.The locking tabs in the overflowing position of the cases (2), taking into account their elasticity, allow, if necessary, to completely remove the cases, by exerting on the latter, a greater pushing force.
Compte-tenu de la nécessité de positionner correctement les compartiments (2b) et (2c) de chaque étui, en correspondance avec les inscriptions qui apparaissent sur le couvercle transparent, ce dernier présente, en correspondance avec les languettes du fond du boîtier, des moyens d'indication visuel.Given the need to correctly position the compartments (2b) and (2c) of each case, in correspondence with the inscriptions which appear on the transparent cover, the latter has, in correspondence with the tabs on the bottom of the case, means of visual indication.
Les avantages ressortenf bien de la description, en particulier on souligne et on rappelle :The advantages emerge clearly from the description, in particular it is emphasized and recalled:
- le débordement d'un seul compartiment de l'étui par rapport au boitier, interdisant en conséquence, de mélanger les médicaments contenus dans deux compartiments adjacents, - la possibilité de mettre dans un même étui, et d'une manière séparée, des médicaments du type supositoire et pilule,- the overflow of a single compartment of the case relative to the case, consequently prohibiting the mixing of the medicaments contained in two adjacent compartments, - the possibility of putting in the same case, and in a separate manner, medicaments of the supository and pill type,
- la simplicité de réalisation,- the simplicity of realization,
- l'utilisation simple et pratique de l'ensemble,- simple and practical use of the set,
- la vision immédiate permettant de constater si un ou plusieurs compartiments sont ouverts,- the immediate vision allowing to note if one or more compartments are open,
- la possibilité de nettoyer en totalité le dispositif, compte- tenu du caractère démontable des étuis par rapport au boitier. - the possibility of completely cleaning the device, taking into account the removable nature of the cases relative to the case.

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-1- Dispositif de conditionnement et de distribution de médicaments, sous forme d'un boîtier support (1) recevant en juxtaposition des étuis rectilignes compartimentés (2) dans lesquels sont placés les médicaments, le boîtier (1) et les étuis (2) présentant, en combinaison, des agencements (1e) aptes à permettre le coulissement guidé en translation desdits étuis (2) avec capacité de débordement à volonté de l'une ou de l'autre des deux faces opposées du boîtier, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des agencements de blocage (1f) (1g) en position de débordement choisie de l'une ou de l'autre des deux faces opposées du boitier, pour donner un libre accès à l'un ou à l'autre seulement des compartiments internes (2b) (2c) que présente chaque étui.-1- Device for packaging and dispensing drugs, in the form of a support box (1) receiving in juxtaposition of rectilinear compartmentalized cases (2) in which the medicines, the case (1) and the cases (2) are placed having, in combination, arrangements (1e) adapted to allow guided sliding in translation of said cases (2) with capacity to overflow at will from one or the other of the two opposite faces of the housing, characterized in that it includes locking arrangements (1f) (1g) in the selected overflow position of one or the other of the two opposite faces of the case, to give free access to one or the other only of the compartments internal (2b) (2c) presented by each case.
-2- Dispositif selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que les agencements de blocage en position de débordement soit du compartiement (2b) soit du compartiment (2c), de l'une ou de l'autre des faces latérales ouvertes (1c) (1d), sont constitués par des languettes élastiques (1f) (1g) formées dans le fond du boîtier au niveau de chaque emplacement des étuis, lesdites languettes présentant, en bout, des pions (1f1) (1g1) aptes à coopérer avec des trous (2d) formés dans l'épaisseur du fond de chaque étui (2).-2- Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking arrangements in the overflow position either of the compartment (2b) or of the compartment (2c), of one or the other of the open side faces (1c) (1d), are constituted by elastic tongues (1f) (1g) formed in the bottom of the housing at each location of the cases, said tongues having, at the end, pins (1f1) (1g1) capable of cooperating with holes (2d) formed in the thickness of the bottom of each case (2).
-3- Dispositif selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que chaque étui (2), sous forme d'un élément parallélépipèdique, est ouvert au niveau de sa partie supérieure et présente une séparation interne transversale (2a) qui est désaxée par rapport à la longueur de l'étui, pour constituer deux compartiments de longueurs inégales (2b) (2c). -4- Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que chaque emplacement présente deux languettes coaxiales (1f) (1g), les languettes de deux emplacements adjacents étant décalées pour permettre le débordement des compartiments de grandes et de petites dimensions (2b) (2c) d'une manière alternée.-3- Device according to claim 1, characterized in that each case (2), in the form of a parallelepipedal element, is open at its upper part and has a transverse internal separation (2a) which is offset from the length of the case, to form two compartments of unequal length (2b) (2c). -4- Device according to claim 2, characterized in that each location has two coaxial tabs (1f) (1g), the tabs of two adjacent locations being offset to allow the overflow of large and small compartments (2b) ( 2c) alternately.
-5- Dispositif selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que le boîtier est constitué par un réceptacle (1b) comprenant une face plane (1b1) recevant les étuis et dont les bords (1b2) (1b3) sont relevés pour constituer les côtés transversaux, en délimitant des faces latérales ouvertes (1c) (1d) pour le débordement des étuis (2), une plaque transparente (3) étant fixée sur ces côtés transversaux pour obturer le réceptacle et par conséquent les étuis.-5- Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing is constituted by a receptacle (1b) comprising a flat face (1b1) receiving the cases and whose edges (1b2) (1b3) are raised to form the transverse sides , by delimiting open lateral faces (1c) (1d) for the overflow of the cases (2), a transparent plate (3) being fixed on these transverse sides to close the receptacle and consequently the cases.
-6- Dispositif selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que les moyens de guidage en translation des étuis sont constitués par des bossages rectilignes (1e) formés en débordement du fond du boîtier.-6- Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide means in translation of the cases are constituted by rectilinear bosses (1e) formed in overflow from the bottom of the housing.
-7- Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier présente quatorze étuis (2) correspondant au matin et à l'après-midi de chaque jour de la semaine.-7- Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing has fourteen cases (2) corresponding to the morning and afternoon of each day of the week.
-8- Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que les étuis (2) présentent deux à deux, une inscription indiquant les jours de la semaine LUNDI, MARDI, MERCREDI, JEUDI, VENDREDI, SAMEDI, DIMANCHE, tandis que pour chaque jour, un étui comprend les inscriptions "MATIN et MIDI", tandis que l'autre étui comprend les inscriptions "SOIR et COUCHER", les inscriptions "MATIN et COUCHER" étant disposées en correspondance avec les compartiments de grande dimension (2c). -9- Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que les différentes inscriptions apparaissent sur la plaque d'obturation transparente (3).-8- Device according to claim 7, characterized in that the cases (2) have two by two, an inscription indicating the days of the week MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, while for each day , one case includes the inscriptions "MORNING and MIDI", while the other case includes the inscriptions "EVENING and SLEEPING", the inscriptions "MORNING and SLEEPING" being arranged in correspondence with the large compartments (2c). -9- Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the different inscriptions appear on the transparent closure plate (3).
-10- Dispositif selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la plaque d'obturation transparente (3) présente, en correspondance avec les languettes du fond du boîtier, des moyens d'indications visuelles. -10- Device according to claim 9, characterized in that the transparent closure plate (3) has, in correspondence with the tabs of the bottom of the housing, visual indication means.
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