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US 10,369,076 B2Granted
Blister sheet holder for the verification of the contents thereof
AssigneeEcolopharm Inc.
InventorSandrine Milante
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Abstract
Embodiments of a holder for a blister sheet used to manage prescription pills are described herein. The holder solves the problem of limited space in filled blisters of a blister sheet during visual verification of the contents thereof by including a frame to receive the sheet in such a way that at least some of the blisters are positioned in close proximity to verification receptacles also provided on the holder to temporarily receive part of the blisters' content.
Claims15
A blister sheet holder comprising:
- a frame defining an opening adapted for receiving a blister sheet;
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- verification receptacles in the frame, each adapted to receive part of a content of at least one blister of the blister sheet;
- each of the verification receptacles being positioned adjacent to and outside of a boundary of the opening defined by a length and width of the opening, and
- wherein at least one of the verification receptacles includes a bottom surface that has a depth that gradually increases from a first side of the at least one of the verification receptacles that is adjacent to and outside of the boundary of the opening to another side of the at least one of the verification receptacles.
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A blister sheet holder comprising:
- a frame that defines a rectangular opening for complementary receiving a blister sheet;
- the frame including smooth integral recesses on opposite sides of the rectangular opening;
- each recess being adjacent to and outside of a boundary of the opening, and including a bottom surface having a gradually increasing depth from a first side of the recess adjacent the rectangular opening to a second side opposite the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.