Automatic blister card packager

A blister card loader comprising:

• a base for storing a stack of blister cards, the base moveable along a track;
• a loader configured to retrieve an empty blister card from the stack of blister cards;
• a platen configured to receive the empty blister card from the loader for filling, wherein the base is configured to move along the track towards the loader in response to the loader retrieving the empty blister card from the stack of blister cards;
• a base actuator coupled to the base and configured to move the base along the track;
• a loader actuator coupled to the loader and configured to actuate the loader to retrieve the empty blister card;
• and
• an electronic processor electrically coupled to the base actuator and the loader actuator, the electronic processor configured to:
• operate, using the loader actuator, the loader to retrieve the empty blister card from the stack of blister cards;
• and
• operate, using a base actuator, the base to move towards the loader by a distance corresponding to a dimension of the empty blister card in response to operating the loader to retrieve the empty blister card from the stack of blister cards.