Packaging system for separately storing and dispensing together separate medication components
OwnerRajneesh Taneja, Pramod Guptainventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a packaging system intended to simplify the usage of multiple medications stored separately and used together, thereby minimize the non-compliant use of the multiple medications. Generally, the separate medications are grouped together on a per dose basis in a plurality of blister pack recesses. A single cover sheet is used to commonly seal the related medications to be used together, such that when the corresponding cover sheet is removed the multiple medications are commonly accessed.
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A package system for separately storing and dispensing together separate medication components comprising:
- a blister sheet including a plurality of blister recesses for receiving a plurality of different medication components, which are grouped in adjacent blister recesses corresponding to prescribed use together on a per dose basis, and a substantially planar non-blistered shoulder portion, which extends around at least portions of the plurality of blister recesses;
- a backing sheet having one or more openings, each opening being opposite to and extending to encompass one or more of the blister recesses, which include medication components from the same usage grouping, and a sealing portion which is substantially adhered to the shoulder portion of the blister sheet;
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- one or more cover sheets for covering and sealing the one or more openings in the backing sheet, wherein a common cover sheet covers all of the one or more openings opposite the blister recesses containing the medication components of a specific usage grouping.
A package system for separately storing and dispensing together separate medication components comprising:
- a blister sheet including a plurality of blister recesses for receiving a plurality of different medication components, which are grouped in adjacent blister recesses corresponding to prescribed use together on a per dose basis, and a substantially planar non-blistered shoulder portion, which extends around at least portions of the plurality of blister recesses;
- a backing sheet having a sealing portion which is substantially adhered to the shoulder portion of the blister sheet, wherein the backing sheet is subdivided into one or more segmented portions, each segmented portion being opposite to, and extending to encompass and substantially seal one or more of the blister recesses, which include all of the medication components of a specific usage grouping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.