Blister pack and applicator therefor

An applicator for a container for holding a plurality of single doses of a fluid active substance, in which the single doses are separately packaged in a gas-tight manner and are separately releasable, the container having a substantially flat carrier film carrying a plurality of gas-tight cavities, each of said cavities comprising a discharge channel oriented to a periphery of the carrier film and opening at a distance from the periphery of the carrier film, and a plurality of incisions extending from the periphery of the carrier film, each of said incisions ending transversely to a respective one of the discharge channels at a distance from the respective discharge channel, each of said incisions delimiting a respective tab formed at the periphery of the carrier film, wherein each of the discharge channels is releasable by tearing and separating transversely to an axis of the discharge channel upon bending and pulling on the respective tab formed by the incision,

• said applicator comprising:
• a displacement drive or a rotation drive for driving movement of the carrier film,
• an outlet opening of the applicator, and
• means for gripping the respective tab adjacent the respective discharge channel, wherein
• the displacement drive or rotation drive is adapted to move the respective discharge channel into a position in alignment with the outlet opening, and
• said means for gripping opens the respective discharge channel in the position in alignment with the outlet opening of the applicator, forming a tearing edge extending transversely to the respective discharge channel.