# US 2014/0151250 A1 · Packaged medication assembly and associated method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0151250 A1 - Document ID: US20140151250A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/070,104 - Filed: 2013-11-01 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Target Brands, Inc. - Applicants: Target Brands, Inc. - Inventors: Liem T. NGUYEN; Nicole J. KRSNAK - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151250A1 ## CPC - G09F 23/10: on paper articles, e.g. booklets, newspapers - A61G 2205/30: Printed labels - A61J 1/03: for pills or tablets (containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04) - A61J 1/16: Holders for containers - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - 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 ## Abstract A packaged medication assembly includes a packaged medication, a bag, and an information insert. The packaged medication includes a container and medication enclosed within the container. The bag defines a first panel, a storage chamber, and an opening to the storage chamber. The information insert includes patient information, which provides identification of a patient that the medication was packaged for, and medication information providing at least one of an identity of and a description of the medication. The information insert includes a patient identifying section including the patient information adjacent the first edge. The information insert is placed in the storage chamber such that substantially only the patient identifying section extends and remains exposed above the first panel such that a remainder of the information insert is covered by the first panel of the bag. The packaged medication is positioned within the storage chamber. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A packaged medication assembly comprising: a packaged medication including a container and medication enclosed within the container; a bag defining a bottom bag fold line, a first panel adjacent the bottom bag fold line, a storage chamber, and an opening to the storage chamber formed at least partially by a first edge of the first panel opposite the bottom bag fold line; and an information insert having a width smaller than and a height greater than a width and a height of the first panel of the bag, wherein: the height of the information insert is defined between the first edge and a second edge of the information insert, the information insert includes patient information, which provides identification of a patient that the medication was packaged for, and medication information providing at least one of an identity of and a description of the medication, the information insert includes a patient identifying section including the patient information adjacent the first edge, the information insert is placed in the storage chamber such that the second edge is positioned adjacent the bottom bag fold line and substantially only the patient identifying section extends and remains exposed above the first edge of the first panel such that a remainder of the information insert is covered by the first panel of the bag, and the packaged medication is positioned within the storage chamber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, wherein the patient identifying section is characterized by an absence of human readable information identifying the medication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, wherein the packaged medication is positioned within the storage chamber on an opposite side of the information insert as compared to the first panel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, wherein substantially all of the medication information on the information insert is concealed by the bag. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, wherein the information insert is placed in the storage chamber such that the second edge is positioned in contact with the bottom bag fold line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, wherein the bag defines a second panel opposite the first panel, the second panel and the first panel intersecting one another at the bottom bag fold line. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The packaged medication assembly of claim 5, wherein the bag defines a side panel on each of opposing sides of the bag extending between the first panel and the second panel, each side panel defining a longitudinal fold line extending from the bottom bag fold line to the opening of the bag, the side panel being folded into the storage chamber along the longitudinal fold line. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The packaged medication assembly of claim 6, wherein each side panel is divided into a first side panel section adjacent the first panel on one side of the longitudinal fold line and a second side panel section adjacent the second panel on one side of the longitudinal fold line, and the information insert is positioned to extend between the first panel and the first side panel section. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, wherein information insert includes a guest receipt section near the first edge of the information insert and a drug information section near the second edge of the information insert separated by a soft perforation line, and the guest receipt section includes the patient identifying section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, wherein the guest receipt section includes two guest receipts separated by a perforation line. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, further comprising a pharmacy processing section bordering the information insert along a hard perforation line, the pharmacy processing section being folded about the hard perforation line when the information insert is positioned in the storage chamber of the bag. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, wherein the patient identifying section includes a partial patient identifier and a complete patient name separate from the partial patient identifier, and the partial patient identifier is visually differentiated from all other information printed on the patient identifying section. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The packaged medication assembly of claim 1, in combination with additional packaged medication assemblies, wherein the combination includes a bin selectively maintaining an array of packaged medication assemblies including the packaged medication assembly and the additional packaged medication assemblies such that the patient identifying section remains prominently positioned above the first panel of the bag while maintained in the array. ### Claim 14 A pharmaceutical preparation system comprising: a drug for a patient; means for maintaining the drug; means for providing human-readable information about the drug and the patient, wherein the information about the drug is spatially separated from the information about the patient; and means for containing the means for maintaining the drug and the means for providing human-readable information such that the means for maintaining the drug is substantially entirely enclosed within the means for containing, wherein the means for providing human-readable information is substantially entirely enclosed within the means for containing other than a first portion of the means for providing human-readable information, and the first portion of the means for providing human-readable information includes human-readable information about the patient but is void of any human-readable information identifying the drug. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The pharmaceutical preparation system of claim 14, wherein the means for containing is a bag. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The pharmaceutical preparation system of claim 14, wherein the means for providing human-readable information is positioned on a interior side of a panel of the means for containing, and the means for maintaining the drug is position on a side of the means for containing opposite the panel of the means for containing. ### Claim 17 A method of providing a pharmaceutical item, the method comprising: using a printer to print an information insert with information about a patient and a drug, wherein a prescription has been received identifying the patient and the drug being prescribed to the patient; filing a container with the drug as dictated by the prescription to form a pharmaceutical item; placing the information insert into a sleeve having a closed bottom edge and an open top, the open top providing access to a compartment defined by the sleeve, wherein placing the information insert into the sleeve includes placing the information insert to be substantially enclosed within the compartment other than a patient identifying section, which extends beyond the open top of the sleeve and remains substantially exposed; placing the pharmaceutical item into the sleeve such that the pharmaceutical item is substantially entirely enclosed in the sleeve; and storing the sleeve with the information insert and the pharmaceutical item in a temporary location until the patient arrives to claim the pharmaceutical item. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein placing the information insert into the sleeve positions the information insert immediately adjacent an inside surface of a first external panel of the sleeve, and placing the pharmaceutical item inside the sleeve adjacent the information insert opposite the external panel of the sleeve. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the information insert includes a drug information section on a front surface of the information section, the drug information section including indicia identifying the drug and is the only portion of the front surface of the information section including drug identifying information, and placing the information insert into the sleeve includes placing the drug information section directly adjacent to the inside surface of the first external panel of the sleeve such that the drug information section is substantially hidden from view via the sleeve. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein printing the information insert includes printing an information sheet including the information insert and additional readily separable sections presenting information relating to the drug or pharmacy processes related to providing the drug to the patient. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the additional readily separable sections include a information card including information about the drug, the method further includes slidably inserting the information card into a slot defined adjacent the container, and the slot is formed entirely separate from the sleeve. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, further comprising applying a label to the container to define the slot between the label and the container. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein placing the information insert into a sleeve includes separating the information insert from a remainder of the information sheet without the use of tools. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein using the printer, filling the container, placing the information insert into the sleeve, placing the pharmaceutical item into the sleeve, and storing the sleeve are repeated for a plurality of patients with corresponding ones of a plurality of drugs, and storing includes placing the sleeves into a container in a horizontal stack such that all patient identifying sections face in the same direction and are readily viewable above each of the sleeves for easy subsequent identification for delivery to one or more of the patients.