Packaging device and method for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches
AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorsCornelis Jan Jochemsen, Aalf Wijnia, Robert Ernst Onderdelinden, René Smit
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Abstract
A packaging device for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches that is configured to form and fill the pouches in an elongated web to contain the medicaments comprises a web drive for guiding the elongated web in a transport direction along a web trajectory, wherein the packaging device further comprises a sealing station along the web trajectory, wherein the sealing station is configured to apply a seal to the elongated web to form at least a part of a pouch.
Claims16
A packaging device for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches, the packaging device comprising:
- a web drive for guiding an elongated web of pouches in a transport direction along a web trajectory,
- a sealing station along the web trajectory, wherein the sealing station comprises a press for applying seals to the elongate web by pressing said elongate web together in a sealing direction transverse to the transport direction,
- a driven output roller downstream of the sealing station in the transport direction,
- a filling station along the web trajectory configured to feed the discrete medicaments in the pouches in the elongated web, and
- a control unit that is operationally connected to the sealing station, the filling station and the web drive, wherein the control unit is configured to perform the steps of:
- a) controlling the web drive to drive the elongate web in the transport direction along a web trajectory;
- b) controlling the web drive to cease the transportation of the elongate web;
- c) controlling the sealing station to locally apply a seal to the elongate web with the press for forming at least a part of a pouch;
- d) controlling the filling station to drop one or more discrete medicaments into the pouch;
- wherein the control unit controls steps c) and d) to ensure the press is closed to form the seal at the time the one or more discrete medicaments drop into the foil forming the pouch.
A method for packaging discrete medicaments in pouches, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- a) guiding an elongate web in a transport direction along a web trajectory;
- b) releasing tension in the elongate web;
- c) locally applying a seal to the elongate web with a press for forming at least a part of a pouch in the elongate web;
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- d) dropping one or more discrete medicaments into the pouch;
- wherein steps c) and d) are performed to ensure the press is closed to form the seal at the time the one or more discrete medicaments drop into the foil forming the pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.