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US 5,109,984 AGranted
Unit-dose medication handling and dispensing system
OwnerJerome M. Romickinventor
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Abstract
This patent discloses reusable, plastic medication dispensing containers for dispensing medication from a blister pack. The container includes a top, bottom, and retaining frame that are molded from a one-piece plastic and hingeably connected one to the other.
Claims5
A reusable, plastic medication dispensing container, comprising:
- a top, bottom, and unit-dose medication retaining frame, being molded as a one piece structure, with said top and frame being hingeably attached to said bottom;
- reuseable means for affixing a label with patient medication information to said top, with said label affixing means being molded as an integral part of said top;
- a hole through said top for viewing a portion of a label so affixed;
- reuseable means, integrally molded to said top, bottom and frame, for interlocking said frame to said bottom and said top to said frame by positive mechanical locking action;
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- a plurality of matching apertures through said bottom and frame,
- whereby a blister pack can be sandwiched and locked between said bottom and frame, and unit-dose medication from such a sandwiched blister pack can be passed through the apertures in said bottom, and said top can be interlocked directly above said frame.
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A reuseable, plastic medication dispensing container, comprising:
- a rectangular top, bottom and unit-dose medication retaining frame each having a front and back surface and a plurality of edges, with said top, bottom and frame being molded as a one piece unit, and said top and frame being hingeably attached to said bottom along adjoining edges;
- a plurality of posts and diagonal straps located adjacent to and integrally connected to the back surface of said top, whereby a label can be proximately affixed to the back surface of said top by the use of said posts and straps;
- a hole through said top for viewing a portion of a label so affixed;
- at least one first locking post located adjacent to an edge of and projecting out of the front surface of said bottom and having a detent, wherein the first detent is engageable with an indentation located along a corresponding edge of said frame;
- a plurality of matching apertures through said bottom and frame, whereby a blister pack can be sandwiched and locked between said bottom and frame when said first locking post and indentation are engaged, and unit-dose medication from such a sandwiched blister pack can be passed through the apertures in said bottom;
- at least one second locking post located adjacent to an edge of and projecting out of the front surface of said frame and having a detent, wherein the second detent is engageable with a groove located adjacent to a corresponding edge of said top, whereby said top is interlocked with and directly above said frame when said second locking post and groove are engaged.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.