Method and system for producing sealed packages of a film which is dissolved in a body fluid
AssigneeApothecus Pharmaceutical Corp.
InventorGlen F. Gifford
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Abstract
A system for packaging a water soluble medicant film which is dissolvable in a body fluid within a multi-ply packaging material which comprises a spool of dissolvable film, a mechanism for longitudinally cutting the film into at least two webs, a mechanism for drawing each of the webs through a roller assembly, a mechanism for laterally separating the webs, a mechanism for preventing the webs from adhering to the drawing mechanism, a mechanism for transversely cutting the webs into individual dosages of film, and a mechanism for sealing the film dosages between the packaging plies.
Claims16
A system for packaging a water soluble film within a multi-ply package, comprising:
- a spool of said film comprising a medicant;
- a packaging material comprising a first ply and a second ply;
- means for longitudinally cutting said film into at least two webs;
- means for drawing each of said webs through at least one roller assembly;
- means for laterally separating said webs;
- means for preventing said webs from adhering to said drawing means, said preventing means comprising a guide plate comprising at least one notch located therein;
- means for transversely cutting said webs into individual dosages of said film;
- and
- means for sealing said dosages between said plies.
A method of providing a water soluble film within a multi-ply package comprising the steps of:
- feeding a spool of said film into a roller assembly;
- longitudinally cutting said film into at least two webs;
- drawing each of said webs through at least one roller assembly;
- laterally separating said webs;
- preventing said webs from adhering to said at least one roller assembly by utilizing a guide plate comprising at least one notch located therein;
- transversely cutting said webs into individual dosages of said film;
- and
- sealing said dosages between said plies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.