Packaging systems and methods

A method for creating a disposable product for storing a plurality of sequential and time-based administrations of medications, the product customized according to the prescription of a user, said method comprising:

• a. in a system, receiving information about a sequential and time-based prescription of a user, the prescription calling for administration of one or more of a plurality of different medications;
• b. in the system, determining prescription-based sequence of single dose packages, the determining including;
• i. selecting at least one medication from said plurality of medications to be included in each single dose package of said sequence of single dose packages, wherein the selected medication may vary according to the prescription of the user and from one single-dose package of said sequence of single dose packages to another;
• ii. selecting two or more medications from said plurality of different medications to be included in at least one single dose package in said sequence of single dose packages, wherein the selected medications may vary according to the prescription of the user;
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• iii. customizing the contents of one or more single dose packages in said sequence of single dose packages to have a different number of medications than adjacent single dose packages, to meet the sequential and time-based prescription of the user;
• c. using the system for forming a strip including multiple single-use packages to perform a step of customizing a continuous strip according to the prescription-based sequence, the continuous strip including an elongated base layer and an elongated cover layer attached to the elongated base layer, the customizing including:
• i. arranging the prescription-based sequence of said single dose package, the arranging further comprising:
• 1. arranging each sequential single dose package into a respective separable sequential portion of said continuous strip;
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• 2. arranging said sequence of single dose packages into a first single file;
• ii. dispensing one or more medications corresponding to a dose into a single dose package, including dispensing each medication into a different blister, a set of blisters within a single dose package being inseparable.