# US 9,867,760 B2 · Overlay for medication card > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,867,760 B2 - Document ID: US9867760B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/473,763 - Filed: 2017-03-30 - Published: 2017-07-20 - Granted: 2018-01-16 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-03 - Assignees: Chiasma, Inc. - Applicants: Chiasma Inc. - Inventors: Dana Gelbaum - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9867760B2 ## CPC - A61J 1/035: {Blister-type containers (blisters in general B65D75/36)} - A61J 7/04: Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers - B65B 61/025: {for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging} - B65D 25/205: {Means for the attachment of labels, cards, coupons or the like; (cards or coupons for the other types of rigid or semi-rigid containers B65D25/36 takes precedence)} - B65D 75/327: {and forming several compartments} - A61J 2205/20: Colour codes - A61J 2205/50: using icons or symbolic figures, e.g. by a graphical representation symbolising the type of pathology or the organ by an image - B65D 2575/367: through a preformed opening in the flat sheet, e.g. the opening being defined by weakened lines - 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 - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract An overlay is provided for a medication card of the type having a plurality of pharmaceutical products arranged in at least one row. The overlay includes a planar body having a front surface, and a plurality of openings formed in the planar body, with locations of the plurality of openings substantially corresponding to locations of the plurality of products of the medication card. The overlay further includes instructions provided on the front surface of the body for ingesting the plurality of products of the medication card. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medication card assembly comprising: a medication card including a carrier sheet having a front surface and a plurality of blisters, each blister containing a pharmaceutical product, the medication card being provided without instructions for ingesting the plurality of products of the medication card; and an overlay including a planar body having a front surface and a back surface, the planar body being configured to be applied to the carrier sheet of the medication card with the back surface of the planar body of the overlay facing the front surface of the carrier sheet of the medication card, the planar body of the overlay being sized to lie within a boundary defined by the carrier sheet of the medication card, the planar body being separate than and uncoupled with respect to the medication card, the overlay further including a plurality of openings formed in the planar body, locations of the plurality of openings substantially corresponding to locations of the plurality of blisters, and instructions provided on the front surface of the planar body for ingesting the plurality of products of the medication card. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medication card assembly of claim 1, wherein the medication card is unprinted or partially unprinted. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medication card assembly of claim 1, wherein the instructions further include written instructions printed on the front surface of the planar body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The medication card assembly of claim 3, wherein the instructions further include color coded instructions printed on the front surface of the planar body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The medication card assembly of claim 4, wherein the color coded instructions includes a first color to designate a first subset of the plurality of products to be ingested during a first time period and a second color to designate a second subset of the plurality of products to be ingested during a second time period. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The medication card assembly of claim 5, wherein the first color includes at least two shades of the first color to designate separate days of the week. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The medication card assembly of claim 6, wherein the second color includes at least two shades of the second color to designate separate days of the week. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The medication card assembly of claim 3, wherein the instructions further include at least one symbol printed on the front surface of the planar body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The medication card assembly of claim 8, wherein the at least one symbol designates one of a first time period and a second time period. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The medication card assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of openings is sized to enable a product to extend through the opening. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The medication card assembly of claim 1, wherein the medication card assembly can be configured for different dosages. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The medication card assembly of claim 1, wherein the instructions include dosage instructions.