Patent ID: 11903905
Assignee: ACEAGE INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An assembly for delivering medication comprising
a cartridge container containing a strip of linked medication-containing pouches, and
a delivery unit enclosure,
the cartridge container being external to the delivery unit enclosure and engaged therewith to enable delivery of the medication-containing pouches from the cartridge container through the delivery unit enclosure to a user access zone, the cartridge container being complementary in shape to the delivery unit enclosure at an interface therebetween, the delivery unit enclosure containing
an advance mechanism operable to engage and to advance pouches of the strip successively out of the cartridge container and to a separation station,
an inspection mechanism to inspect indicia on the pouches,
a separation mechanism at the separation station for separating the pouch at the leading end of the strip from the adjacent pouch, and
an exit route from the delivery unit enclosure for routing the separated pouch to the user access zone.