Patent ID: 6681935
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A61J,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A method of providing a therapeutic regimen for a patient comprisesthe step of placing at least one medicament of said therapeutic regimen into at least one initially open blister of a prefabricated medicament container having a plurality of said open blisters, said prefabricated medicament container further having a closure cover affixed to one marginal edge thereof by at least one living hinge, said closure cover having at least one clasp on an open end of said closure cover opposite said at least one said living hinge, said plurality of said blisters arranged in rows and columns separated by longitudinal and transverse shoulders, at least one of said longitudinal and said transverse shoulders having perforations therethrough wherein said prefabricated medicine container is adapted to be separated along said perforations into a plurality of units, at least one of said longitudinal and said transverse shoulders having cutouts formed in at least one marginal edge thereof adjacent said blisters, said cutouts adapted to facilitate removal of a sealing sheet providing access to said medicament in said blisters, the step of printing an outside surface of said sealing sheet with medicament information at a location corresponding to said at least one said initially open blister such that said medicament information on said outside surface of said sealing sheet corresponds with said at least one said medicament in said at least one said initially open blister, said medicament information comprising at least one of the name of said patient, the time of day, the day of week and/or the calendar date for said patient to take said medicament in said at least one said blister, the name of the doctor, the name of said medicament and/or the dosage of said medicament, said sealing sheet, when removed from said location indicates to said patient that said at least one said medicament has been taken, the step of arranging said at least one said medicament in said prefabricated medicament container wherein said medicament to be taken by said patient after said step of placing said at least one said medicament into said prefabricated medicament container is in a first position in said columns and said rows, the step of aligning said medicament information printed on said sealing sheet with said medicament in said at least one said blister, the step of closing said at least one said initially open blister by adhering said sealing sheet to said longitudinal and said transverse shoulders of said prefabricated medicament container, the step of closing said closure cover over said prefabricated medicament container and the step of clasping said at least one said clasp to a marginal edge of said prefabricated medicament container opposite said marginal edge having said at least one said living hinge.