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Apparatus for removing solid medications from blister packs - Patent # 5464118 - PatentGenius
5464118 Apparatus for removing solid medications from blister packs
Inventor: Grau, et al.
Application: 08/287,601
Inventors: Grau; Ulrich (Eschborn, DE)
Ziegert; Gunter (Frankfurt am Main, DE)
U.S. Class: 206/531; 206/534; 221/31; 221/5; 221/88
Field Of Search: 221/5; 221/30; 221/31; 221/32; 221/79; 221/81; 221/88; 206/531; 206/534
U.S Patent Documents: 3279651; 3651927; 4015717; 4298125; 4778054; 5336213; 5348158
Foreign Patent Documents: 315951; 801954; 2321615; 3922763
1. An apparatus for removing solid medications from blister packs, comprising a shell-shaped bottom part and a hood-shaped top part, the bottom part having an axle and includingrecesses, which are disposed concentrically to the axle, one end of the axle is configured as a rotational axis and translational guide for the top part, the top part extending over the bottom part and including a hub, which is supported on the axle by aspring, the top part further including a ram parallel to the hub which, given an appropriate setting of the top part relative to the bottom part, is aligned with respectively one of the recesses, the other end of the axle including a journal forreceiving a bearing plate for the blister pack.
Description: The invention relates to an apparatus for removing solid medications from blisterpacks, comprising a shell-shaped bottom part and a hood-shaped top part.
Apparatuses of the said type are known from EP-A-0 315 951. The strip-shaped blister inserted between the shell-shaped bottom part and the hood-shaped top part is emptied by means of a slide, which is displaceable in increments along the blisterand exhibits a ram. For weak patients, especially those restricted in their movement, this apparatus is too complicated. The apparatus, moreover, is not child-proof.
The invention achieves the object by the fact that the bottom part is provided with an axle and exhibits recesses, which are disposed concentrically to the axle, the one end of the axle is configured as a rotational axis and translational guidefor the top part, the top part reaches over the bottom part and exhibits a hub, which is supported on the axle by means of a spring, parallel to the hub on the top part there is disposed a ram which, given an appropriate setting of the top part relativeto the bottom part, is aligned with respectively one of the recesses, the other end of the axle is provided with a journal for receiving a bearing plate for the blister pack, and the bearing plate exhibits holes, which form with the recesses of thebottom part a passage for the ram.
The bottom part can be provided with a base ring, on which there are disposed markings for the passages, and the top part exhibits an indicator for the position of the ram. The bottom and top parts can be provided with devices for theincremental progression of the ram from passage to passage.
The advantages of the apparatus can essentially be seen in the fact that the medication is hermetically enclosed, the ram is positioned by incremental rotation of the top part over the passages and hence over the medication to be removed and canbe slid easily into the passage, whereupon the medication is forced out of the pack. The apparatus is child-proof.
The apparatus essentially comprises the shell-shaped bottom part 2 and the hood-shaped top part 1. The bottom part 2 can be provided with a base ring 12, on which there are disposed markings3. Using the indicator 4 on the top part 1, the position of the ram 8 (FIG. 2) is defined in relation to one of the markings 3. The bottom part 2 is provided with an axle 13, which juts into the shell space 14 of the bottom part 2. Disposedconcentrically to the axle 13, the bottom part 2 exhibits recesses 10. The axle 13 is configured both as a rotational axis and as a translational guide for the top part 1. The top part 1 exhibits a hub 15, which is supported on the axle 13 by means ofa spring 6. Parallel to the hub 15 on the top part 1 there is disposed a ram 8, which, given an appropriate setting of the top part 1 relative to the bottom part 2, is aligned with respectively one of the recesses 10 and hence, when the top part 1 ispressed down, is able to plunge into one of the recesses 10. The bottom part 2 and the top part i can be provided with devices for an incremental movement relative to each other or for progression of the ram 8 from recess 10 to recess 10. Such devicescan consist in ratchet teeth 16 on the bottom part 2 and corresponding engagements 17 on the top part I or vice versa. The axle 13 juts not only into the shell space 14 but also into the base space 18. It is configured in the base space 18 as a journal11 having a thread or the like for receiving a bearing plate 7 for the blister pack 5. The bearing plate 7 is provided with holes 9, which form with the recesses 10 of the bottom part 2 a passage for the ram 8. Between the bearing plate 7 and thebottom part 2 there is provided a space 19 for the blister pack 5 having the medication pockets 20. The medication pockets 20 are disposed in the blister pack 5 in such a way that, when the blister pack is inserted, they jut into the recesses 10 of thebottom part 2. The bearing plate 7 can be fixed by means of a nut 21 or the like. In order to ensure that the holes 9 of the bearing plate 7 always form a passage with the recesses 10, the bearing plate 7 can be provided with a boss 22, which engagesin a corresponding groove 23 in the journal 11. By pressing down the top part 2, the medication 24 is forced by the ram 8 out of the medication pocket 20.
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