Patent ID: 8869663

Claim:
A method of determining a perforation location on a blister card comprising at least one unit dose blister of medication, the method comprising: performing a data extraction operation with respect to a surface of the blister card wherein performing the data extraction operation with respect to the surface of the blister card comprises detecting an amount of electrical charge passing through the blister card; determining perforation location information defining a location of at least one perforation adjoining two unit dose blisters on the blister card based on the data extracted wherein determining perforation location information comprises determining a position of a perforation line based on the amount of electrical charge detected at a respective portion of the blister card; mating an edge of the blister card with a fence such that the at least one perforation is spaced therefrom; and utilizing the perforation location information to singulate two unit dose blisters by cutting the blister card substantially along the at least one perforation while the edge of the blister card remains mated with the fence in order to provide a reference from which a distance from the edge of the blister card to the at least one perforation is measured.