Patent ID: 8640917

Claim:
Multiple-use dispenser for articles contained in blister-type packages for pharmaceutical products, the dispenser comprising a housing ( 2 ) with at least one opening for dispensing an article (T) from a blister package ( 100 ) contained therein, the housing ( 2 ) comprising a front and a rear sheet ( 3 , 4 ) interconnected with one another along their longitudinal edges and having a closed end ( 5 ) and an open end ( 6 ) on opposite longitudinal ends thereof, the open end ( 6 ) comprising a closure element enabling replacement of the blister package, the front and rear sheets ( 3 , 4 ) each being provided with at least one opening ( 30 , 40 ), the openings ( 30 , 40 ) of the front and rear sheets ( 3 , 4 ) being arranged so as to be in permanent registry with one another, the dispenser further comprising a shutter sheet ( 9 ) arranged within the housing ( 2 ), the shutter sheet ( 9 ) being adapted to be moved longitudinally from a first end position, in which the respective at least one opening ( 30 , 40 ) in the front and rear sheets ( 3 , 4 ) is closed to a second end position, in which an aperture ( 90 ) of the shutter sheet ( 9 ) is in registry with the respective at least one opening ( 30 , 40 ) in the front and rear sheets ( 3 , 4 ), the shutter sheet ( 9 ) being resiliently biased towards the first end position in which it closes the respective at least one opening ( 30 , 40 ) in the front and rear sheets ( 3 , 4 ), wherein between the shutter sheet ( 9 ) and the front sheet ( 3 ) of the housing ( 2 ) a compartment ( 11 ) is provided for accommodating a blister package ( 100 ).