Patent ID: 7419056

Claim:
A protective case ( 10 ) for a blister pack ( 12 ) containing medicines ( 19 ) intended for clinical trials, the blister pack having a semi-rigid horizontal upper panel ( 14 ) with blister-shaped cells ( 16 ) delimiting housings which are obturated by covers ( 17 ) and each of which contains a medicine ( 19 ) able to be expelled through a flat lower face ( 18 ) of the blister pack ( 12 ) by tearing the respective cover ( 17 ), the case ( 10 ) comprising: a horizontal bottom ( 20 ) of rigid plastic upon which the lower face ( 18 ) of the blister pack ( 12 ) lays, the bottom having holes ( 42 ) coinciding with locations of the cells; and an upper panel ( 32 ) of rigid plastic which covers an upper face ( 14 ) of the blister pack ( 12 ), the upper panel having holes ( 40 ) coinciding with locations of the cells, the blister pack ( 12 ) being trapped between the bottom ( 20 ) and the upper panel ( 32 ); and elastic interlocking means ( 44 , 46 ) that cannot be dismantled for fixing the upper panel ( 32 ) with respect to the bottom ( 20 ).