Patent ID: 7293653

Claim:
A primary package unit for a plurality of separated medicinal administration form which are in the form of wafers, said package unit having a bottom layer and a top layer sealed thereto, between which layers a plurality of individual compartments, surrounded by sealed regions, are formed for the administration forms in the region of which the top and bottom layers are unsealed, said primary package unit being provided with at least two rows (I, II) of compartments ( 4 , 8 ), and the compartments ( 4 , 8 ) and administration forms ( 1 , 1 a , 1 ′) of neighbouring rows (I, II) are arranged in a staggered arrangement which results in an offset between said rows, wherein said bottom layer and said top layer are both flexible, and wherein said package unit has top layer sections associated with the compartments ( 4 , 8 ) and not connected with the bottom layer ( 2 ), each of said top layer sections having a region facing away from its associated compartment, which top layer sections are separated from top layer ( 3 ) and serve as tear tabs ( 6 , 9 ), said tear tabs ( 6 , 9 ) bordering on predetermined tear lines ( 7 , 10 ), which are arranged in the sealed top layer ( 3 ) of the regions surrounding the compartments ( 4 , 8 ) and wherein said tear tabs ( 6 , 9 ) each project into the spaces existing between the compartments ( 4 , 8 ) of a neighbouring row (I, II).