Patent ID: 7489594

Claim:
A blister pack system comprising: a blister pack that is insertable into a receiving part of a holding device, the blister pack having pockets sealed by a foil with individual contact pads disposed on an outer side of the foil and assigned to one of the pockets, and an individual printed conductor that runs from each of the individual contact pads on the outer side of the foil over the corresponding pocket to a common printed conductor connected to a common contact pad on the outer side of the foil, such that during removal of a pill from the pocket the individual printed conductor assigned to this pocket is interrupted; and a printed circuit board having stamped perforations corresponding to a pattern of the pockets of the blister pack, and individual contact pads and a common contact pad corresponding to a pattern of the individual contact pads and the common contact pad of the blister pack, each of the contact pads of the printed circuit board being aligned with a respective one of the contact pads of the blister pack, the common contact pad of the printed circuit board being aligned with the common contact pad of the blister pack, and the stamped perforations of the printed circuit board being aligned with the pockets of the blister pack, such that (i) the corresponding contact pads of the printed circuit board and the contact pads of the blister pack and (ii) the common contact pad of the printed circuit board and the common contact pad of the blister pack are electrically connected to one another, the printed circuit board having in an edge area thereof individual contact pads each connected via an individual printed conductor to an individual contact pad of the printed circuit board, and a common connection contact pad connected via a common printed conductor to the common contact pad of the printed circuit board, a connection between the individual contact pads of the printed circuit board and the corresponding individual contact pads of the blister pack, and a connection between the common contact pad of the printed circuit board and the common contact pad of the blister pack being produced via conductive adhesive points.