Receptacles – Closures – With closure opening arrangements for means
Patent
1993-04-19
1998-12-29
Kavanaugh, Ted
Receptacles
Closures
With closure opening arrangements for means
225103, 30124, 206532, B65D 1752
Patent
active
058531017
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a blister pack opener which includes a structure designed to receive a soft pack of individually segregated unit dosages of medication. The opener or soft pack puncturing mechanism has a base segment and a top segment hingedly connected to one another. The base segment has an orifice located thereon which is of sufficient size to receive a unit dosage section of a soft pack commonly referred to as a "blister" and the top segment has a protrusion adapted to nest within the orifice of the bottom segment. The protrusion of the top segment has sufficient height so as to puncture a dosage unit section of a soft pack of medication. When a dosage unit or "blister" is placed within the orifice of the bottom segment and the top segment is hingedly pushed downwardly, the protrusion on the top segment will puncture the foil or flat element of the blister pack. Preferably, the puncture mechanism has toothed edges on this protrusion to enhance puncturing. Also, in preferred embodiments, the opener has grasping protrusions which help to hold the blister pack in place during puncturing.
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Glynn, Esq. Kenneth P.
Kavanaugh Ted
Primary Delivery Systems, Inc.
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