Container with blister pack opener
US5356010A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D75/34
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention is a medication container which includes a package designed to receive a softpack of individually segregated unit dosages of medication and a softpack puncturing mechanism located on a flat surface of the package. The softpack 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 softpack 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 softpack of medication.
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