Medication packaging and dose regimen system

• US 10,314,766 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2016
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mylan Incorporated (Pfizer Inc.)
• Inventors: Terhune, JoAnna, Warden, Jeffrey, Holland, Chad, Richardson, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Gehman, Bryon P
• Application Number:
  US15/544,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20180000691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,238 Days
• Field of Search: 206531-534
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/035 Blister-type containers blisters in general B65D75/36
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/16 Holders for containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2200/30 Compliance analysis for taking medication
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2205/30 Printed labels
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0076 Medicament distribution means with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0084 for multiple medicaments
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/04 Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 7/08 expansible
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 21/0209 stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position B65D21/0234, B65D21/0235 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/00 Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper rigid pallets with side walls B65D19/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/042 the inner container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/0446 the inner and outer containers being rigid or semi-rigid and the outer container being of polygonal cross-section not formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks B65D81/3825 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/22 Details
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0463 formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container

Abstract

A medicament dispensing container includes a first wall connected with a second wall and defines a cavity therebetween. The walls are movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. At least one member is disposable in the cavity and defines at least one dose receptacle configured for disposal of at least one dose of at least one medication. At least one fixation member connects the at least one member to at least one of the walls such that the at least one member is movable relative to the wall. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.

Claims

1. A medication dispensing container comprising:

a housing; and

a scroll container fixedly connected with the housing by a tether, the scroll container comprising at least one panel, wherein each of the at least one panel comprises at least one fastener adhering a medication card thereto;

wherein the scroll container is movable about the tether relative to the housing between an accessible configuration where the medication card is accessible and a non-accessible configuration where the medication card is non-accessible.

2. The medication dispensing container of claim 1, wherein the at least one fastener comprises a flap, the flap being foldable over at least a portion of the medication card to secure the medication card to the at least one panel.

3. The medication dispensing container of claim 2, wherein the flap comprises an adhesive side and a non-adhesive side.

4. The medication dispensing container of claim 3, wherein the flap is formed from a cutout in the at least one panel.

5. The medication dispensing container of claim 1, wherein the scroll container comprises a plurality of panels, each of the panels being rotatably connected to an adjacent panel of the plurality of panels.

6. The medication dispensing container of claim 1, wherein the medication card comprises:

a front portion rotatably connected to a rear portion,

wherein the front portion comprises at least one receptacle for storing a medicament, and the rear portion is configured to be received by the at least one fastener.

7. The medication dispensing container of claim 6, wherein the rear portion is received by the at least one fastener such that a back face of the rear portion contacts the at least one panel and the front portion rotates forward such that a rear face of the front portion comes into proximity with a front face of the rear portion.

8. The medication dispensing container of claim 7, wherein at least one of the front face of the rear portion and the rear face of the front portion comprises medication indicia corresponding to the medicament stored in the at least one receptacle of the front portion.

9. The medication dispensing container of claim 7, wherein the at least one fastener comprises a flap, the flap being foldable over the rear portion to contact a front face of the rear portion.

10. The medication dispensing container of claim 8, wherein the flap is formed from a cutout in the at least one panel, the rear portion being shaped to accommodate the cutout such that the flap may be folded over the rear portion when the rear portion is aligned with the at least one panel.

11. The medication dispensing container of claim 10, wherein the front face of the rear portion comprises medication indicia corresponding to the medicament stored in the at least one receptacle of the front portion, the medication indicia being positioned such that the flap does not obscure the medication indicia when the flap is folded over the rear portion.

12. The medication dispensing container of claim 9, wherein the flap comprises an adhesive side and a non-adhesive side, the adhesive side being front facing when the flap is in a non-folded position and rear facing when the flap is in a folded position.