System and method for printing edible medicament dosage containers having identifying indicia at dispensing sites
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1. A method for producing medicament containers at a dispensing site comprising:
- using a computer and interface to select single dose medicament container configuration data from a database for a single dose medicament container that corresponds to a medicament to be dispensed, the single dose medicament container configuration data corresponding to a single dose medicament container for the medicament without the medicament;
entering with the computer and interface data corresponding to a number of the single dose medicament containers to make and at least one time for taking single doses of the medicament;
sending the single dose medicament container configuration data and the entered data to a three-dimensional (3D) object printer; and
operating the 3D object printer with reference to the single dose medicament container configuration data and the entered data to form with edible material only the entered number of single dose medicament containers without the medicament in any of the single dose medicament containers and forming at least one of the single dose medicament containers with indicia indicating one time in the at least one time for taking a single dose of the medicament to be placed in the at least one single dose medicament container.
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Abstract
A system and method enables production of medicament containers with edible material at a site for dispensing medicaments. The containers are formed in shapes that indicate the contents of the containers and can be formed with indicia that indicate the times for taking the medicaments. Additionally, the containers can be formed with raised protuberances that provide information regarding the medicaments in the containers. In one embodiment, the raised protuberances are in Braille.
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1. A method for producing medicament containers at a dispensing site comprising:
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using a computer and interface to select single dose medicament container configuration data from a database for a single dose medicament container that corresponds to a medicament to be dispensed, the single dose medicament container configuration data corresponding to a single dose medicament container for the medicament without the medicament; entering with the computer and interface data corresponding to a number of the single dose medicament containers to make and at least one time for taking single doses of the medicament; sending the single dose medicament container configuration data and the entered data to a three-dimensional (3D) object printer; and operating the 3D object printer with reference to the single dose medicament container configuration data and the entered data to form with edible material only the entered number of single dose medicament containers without the medicament in any of the single dose medicament containers and forming at least one of the single dose medicament containers with indicia indicating one time in the at least one time for taking a single dose of the medicament to be placed in the at least one single dose medicament container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for producing medicament containers at a dispensing site comprising:
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a database in which single dose medicament container configuration data for a plurality of single dose medicament containers are stored, the single dose medicament container configuration data corresponding to a single dose medicament container for a medicament without the medicament; a computer having an interface configured to receive data identifying a medicament to be dispensed, to select single dose medicament container configuration data from the database for the medicament to be placed in the single dose medicament container, and to receive data corresponding to a time for taking single doses of the medicament; and a three-dimensional (3D) object printer operatively connected to the computer to receive the selected single dose medicament container configuration data and data corresponding to the time for taking single doses of the medicament, the 3D object printer operating with reference to the selected single dose medicament container configuration data and the data corresponding to the time for taking single doses of the medicament to form with edible material only at least one single dose medicament container without the medicament and the at least one single dose medicament container having indicia indicating the time for taking single doses of the medicament. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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