Medicament dispenser
First Claim
1. A medicament dispenser for use with a medicament carrier having a plurality of pockets for containing medicament wherein said pockets are spaced along the length of and defined between two peelable sheets secured to each other, said dispenser having an internal mechanism for accessing said medicament contained within said medicament carrier, said mechanism comprising, a) an opening station for receiving a pocket of said medicament carrier;
- b) peeling means positioned to engage a base sheet and a lid sheet of a pocket which has been received in said opening station for peeling apart such a base sheet and lid sheet, to open such a pocket, said peeling means including lid driving means for pulling apart a lid sheet and a base sheet of a pocket that has been received at said opening station;
c) an outlet, positioned to be in communication with an opened pocket through which a user can remove medicament from such an opened pocket; and
d) indexing means for indexing in communication with said outlet, pockets of a medicament carrier in use with said medicament dispenser, wherein said indexing means comprises an index ratchet which is movable between a locked position in which said ratchet engages said medicament carrier to prevent movement thereof and a release position in which the ratchet disengages from the medicament carrier to allow movement thereof for peeling open of a blister pocket.
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Abstract
There is provided a medicament dispenser for use with a medicament carrier having a plurality of pockets (124) for containing medicament wherein said pockets are spaced along the length of and defined between two peelable sheets (112, 114) secured to each other, said dispenser having an internal mechanism for accessing said medicament contained within said medicament carrier. The internal mechanism includes indexing means comprising an index ratchet (120) which is moveable between a locked position whereby said ratchet engages a pocket on the medicament carrier and prevents further peeling thereof, and a release position allowing free movement of said medicament carrier. Actuation of the medicament dispenser actuates lid-driving means (134) to release the index ratchet from the medicament carrier to allow peeling thereof.
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67 Claims
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1. A medicament dispenser for use with a medicament carrier having a plurality of pockets for containing medicament wherein said pockets are spaced along the length of and defined between two peelable sheets secured to each other, said dispenser having an internal mechanism for accessing said medicament contained within said medicament carrier, said mechanism comprising,
a) an opening station for receiving a pocket of said medicament carrier; -
b) peeling means positioned to engage a base sheet and a lid sheet of a pocket which has been received in said opening station for peeling apart such a base sheet and lid sheet, to open such a pocket, said peeling means including lid driving means for pulling apart a lid sheet and a base sheet of a pocket that has been received at said opening station;
c) an outlet, positioned to be in communication with an opened pocket through which a user can remove medicament from such an opened pocket; and
d) indexing means for indexing in communication with said outlet, pockets of a medicament carrier in use with said medicament dispenser, wherein said indexing means comprises an index ratchet which is movable between a locked position in which said ratchet engages said medicament carrier to prevent movement thereof and a release position in which the ratchet disengages from the medicament carrier to allow movement thereof for peeling open of a blister pocket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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- 11. A medicament dispenser according to claim 11, wherein said lid driving means comprises a wheel on which the lid sheet is wound up.
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