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Medicament dispenser

  • US 20050017017A1
  • Filed: 10/09/2002
  • Published: 01/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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 dispensing 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, said lid driving means comprising a fixed-diameter wheel on which said lid sheet is wound, said wheel having an effective winding surface, the diameter of which increases as more lid sheet is wound about said wheel, 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, said indexing means being interconnected with said lid driving means such that movement of one correlates with the movement of the other, additionally comprising compensating means to compensate for any increase in the diameter of said effective winding surface during use of the dispenser and to thereby ensure that said medicament carrier is uniformly indexed upon each actuation of said dispensing mechanism.

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