Method for loading a medicament dispenser with a medicament carrier
First Claim
1. A method of loading a housing for a medicament dispenser with a medicament carrier, said carrier having the form of an elongate strip and having multiple distinct medicament doses carried thereby, the method comprising (a) loading said housing with at least one leader in the form of an elongate strip such that a leading end of said at least one leader is drivably anchored within the housing and a trailing end of the at least one leader hangs freely;
- (b) fixing a first end of the medicament carrier to said trailing end of the at least one leader;
(c) drivably moving the leading end of the leader such as to move the medicament carrier into the housing.
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Abstract
There is provided a method of loading a housing for a medicament dispenser with a medicament carrier. The carrier has the form of an elongate strip and has multiple distinct medicament doses carried thereby. The carrier is particularly in the form of a peelable blister strip. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of loading the housing with at least one leader in the form of an elongate strip such that a leading end of said at least one leader is drivably anchored within the housing and a trailing end of the at least one leader protrudes from the housing; fixing a first end of the medicament carrier to the trailing end of the at least one leader; and drivably moving the leading end of the leader such that the medicament carrier is moved into the housing.
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1. A method of loading a housing for a medicament dispenser with a medicament carrier, said carrier having the form of an elongate strip and having multiple distinct medicament doses carried thereby, the method comprising
(a) loading said housing with at least one leader in the form of an elongate strip such that a leading end of said at least one leader is drivably anchored within the housing and a trailing end of the at least one leader hangs freely; -
(b) fixing a first end of the medicament carrier to said trailing end of the at least one leader;
(c) drivably moving the leading end of the leader such as to move the medicament carrier into the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39)
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35. A method of coiling a medicament carrier, said carrier having the form of an elongate strip and having multiple distinct medicament doses carried thereby, the method comprising
(a) receiving the leading end of the elongate medicament carrier by a spindle; (b) rotating said spindle whilst keeping the elongate medicament carrier generally static. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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36. A method of coiling a medicament carrier, said carrier having the form of an elongate strip and having multiple distinct medicament doses carried thereby, the method comprising
(a) receiving the leading end of the elongate medicament carrier by a spindle; (b) rotating said spindle whilst keeping moving the elongate medicament carrier in a lateral sense.
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40. A method of loading a housing for a medicament dispenser with a coiled medicament carrier, said carrier having the form of an elongate strip and having multiple distinct medicament doses carried thereby, the method comprising
(a) loading said housing with the medicament carrier such that a leading end of said medicament carrier is drivably anchored within the housing and a trailing end of the medicament carrier hangs freely; -
(b) drivably moving the leading end of the medicament carrier such as to move the medicament carrier fully into the housing; and
(c) coiling the medicament carrier in situ within the housing, wherein the interior of the housing and/or components provided thereto are shaped to assist the in situ coiling of the medicament carrier. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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