Tablet Dispensing Container

• US 20090321296A1
• Filed: 04/15/2009
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edge Medical Properties, LLC
• Original Assignee: Edge Medical Properties, LLC
• Inventors: Luciano, Robert A. JR., Baker, Leslie, Bradford, Russell, McElhany, Clay
• Granted Patent: US 8,146,747 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/534
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/66 Trinkets, e.g. shirt buttons or jewellery items recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers

Abstract

A foldable box holding a plurality of pouches is described. The foldable box comprises a lid, a cavity, a means for indicating the medications in each pouch, a means for associating the medications in the foldable box with a particular patient, a means for closing the box, and a means for recording that the medications in the pouch have been consumed. The lid is adjacent to a back wall that is rotatable along a first fold line. The bottom wall is adjacent to the back wall, two side walls, and a front wall that forms a cavity configured to receive a plurality of pouches. At least one pouch comprises a plurality of different tablets corresponding to a plurality of different medications that are for a particular patient.

Claims

1. A foldable box configured to receive a plurality of pouches, the foldable box comprising:

a top wall having one end fixedly couple to the foldable box and an opposite end that provides a foldable lid;

a front side wall having a removable lid that is bordered by a plurality of perforations;

a right-side wall that abuts the front side wall and the top wall;

a back side wall that abuts the right-side wall and the top wall;

a left-side wall that is between the back side wall and the front side wall, the left-side wall configured to abut the top wall;

a bottom wall that abuts the front side-wall, the right-side wall, the back side, and the left-side wall;

a cavity defined by the front side wall, the right-side wall, the back side wall, the left-side wall and the bottom wall,

a plurality of at least 28 filled pouches, in which each pouch comprises a plurality of different tablets associated with a prescription;

a barcode associated with one of the pouches, wherein the barcode is associated with the prescription;

a label affixed to the foldable box, wherein the label includes a description of the medications and the barcode associated with the prescription;

wherein the cavity is configured to receive the plurality of filled pouches that are associated with the bar code; and

wherein one of the walls is configured to receive the label associated with the bar code.

2. The foldable box of claim 1 wherein the label includes a time interval when the tablets should be administered.

3. The foldable box of claim 1 wherein the label further comprises a description of precautions corresponding to the tablets.

4. The foldable box of claim 1 wherein the label includes information about a plurality of different prescriptions.

5. The foldable box of claim 4 wherein the label includes an expiration date for the prescription.

6. The foldable box of claim 1 wherein the removable lid on the front side wall extends to the top wall.

7. The foldable box of claim 1 further comprising a second label having the bar code, wherein in the second label includes the time interval when the tablets should be administered and the second label is configured to seal the foldable lid on the top wall.

8. A foldable box configured to receive a plurality of pouches, the foldable box comprising:

a top wall having one end fixedly couple to the foldable box and an opposite end that provides a foldable lid;

a front side wall having a removable lid that is bordered by a plurality of perforations;

a right-side wall that abuts the front side wall and the top wall;

a back side wall that abuts the right-side wall and the top wall;

a left-side wall that is between the back side wall and the front side wall, the left-side wall configured to abut the top wall;

a bottom wall that abuts the front side-wall, the right-side wall, the back side, and the left-side wall;

a cavity defined by the front side wall, the right-side wall, the back side wall, the left-side wall and the bottom wall;

a plurality of at least 28 filled pouches, in which each pouch comprises a plurality of different tablets associated with a prescription;

a means for associating the pouches with a particular patient;

a label affixed to the foldable box, wherein the label includes a description of each medication associated with the prescription and the means for associating the pouches with a particular patient;

wherein the cavity is configured to receive the plurality of filled pouches that are associated with the bar code; and

wherein one of the walls is configured to receive the label associated with the means for associating the pouches with a particular patient.

9. The foldable box of claim 8 wherein the label includes a time interval when the tablets should be administered.

10. The foldable box of claim 8 wherein the label further comprises a description of precautions corresponding to the tablets.

11. The foldable box of claim 8 wherein the label includes information about a plurality of different prescriptions.

12. The foldable box of claim 11 wherein the label includes an expiration date for the prescription.

13. The foldable box of claim 8 wherein the removable lid on the front side wall extends to the top wall.

14. The foldable box of claim 8 further comprising a second label having the bar code, wherein in the second label includes the time interval when the tablets should be administered and the second label is configured to seal the foldable lid on the top wall.

15. A foldable box configured to receive a plurality of pouches, the foldable box comprising:

a top wall having one end fixedly couple to the foldable box and an opposite end that provides a foldable lid;

a front side wall having a removable lid that is bordered by a plurality of perforations;

a right-side wall that abuts the front side wall and the top wall;

a back side wall that abuts the right-side wall and the top wall;

a left-side wall that is between the back side wall and the front side wall, the left-side wall configured to abut the top wall;

a bottom wall that abuts the front side-wall, the right-side wall, the back side, and the left-side wall;

a cavity defined by the front side wall, the right-side wall, the back side wall, the left-side wall and the bottom wall;

a plurality of at least 28 filled pouches, in which each pouch comprises a plurality of different tablets associated with at least one prescription;

a means for associating the pouches with a particular patient;

an integrated label affixed to the foldable box, wherein the integrated label includes,

a name for each tablet associated with each prescription,

a picture of each tablet associated with each prescription,

a description of precautions corresponding to each tablet,

an expiration date for each prescription,

the means for associating the pouches with a particular patient;

wherein the cavity is configured to receive the plurality of filled pouches that are associated with the bar code; and

wherein one of the walls is configured to receive the label associated with the means for associating the pouches with a particular patient.

16. The foldable box of claim 15 wherein the integrated label includes a time interval when the tablets should be administered.

17. The foldable box of claim 15 wherein the removable lid on the front side wall extends to the top wall.

18. The foldable box of claim 15 further comprising a second label having the bar code, wherein in the second label includes the time interval when the tablets should be administered and the second label is configured to seal the foldable lid on the top wall.

19. The foldable box of claim 15, wherein the means for associating the pouches with a particular patient comprises a bar code.

20. The foldable box of claim 15, wherein the means for associating the pouches with a particular patient comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) component.