INSTALLATION FOR INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED FILLING OF BLISTER PACKS WITH MEDICATION ACCORDING TO PREDETERMINED PRESCRIPTION DATA
First Claim
1. An apparatus for individually tailored filling of blister packs with medication according to predetermined prescription data, wherein the blister packs have receiving compartments for respective medication administration units, said compartments being arranged in a matrix configuration in rows corresponding to a number of intake times during a day and columns corresponding to a number of days, for example weekdays, comprising:
- a number of medication filling stations arranged one after the other for filling the blister packs with in each case a particular medication, anda transport device constructed for transporting the blister packs individually one after the other in a direction of movement alongside the medication filling stations,wherein each medication filling station has a premetering cartridge which can be moved between two positions, has a plurality of premetering compartments and is set up to receive the medication in one or a plurality of the premetering compartments in a first position and to dispense the medication from the premetering compartments into corresponding receiving compartments of the blister pack in a second position.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an installation for the individually tailored filling of blister packs (25) with medication according to predetermined prescription data, the blister packs (25) having receiving compartments for respective medication administration units, said compartments being arranged in a matrix configuration in rows corresponding to a number of administration times during a day and columns corresponding to a number of days, for example weekdays. The installation comprises a plurality of medication filling stations (40), arranged one behind the other, for filling each blister pack (25) with the respective specified medication and a transport device (10) designed to transport the blister packs (25) individually one behind the other in a direction of travel alongside the medication filling stations (40). Each medication filling station (40) has a pre-batch cartridge (50) comprising multiple pre-batch compartments (51), said cartridge being movable between two positions and being designed to take up the medication in one or more of the pre-batch compartments (51) in a first position and in a second position to dispense the medication from the pre-batch compartments (51) into corresponding receiving compartments (26) of the blister pack (25). As a result of the use of the pre-batch cartridge, which can be moved between a take-up position and a dispensing position, for filling the blister packs, the time-critical process of filling the blister pack can be decoupled from the mechanically complex process of ejecting the medication units from the blister strip, thus increasing the efficiency and reliability of the installation.
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1. An apparatus for individually tailored filling of blister packs with medication according to predetermined prescription data, wherein the blister packs have receiving compartments for respective medication administration units, said compartments being arranged in a matrix configuration in rows corresponding to a number of intake times during a day and columns corresponding to a number of days, for example weekdays, comprising:
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a number of medication filling stations arranged one after the other for filling the blister packs with in each case a particular medication, and a transport device constructed for transporting the blister packs individually one after the other in a direction of movement alongside the medication filling stations, wherein each medication filling station has a premetering cartridge which can be moved between two positions, has a plurality of premetering compartments and is set up to receive the medication in one or a plurality of the premetering compartments in a first position and to dispense the medication from the premetering compartments into corresponding receiving compartments of the blister pack in a second position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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