Medicament dispenser
First Claim
1. A medicament dispenser for containing plural elongate form medicament carriers, each medicament carrier having multiple distinct medicament dose portions carried thereby, said dispenser having a housing, and within said housing a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the distinct medicament dose portions carried by each of said plural medicament carriers, said mechanism comprising,a) at least one receiving station for receiving each of the plural medicament carriers;
- b) a release for releasing in combination a distinct medicament dose portion from each of the plural medicament carriers on receipt thereof by said receiving station;
c) an outlet, positioned to be in communication with the distinct medicament dose portions releasable by said release; and
d) at least one indexer for individually indexing the distinct medicament dose portions of each of the plural medicament carriers, wherein said dispenser further comprises a movable cover for the outlet, wherein the cover;
is movable from an at rest position, in which the cover covers the outlet, to a primed position and then an actuated position to uncover the outlet, and couples to the dispensing mechanism such that;
movement of said cover from the primed position to the actuated position actuates one or more components of the dispensing mechanism, and movement of said cover from the at rest position to the primed position does not actuate said one or more components of the dispensing mechanism.
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Abstract
There is provided a medicament dispenser for containing plural elongate form medicament carriers, each having multiple distinct medicament dose portions carried thereby, the dispenser having a housing of generally non-circular form, and within said housing a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the distinct medicament dose portions carried by each of said plural medicament carriers. The mechanism comprises at least one receiving station for receiving each of the plural medicament carriers; a release for releasing in combination a distinct medicament dose portion from each of the plural medicament carriers on receipt thereof by said receiving station; an outlet, positioned to be in communication with the distinct medicament dose portions releasable by said release; and at least one indexer for individually indexing the distinct medicament dose portions of each of the plural medicament carriers. The dispenser contains plural elongate form medicament carriers, each having multiple distinct dose portions carried thereby. At least one of said medicament carriers has the form of a continuous loop.
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1. A medicament dispenser for containing plural elongate form medicament carriers, each medicament carrier having multiple distinct medicament dose portions carried thereby, said dispenser having a housing, and within said housing a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the distinct medicament dose portions carried by each of said plural medicament carriers, said mechanism comprising,
a) at least one receiving station for receiving each of the plural medicament carriers; -
b) a release for releasing in combination a distinct medicament dose portion from each of the plural medicament carriers on receipt thereof by said receiving station; c) an outlet, positioned to be in communication with the distinct medicament dose portions releasable by said release; and d) at least one indexer for individually indexing the distinct medicament dose portions of each of the plural medicament carriers, wherein said dispenser further comprises a movable cover for the outlet, wherein the cover; is movable from an at rest position, in which the cover covers the outlet, to a primed position and then an actuated position to uncover the outlet, and couples to the dispensing mechanism such that;
movement of said cover from the primed position to the actuated position actuates one or more components of the dispensing mechanism, and movement of said cover from the at rest position to the primed position does not actuate said one or more components of the dispensing mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A medicament dispenser for containing plural elongate blister strip form medicament carriers, each medicament carrier having multiple distinct medicament dose portions carried in multiple distinct pockets which are spaced along the length of and defined between peelable base and lid sheets secured to each other, said dispenser having a housing, and within said housing a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the distinct medicament dose portions carried by each of said plural medicament carriers, said mechanism comprising,
at least one receiving station for receiving each of the plural medicament carriers; -
an opening station for receiving a pocket of each of said medicament carriers; a release for releasing in combination a distinct medicament dose portion from each of the plural medicament carriers on receipt thereof by said receiving station, comprising; at least one peeler 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; a lid take-up spindle for each medicament carrier for winding up the lid sheet thereon; an outlet, positioned to be in communication with the distinct medicament dose portions releasable by said release and through which a user can access a medicament dose portion from an opened pocket; and an index wheel for each medicament carrier for individually indexing the distinct pockets of each of the plural medicament carriers; wherein said dispenser further comprises a movable cover that couples to the dispensing mechanism and that is movable from an at rest position, in which the cover covers the outlet, to a primed position and then an actuated position to uncover the outlet, and movement of the movable cover is coupled to the index wheels and lid take-up spindles by gearing that is arranged such that movement of the cover from the at rest position to the primed position does not result in any rotation of the index wheels and lid take-up spindles, but further movement of the cover to the actuated position results in sufficient rotation of the index wheels and lid take-up spindles to advance each medicament carrier by one pocket distance. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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