公开(公告)号：US6286698B2

公开(公告)日：2001-09-11

申请号：US73208000

申请日：2000-12-07

Applicant: CEPHALON INC

Inventor： HAGUE BRIAN ,  SHOEMAKER STEVE

IPC: A61J1/00 ,  A61J1/14 ,  A61J7/00 ,  B65D50/06 ,  B65D50/00

CPC classification number: A61J7/003 ,  A61J1/1437 ,  A61J7/0046 ,  B65D50/061 ,  Y02W30/807

Abstract: An apparatus for the reusable interim storage of partially consumed medicated oral dosage forms and methods for employing such an apparatus in order to use medicated oral dosage forms in the safest possible manner. The apparatus of the present invention in its broadest terms comprises (1) a container sized to hold a medicated oral dosage form, (2) means for allowing a medicated oral dosage form easy access into the container but substantially preventing the medicated oral dosage form from passing out of the container, and (3) a child resistant means for allowing an adult to remove a medicated oral dosage form from within the container despite the one-way access means. The preferred embodiment comprises an opaque container having one opening, a child resistant closure with an aperture there through that extends over said opening, and a plastic slitted membrane covering said aperture. The method of the present invention comprises providing a patient with the apparatus of the present invention, administering to the patient a medicated oral dosage form, and when the patient has received sufficient medication, inserting the partially consumed medicated oral dosage form into the apparatus via the one-way access means.

Abstract translation: 用于可重复使用的部分消耗的药物口服剂型的临时储存的装置和使用这种装置的方法，以便以最安全的方式使用药物口服剂型。 本发明的最广泛的装置包括（1）容纳大量药物口服剂型的容器，（2）允许药物口服剂型容易进入容器但基本上防止药物口服剂型 从容器中流出，以及（3）使用成年人从儿童容器内取出药物口服剂型的儿童抵抗手段，尽管是单向通道。 优选实施例包括具有一个开口的不透明容器，具有穿过所述开口延伸的孔的儿童防护盖，以及覆盖所述孔的塑料切割膜。 本发明的方法包括向患者提供本发明的装置，向患者施用药物口服剂型，并且当患者已经接受足够的药物时，将部分消耗的药物口服剂型通过经由 单向接入方式。