Abstract:
An installation for filling weekly blister packs, i.e. packaging units, with doses of different medicaments corresponding to the weekly requirements of several patients and to be taken by the respective patient in a certain order according to the day of the week and the time of the day, according to a doctor's prescription. The installation is provided with output stations associated with the medicaments, for automatically filling all or selected compartments line-by-line. In order to control the output stations in such a way as to fill the weekly blister pack with the prescribed medicament, an electronic control unit processes information about patients, the information being continuously supplied to the unit in such a way that it is synchronized with the blister pack advancing movements.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an installation for filling weekly blister packs, i.e. packaging units (11), with doses of different medicaments corresponding to the weekly requirements of several patients and to be taken by the respective patient in a certain order according to the day of the week and the time of the day, according to a doctor's prescription. Said installation is provided with output stations (19) associates with the medicaments, for automatically filling all or selected compartments (12) line-by-line. A longitudinal transport device (14) is used to sequentially transport the weekly blister packs to the output stations (16) that are individually associated with the different medicaments. The medicament doses are supplied to the output stations by means of transversal transport devices (17) individually associated with the medicaments. The longitudinal transport device and the transversal transport devices are co-ordinated in terms of transport course and transport capacity, in such a way that for each transport course of the weekly blister pack (11), in the direction of the gaps of the receiving compartment arrangement, and for each transport course of the transversal transport devices, in the linear direction of the receiving compartment arrangement, the receiving compartments (12) can be filled sequentially line-by-line, during synchronised stationary phases of the blister pack and medicament transport cycles. In order to control the output stations (16) in such a way as to fill the weekly blister pack with the prescribed medicament, an electronic control unit (41) processes information about patients, said information being continuously supplied to said unit in such a way that it is synchronised with the blister pack advancing movements.
Abstract:
A packaged product combination comprises a number of different medicaments of different shape and/or colour, the actual shape and/or colour of the medicaments providing user information relating to the medicament, for example a recommended dosage time in relation to meal times. For example, products to be taken before meal times can be elongate, products to be taken at meal times can be circular, and products to be taken after meal times can be triangular. In this way, the invention helps patients take the medication correctly, such that patients will longer be able to self-medicate and will not be reliant on inpatient care.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an installation and a method for repackaging different medicines from their respective original blister packs into organiser blister packs, in particular weekly blister packs for an individual patient having receiving compartments arranged in a matrix configuration with rows corresponding to a number of times medicines are to be taken over the course of a day and columns corresponding to a number of days, for example days of the week. The installation proposed by the invention has a conveying device for singulating and conveying filled original blister packs, an intermediate storage facility with random access for intermediate storage of the original blister packs packed in blister pack supports of standard external dimensions assigned to a respective original blister pack type, and an ejection device for ejecting a defined number of units of a selected medicine from the respective original blister pack into the organiser blister pack.
Abstract:
A personalized blister pack (20) for the automated packaging of an individually defined product composition, particularly drugs, of a defined person, particularly a patient, for a defined time period comprises a plurality of receiving compartments (22), each closed by a film (25), for the products of the product composition, wherein the receiving compartments (22) are each associated with a defined usage time within the defined time period and disposed in matrix form, comprising a number of lines for usage days and columns for usage times during the day, and a memory device (50) for storing the usage data of the products of the product composition of the defined person for the defined time period, comprising a device (58) for generating a usage reminder signal as a reminder of a defined product usage time based on the stored usage data. The blister pack (20) enables a fast, safe and inexpensive supply of the needs of the person for a defined time period, such as one week, and by means of the memory device, which may comprise a reminder function, supports the planned use of the products.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an installation and a method 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, 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 blister back (25) is individually guided in such a way that said pack only approaches those medication filling stations (40) that are required by the prescription data for a filling operation, bypassing the other medication filling stations, and is directly conveyed onwards to the next required medication filling station or to a position behind a preceding blister pack (25) that is currently at a medication filling station (40). The individual guiding of the individual blister packs without a fixed cyclic operation to only those medication filling stations required by the prescription data permits a more rapid passage of the individual blister packs through the installation and thus increased efficiency. In addition, the operation of the installation is not brought to a standstill as a result of maintenance work on an individual medication filling station.
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.