Device for dispensing from a blister pack

Abstract

A pack for medicinal tablets has two parts hinged together, each part having pockets ( 66 ) containing tablets. The pockets may be displaced to expel the tablets through a foil sheet ( 68 ).

1 . A pack of medicinal tablets, the pack comprising a base all which defines a plurality of locations for the tablets, wherein at each such location there is a displaceable pocket which constitutes a recess for a tablet, a cover piece of a rupturable material and a tablet between the displaceable pocket and the cover piece, wherein the pack is of a sufficiently rigid construction as to be resistant to permanent deformation.  
   
   
       2 . A pack according to  claim 1  wherein the pockets are integral with the base wall.  
   
   
       3 . A pack according to  claim 2  wherein the pockets contain naked tablets.  
   
   
       4 . A pack according to  claim 2  wherein the tablets are provided in a blister pack the tablets of which are located in the pockets.  
   
   
       5 . A pack according to  claim 1  wherein the base wall has openings which correspond to the locations for the tablets and the recesses are those of a blister pack located against the base wall, with its blisters protruding through the openings, and functioning as the displaceable pockets.  
   
   
       6 . A pack according to  claim 1  comprising 4 to 16 pockets.  
   
   
       7 . A pack according to  claim 1  wherein the base wall is formed from a polymer.  
   
   
       8 . A packet according to  claim 1  wherein the pockets are substantially domed shaped.  
   
   
       9 . A pack according to  claim 1  wherein the pockets are integral with the base wall and the junction between a pocket and the base wall is a hinge.  
   
   
       10 . A pack according to  claim 9  wherein the hinge is pre-stressed.  
   
   
       11 . A pack according to  claim 9  wherein the pockets are stable both in a starting position in which they accommodate a tablet and in an inverted position in which they have expelled the tablet, through the cover piece.  
   
   
       12 . A medicinal tablet pack comprising: 
 a base wall resistant to permanent deformation;    a plurality of pockets formed in the base wall'   a tablet in each pocket; and    a cover piece of a rupturable material over the pockets;    wherein the pocket is displaceable so as to expel a tablet from the pocket, through the cover piece.    
   
   
       13 . A medicinal table pack comprising: 
 a base portion, and    a pocket comprising an open end, and an opposite closed end, the pocket retaining a medicinal tablet, the pocket being attached to the base portion at an intersection between the base portion and the pocket wall;    characterized in that the pocket wall comprises a hinge at or in the vicinity of the intersection between the pocket and the base portion.    
   
   
       14 . A pack assembly comprising two packs, each according to  claim 1 , joined together so as to have a stowed configuration in which the tablets cannot be expelled and an opened configuration in which the tablets can be expelled.