Pharmacutical product blister pack lockable within secondary packaging

US8991606B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8991606-B2
Application numberUS-201113215864-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 23, 2011
Priority dateAug 24, 2010
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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A pharmaceutical product supply in the form of a container (e.g., secondary packaging) and a pharmaceutical product receiver (e.g., primary packaging) is disclosed. The pharmaceutical product receiver may include a plurality of pockets or receptacles, and may be disposed within the container. Pharmaceutical product may be enclosed within one or more of these receptacles. The pharmaceutical product receiver may be locked to at least some degree within the container to facilitate disposal of the pharmaceutical product supply, for instance at a time when some of the pharmaceutical product may have been removed from the pharmaceutical product receiver but prior to utilizing all of the pharmaceutical product originally provided with the pharmaceutical product receiver.

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What is claimed: 1. A pharmaceutical product supply, comprising: a container comprising first and second panels disposed in opposing relation, a movable locking member, and a latch member that is disposed within an interior of said container, wherein said first panel comprises said locking member, wherein said latch member extends from said second panel and comprises a head that is spaced from said second panel, wherein said locking member is movable from a first position to a sec…

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What does patent US8991606B2 cover?
A pharmaceutical product supply in the form of a container (e.g., secondary packaging) and a pharmaceutical product receiver (e.g., primary packaging) is disclosed. The pharmaceutical product receiver may include a plurality of pockets or receptacles, and may be disposed within the container. Pharmaceutical product may be enclosed within one or more of these receptacles. The pharmaceutical prod…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ortenzi Vernon D, Ziemba Robert J, Mallinckrodt Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B65D83/0463. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).