Cephalon, Inc.

Anesta Corporation

Brian Hague

Steve Shoemaker

The present invention includes a disposal system for disposal of medicated oral dosage forms comprising: 1) a container having a top, a bottom, and a sidewall, the container having a plurality of apertures located thereon; 2) a uni-directional port for securing a medicated oral dosage form within the container wherein the uni-directional port allows the medicated oral dosage form to be easily inserted into the container, but prevents the medicated oral dosage form from being removed from the container such that the medicated oral dosage form is secured within the container; and 3) a fluid propulsion device and system, such as a dishwasher, for disposing of the medicated oral dosage form, wherein the fluid propulsion device causes or directs a fluid to penetrate the container through a single aperture or the plurality of apertures in the container, thus causing the fluid to dissolve and dispose of the medicated oral dosage form.

Portable container for disposing of a medicated oral dosage form

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.

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Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

Brian Hague