Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation

Ortho-mcneil Pharmaceutical Corp.

Lawrence E Lambelet, Jr

Gary E McQuay

Henry Passarotti

Martha Davis

Thomas A Frazier

Martin Link

David G DuHaime

A child safe container including a base and a cover is provided. The container includes a hinge and latch which cooperate to maintain the container in a locked position. The container is unlocked and can be opened by translating the base and the cover in a preferred direction.

Child safe container

Transdermal patch container

This invention relates to a substantially circular tablet dispenser component system which may be adapted for a variable day start of a prescribed periodic tablet regimen. Also provided are a tablet dispenser kit, a tablet packge adapted for filling the tablet dispenser system, methods of filling the tablet dispenser of the invention and methods of administering a prescribed regimen of medication using the tablet dispenser system of the invention.

Variable day start tablet dispenser

Drug dosage container

This invention relates to a substantially circular tablet dispenser component system which may be adapted for a variable day start of a prescribed periodic tablet regimen. Also provided are a tablet dispenser kit, a tablet package adapted for filling the tablet dispenser system, methods of filling the tablet dispenser of the invention and methods of administering a prescribed regimen of medication using the tablet dispenser system of the invention, with both 'any day start' (i.e., start of the therapy on any day of the week) and 'any therapy package' (i.e., not only contraceptives).

Generally, this invention relates to dosage containers. More specifically this invention relates to dosage containers which help identify a daily regimen of dosages, or a particular time period of dosages in a day. Most specifically, this invention relates to a dosage container which provides dosages in a linear fashion in a one-to-one relationship for the date or timing of dosages, where such dosages are contained on a card, with a blister package holding the dosages.

Dosage regimen container

The present invention is directed to a self-actuating dispenser for a regimen of pills satisfying the needs discussed herein above. A self-actuating dispenser having the features of the present invention comprises a base, a pill container, and a means for cyclically indexing the pill container with respect to the base. The base has a pill exit aperture. The pill container, which houses the pills in individual compartments or cells, is movably attached to the base such that any pill cell can be aligned with the pill exit aperture. The pill cells are provided with open bottoms for loading and dispensing which are covered over by the base when attached thereto. The means for cyclically indexing provides that each pill cell in turn is brought into alignment with the pill exit aperture thereby singly dropping the resident pills in a series of dispensing cycles.

Automatically advancing pill regimen device

This invention relates to a substantially circular tablet dispenser component system which may be adapted for a variable day start of a prescribed periodic tablet regimen. Also provided are a tablet dispenser kit, a tablet package adapted for filling the tablet dispenser system, methods of filling the tablet dispenser of the invention and methods of administering a prescribed regimen of medication using the tablet dispenser system of the invention.

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Flemington, NJ, United States of America

Lawrence E Lambelet, Jr