L. Perrigo Company

Todd C Swartz

Robert B Hamly

Robert C Cubbage

A blister pack includes a die cut tab intermediate one edge of the blister pack and the medicament contained therein such that the tab is removed by tearing away from the medicament to define two spaced-apart legs which subsequently provide readily accessible gripping legs for subsequently tearing apart and opening the blister pack for accessing the medicament contained therein. In a preferred embodiment, the die cut tab is a generally V-shaped notch formed with the apex of the notch directed toward the medicament and which can be deflected from the plane of the blister pack and removed to define the spaced-apart legs subsequently employed for the opening of the blister pack.

Child-resistant medicament package and method of opening

A transdermal patch disposal member including a flexible, tear-resistant substrate having an area substantially larger than that of a transdermal patch for disposal. The substrate has one side at least partially coated with a self-sticking adhesive such that a transdermal patch can be placed on the substrate, which is folded upon itself to encapsulate the transdermal patch and prevent access to it. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the disposal member is conveniently placed on a tear-away backing for storage until use. The method of disposing of a transdermal patch incorporating the present invention includes the placing of a transdermal patch on an adhesively coated substrate having a surface sufficiently large to provide a peripheral border around the transdermal patch and folding the disposing substrate upon itself for defining a pouch encapsulating the transdermal patch therein.

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Kentwood, MI, United States of America

Todd C Swartz