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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1981
Filed:
May. 29, 1979
Albert C Poore, New Malden, GB;
Sterling Drug Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A packaging element is provided for mounting blister strips containing a course of medication for a patient. The element comprises a lamina foldable along a straight line dividing the lamina into a supporting member and backing member so that when the lamina is folded the one faces of the member lie adjacent. The element is characterized in that the supporting member is provided with a plurality of apertures for receiving the blisters of a plurality of blister strips when the blister strips are mounted on the one face of the supporting member so that the blisters project through the member and form a matrix in which the blister strips are aligned with the columns of the matrix, and the backing member is provided with a plurality of apertures arranged so that when blister strips are mounted on the supporting member and the lamina is folded the contents of the blisters may be removed through the backing member, the one faces of the members bearing a compatible pressure-sensitive adhesive capable of securing blister strips to the two members and of bonding together the one faces of the two members, the other face of the supporting member bearing or being adapted to receive in relation to each row of the matrix directions as to the day on which the contents of the blisters in the row are to be administered and further being adapted to receive directions in relation to each column of the matrix as to the time of administration of the contents of blisters in the column, the element further characterized in that it comprises one or more protective release sheets strippably adhered to the pressure-sensitive adhesive.