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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2003
Nicholas Andrew Murray Drought, Cambridge, GB;
Stephen Blatcher, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Michael Daines Gaylor, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Mark Stacey Rowbotham, Hertfordshire, GB;
Nicholas Andrew Murray Drought, Cambridge, GB;
Stephen Blatcher, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Michael Daines Gaylor, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Mark Stacey Rowbotham, Hertfordshire, GB;
Gruenenthal GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
Apparatus for releasing tablets from a blister pack () having a plurality of tablets () contained in corresponding blisters (), the apparatus comprising abutment means (), receiving means () for receiving a blister pack with any selected one of a plurality of blisters of the pack in registry with the abutment means, either one of the abutment means () and the receiving means () being moveable to cause a collapsing force to be exerted on a selecting blister thereby to release a tablet from the blister, wherein the apparatus includes biasing means () for urging the receiving means into engagement with the blister pack, and that the receiving means is so arranged that said engagement releasably retains, and locates, the blister pack in position relative to the abutment means prior to the release of the tablet.