EP0718208A1 - Blister package - Google Patents

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EP0718208A1
EP0718208A1 EP95810703A EP95810703A EP0718208A1 EP 0718208 A1 EP0718208 A1 EP 0718208A1 EP 95810703 A EP95810703 A EP 95810703A EP 95810703 A EP95810703 A EP 95810703A EP 0718208 A1 EP0718208 A1 EP 0718208A1
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Monique Roulin
Manfred Gerber
Heinz Oster
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/325—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil
    • B65D75/327—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil and forming several compartments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2575/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D2575/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by association or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D2575/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D2575/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D2575/3209—Details
    • B65D2575/3218—Details with special means for gaining access to the contents
    • B65D2575/3245—Details with special means for gaining access to the contents by peeling off the non-rigid sheet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/56—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for medicinal tablets or pills

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  • the present invention relates to an outer packaging-free blister pack for pharmaceuticals consisting of a base part with a plurality of depressions, which are surrounded by a shoulder and a lid film fixed to the shoulder, wherein a removable content is located in the depressions and by pressing in the respective depression and piercing the lid film by the content or by removing the cover film over the recess, the content can be removed, and an instruction leaflet.
  • the blister pack is characterized by a single or, in particular, a plurality of individual compartments in which, for example, solid moldings or shaped solid preparations or pharmaceutical products such as tablets or coated tablets are stored. If a single item, e.g. If a tablet is removed, a depression is pressed into the bottom part and the tablet in turn pierces the lid material.
  • blister packs are encompassed by the present invention. These are, for example, the so-called blister packs.
  • the lid material is made from an aluminum foil or an aluminum foil composite.
  • the aluminum foil is a preferred material for the lid of blister packs, since the selected thickness of the lid materials means that relatively low breaking forces are necessary, and thus the piercing energy required is low and the aluminum shows essentially no elasticity.
  • the bottom of the blister pack is made of plastic, such as of plastics, for example the series of PVC, polyamides, polyolefins, polyesters and composites or multilayer materials containing at least one of these materials and optionally also containing an aluminum foil.
  • Other blister packs have a bottom part which is covered with a cover film.
  • the cover film can cover the bottom part over the entire surface and the cover material is advantageously provided with a line of weakness in the region of each recess or each recess can be covered with an individual cover segment.
  • a grip tab can be attached within the line of weakness or on each cover segment, which makes it possible to expose a single depression by peeling off the cover segment.
  • the base parts and the cover materials are generally made of the materials mentioned, whereby plastic composites can also be used for the cover materials.
  • blister packs have found widespread use in the healthcare sector, but also for the distribution of sweets such as pastilles and candies, and have become indispensable in everyday life due to the possibility of gentle storage of sensitive contents and the easy-to-use removal of content.
  • the aim is to keep the blister packs as small as possible.
  • the amount of packaging material and the product mix in the packaging material should be kept as small as possible and the same or similar recyclable materials should also be used for packaging.
  • blister packs have been wrapped in outer packaging, such as a plastic or cardboard box.
  • the package insert with the product information can also be found in the box.
  • the package insert is therefore captive in the package.
  • complex additional packaging namely the outer packaging in the form of a box, is imperative.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose packaging-free blister packs which make it possible to keep tablets, dragees, capsules, ampoules etc. safely protected from external influences, such as moisture and dirt, until use, and to store and provide the package insert without the help of an outer packaging with the blister pack of the end user.
  • the instruction leaflet forms part of the content of the blister pack and is arranged within the boundaries of the blister pack
  • the blister pack in the base part having a plurality of depressions in which the removable content is located and the base part has a compartment
  • the package insert is located and the compartment has two long sides and two narrow sides and the long sides or the long sides and the narrow sides are limited by the shoulder and the compartment is covered by the cover film
  • the blister pack contains a handle body on one of its front sides and in Handle body of the package insert is included
  • the base parts of the present blister packs can be embossed, cast, deep-drawn or vacuum-molded base parts made of plastic, plastic composite, plastic / paper composite or plastic / metal foil composite.
  • Suitable plastics for floor materials are, for example, films and film composites containing PVC, polyamides, polyolefins, polyesters, polycarbonates, etc.
  • the floor parts can also have a barrier layer against gases and vapors.
  • barrier layers can be, for example, a metal foil embedded in a plastic composite, such as an aluminum foil, or, expediently arranged between two plastic layers, ceramic layers or metallic layers.
  • Ceramic layers can be produced, for example, by evaporating metals, oxides or nitrides of aluminum, silicon and other metals and semi-metals in a vacuum and depositing the substances on a plastic carrier. These methods are known, for example, under chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition or sputtering.
  • the ceramic layers can preferably contain aluminum oxides or silicon oxides or can be mixtures of different oxides, optionally also in a mixture with metals, such as silicon or aluminum or others.
  • Metallic layers can be produced by evaporating metals in a vacuum and depositing the metals on a plastic carrier, aluminum layers being examples.
  • the plastic carrier can be a plastic film or a plastic base part made of the plastics mentioned.
  • the lid material for blister packs is usually an aluminum foil or a composite containing aluminum foil. It has also been proposed to replace the aluminum foil with a plastic that has low elasticity and poor stretch properties. Soche plastics are obtained, for example, when large amounts of fillers are mixed into the plastic. This latter variant would make it possible to obtain unmixed waste, i.e. no mixture of metal and plastic. Plastic films and plastic film composites can also be used for blister packs with peelable (peelable) lid material.
  • the bottom parts usually have between 6 and 30 wells, such as cells or bowls. The recesses are surrounded by a shoulder all around, the shoulders forming a coherent, flat surface.
  • the bottom parts are provided, for example, as an endless material, filled with the content, and the lid material, in particular as a lid film, is also run in as an endless material.
  • the cover film covers the bottom parts over the entire surface and for example by sealing or gluing the cover film is connected to the shoulders on the shoulders.
  • the cover film can be sealed or glued over the entire surface of the shoulders or, by choosing a sealing tool or an adhesive pattern, this sealing or gluing can also be carried out only partially.
  • the endless band of covered bottom parts can then be cut to the finished sizes. This can be done, for example, using a punching tool.
  • the blister packs can also be given outer contours or it is possible to weaken the lid material or the base part in order to fold a blister pack, for example, or to produce lid segments which enable the lid segment to be easily removed and the contents removed.
  • a blister pack according to the invention can have the desired number of depressions for holding the contents, such as tablets, dragées, etc., and the bottom part is, for example a further recess, which is much larger than the recesses for the content.
  • the large recess is referred to as a compartment, and the compartment can extend, for example, over the entire length or the entire width of a blister pack.
  • the compartment has no end faces and forms a tubular compartment into which the package insert can be inserted, for example.
  • the compartment can also be surrounded on all sides or at most only on three sides by the shoulder and covered by the cover film.
  • the package insert can be placed in the compartment and the cover film placed over the compartment and shoulder and connected to the shoulders.
  • the package insert can be removed by pushing through or peeling off the cover film and exposing the compartment.
  • the package insert can, for example, be stored in the compartment in folded or rolled form. It can be provided that the compartment has an at least partially peelable (peelable) cover film and that the cover film can be detached several times and placed over the compartment again with adhesive. This enables the compartment to be opened, the package insert to be read, read and put back in the compartment, and the compartment to be closed again with the cover film.
  • the cover film and / or the shoulders of the base part can be coated with an adhesive that is detachable and releasable.
  • the package insert can, if necessary, be glued into the compartment with an adhesive seam and is therefore captively attached to the blister pack.
  • the handle body can be, for example, a tube in the form of a tube, which has a longitudinal slot at one point on its circumference.
  • the covered bottom part can have a bead, a fold or the like and the bottom part can be inserted along the bead or fold into the slot of the sleeve, the bead or fold coming to rest in the handle body.
  • the sleeve then forms a handle body which e.g. ends approximately flush with the side edges of the base part.
  • the package insert can be e.g. rolled form.
  • the blister pack is made of a half-folded blister pack strip, the two cover film halves abutting one another and the two bottom part halves lying apart and the two open ends of the folded blister pack strip being held together by a grip body in the form of a clip element and the package insert in the grip body is arranged.
  • a bottom part provided with the cover film points in the middle of it Length or possibly the width advantageously a line of weakness.
  • the bottom part is folded in the middle along the line of weakness in such a way that the cover film of the two halves come to lie on one another.
  • a T-shaped strip element can be arranged between the two cover films and fixed on both cover films. So that the free ends are secured against spreading apart and while one arm of the T-shaped strip element comes to rest between the cover films, the other two arms are perpendicular to the cover film, respectively.
  • Bottom part If a longitudinally slotted sleeve is slid over the T-shaped bar element, a grip tab results, respectively.
  • Handle body which is able to hold the package insert in its remaining cavity at the same time.
  • the base part can also have beads or folds or folds or folds in the base part attached to the edges on its two free side edges, which lie opposite the central fold, the base part penetrating the longitudinal slot of the sleeve and the beads, folds or folds in the cavity the sleeve come to rest and thus the bottom part halves are prevented from falling out of the handle body.
  • the handle body can for example be made of opaque or transparent plastic, such as thermoplastic plastics from the series of polyvinyl chlorides, polyolefins, polycarbonates, polyamides, polystyrenes, polyacrylics, etc.
  • thermoplastic plastics from the series of polyvinyl chlorides, polyolefins, polycarbonates, polyamides, polystyrenes, polyacrylics, etc.
  • Embodiments made of cardboard or paper are also possible.
  • the handle body can also represent a clamp element, which presses the two halves of the base part against one another due to its own elasticity or due to spring action, for example a spring, a spring wire, a spiral spring, a spring plate etc.
  • FIG. 1 shows a blister pack or blister pack as it is commonly used today for the packaging of pharmaceutical products, such as tablets or coated tablets.
  • FIG. 1 a shows the top view of a blister pack 10 which is connected to a cover film 13 via its shoulders 11 on the base part 14. Indicated are the depressions 12 which are covered by the cover film.
  • Figure 1b) a longitudinal section through the blister pack 10 is shown. In the area of the shoulders 11, the cover film 13 is sealed or glued to the base part 14 (sealing / gluing not shown).
  • FIG. 1 c) shows a cross section through the blister pack 10 with its base part 14, the cover film 13 and the depressions 12 formed thereby for the content not shown. Such a blister pack is then packed and sold together with the package insert in an outer packaging, such as a cardboard box.
  • FIG. 2 shows a) a plan view, b) a longitudinal section and c) a cross section through a blister pack 20 according to the invention in an expedient embodiment.
  • the blister pack 20 has a base part 24 which is covered with the cover film 23 via the shoulders 21.
  • a handle body 25 is attached to the side edge of a narrow side of the blister pack 20.
  • the handle body 25 is secured against falling off by a T-shaped strip element 26. It can be seen from FIG. 2b) that a blister pack strip is folded in the middle, with the fold 27 being formed, in such a way that the cover film halves come to lie on one another with the cover film 23.
  • the bottom part 24 thereby forms two halves, the depressions 22 in both halves lying opposite one another.
  • the cover film 23 is connected to the bottom part 24 via the shoulders 21.
  • a T-shaped strip element 26 is inserted between the cover foils 23.
  • This T-shaped strip element 26 can, for example, be sealed or glued between the two cover foils 23 or fastened by mechanical means, such as staples .
  • the two free arms of the T-shaped strip element are approximately perpendicular to the cover foils 23 and the halves of the base part.
  • the strip element can be, for example, a pressed or cast part made of plastic or a molded part made of paper or cardboard.
  • a bead of material can also be attached to each half of the base part, or one or both edge regions of the blister pack 20 can be folded outwards.
  • a grip body 25 for example a sleeve with a longitudinal slot, which extends essentially over the entire length of the sleeve and whose width is approximately as large as the material thickness of the folded blister pack is pushed over the edge of the blister pack in such a way that the T-shaped strip element comes to lie within the sleeve cross section of the handle body 25.
  • the package insert 28 is arranged within the handle body 25. The package insert 28 can, for example, be rolled and pushed in or folded and pushed in. When the handle body 25 is removed from the blister pack, the blister pack can be opened and the contents removed from the recess 22.
  • FIG. 2c shows a section across the blister pack 20.
  • the contents (not shown here for the sake of clarity) are located in the depressions 22 and the cover foils 23 are connected to the base parts 24 via the shoulders 21.
  • the grip body 25 is slipped over the edge area and holds the folded blister pack together.
  • FIGS. 3 a), b), c) and d) show the blister pack 30 comprising the base parts 34 and the cover film 33, which are connected to one another via the shoulders 31.
  • the cover film 33 can be fully or partially sealed or glued to the shoulders 31 of the base part 34. This sealing and gluing is not specifically shown here, nor is the content in the depressions 32 shown. However, it is easy to imagine that the contents, such as a tablet, a dragee and the like, are located in each of the depressions 32.
  • the bottom parts 34 according to the present embodiment, have, in addition to the depressions 32 for the contents, also a further depression, here referred to as compartment 36. According to FIG.
  • the compartment 36 extends over the entire length of the blister pack 30 and is connected to the cover film 33 only on the side walls via the shoulders 31.
  • An insert 35 in folded or rolled form can be inserted or inserted into the compartment 36.
  • Figure 3b) shows a longitudinal section through the blister pack according to 3a)
  • Figure 3c) shows a cross section through the blister pack 30 3a), as well as 3b).
  • the compartment 36 is completely surrounded by shoulders 31, so that the package insert 35, like the rest of the contents in the recesses 32, is firmly enclosed and the compartment 36 only by breaking open the cover film 33 or peeling off the cover film 33 can be removed.
  • the insert of the leaflet 35 is therefore carried out in the work step with the insertion of the contents even before the lid film 33 is sealed or glued to the base part 34.
  • the content was not indicated in FIGS. 1 to 3. However, it is obvious that the content is arranged in the wells.
  • the contents can be, for example, tablets, pills, pills, capsules, ampoules, and also sweets, lozenges and chewable tablets, etc., and it is not excluded that the blister packs according to the invention can also be used as packaging for technical articles, such as small and very small items or Spare parts for machines and devices could be used and a corresponding product information would replace the package insert.

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The blister pack for pharmaceuticals, without an outer packaging cover, has a packing slip (35) forming part of the contents of the blister pack (30) within its outer edges. The base (34) of the blister pack (30) has a number of recesses (32) to hold the packaged contents for removal as required. The base (34) has a compartment (36) for the packing slip (35), with two long sides and two short sides, defined by shoulders (31). The compartment (36) is covered by the cladding film (33). Alternatively, the blister pack has a grip at the end side to hold the packing slip. The grip can be of an opaque or transparent plastics such as thermoplastics such as PVC, polyolefin, polycarbonate, polyamide or polystyrene and polyacrylics. It can also be of cardboard or paper. The base is an embossed or cast or deep drawn or vacuum shaped plastics, plastics compounds or plastics combined with paper or metal foil using PVC, polyamide, polyolefin, polyester or polycarbonate. A barrier layer can be vacuum deposited using metals, oxides, nitrides of aluminium, silicon and other metals and semi-metals.

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Vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine umverpackungsfreie Blisterpackung für Pharmazeutika aus einem Bodenteil mit einer Mehrzahl von Vertiefungen, die von einer Schulter umgeben sind und einer an der Schulter festgelegten Deckelfolie, wobei ein entnehmbarer Inhalt sich in den Vertiefungen befindet und durch Eindrücken der jeweiligen Vertiefung und Durchstossen der Deckelfolie durch den Inhalt oder durch Entfernen der Deckelfolie über der Vertiefung, der Inhalt entnommen werden kann, und einem Beipackzettel.The present invention relates to an outer packaging-free blister pack for pharmaceuticals consisting of a base part with a plurality of depressions, which are surrounded by a shoulder and a lid film fixed to the shoulder, wherein a removable content is located in the depressions and by pressing in the respective depression and piercing the lid film by the content or by removing the cover film over the recess, the content can be removed, and an instruction leaflet.

Es ist bekannt, Bodenteile von Blisterpackungen, insbesondere Durchdrückpackungen mit Inhalt zu befüllen und mit einem vollflächigen Deckelmaterial zu überdecken und das Deckelmaterial anzusiegeln. Die Blisterpackung zeichnet sich durch ein einzelnes oder insbesondere eine Mehrzahl von einzelnen Fächern aus, in denen beispielsweise feste Formkörper oder geformte feste Zubereitungen oder pharmazeutische Produkte, wie Tabletten oder Dragees eingelagert sind. Soll nun aus einer Blisterpackung ein einzelner Gegenstand, z.B. eine Tablette, entnommen werden, wird eine Vertiefung im Bodenteil eingedrückt und die Tablette ihrerseits durchstösst das Deckelmaterial.It is known to fill the bottom parts of blister packs, in particular blister packs, with contents and to cover them with a full-surface cover material and to seal the cover material. The blister pack is characterized by a single or, in particular, a plurality of individual compartments in which, for example, solid moldings or shaped solid preparations or pharmaceutical products such as tablets or coated tablets are stored. If a single item, e.g. If a tablet is removed, a depression is pressed into the bottom part and the tablet in turn pierces the lid material.

Mit vorliegender Erfindung werden verschiedene Arten von Blisterpackungen umfasst. Dies sind beispielsweise die sogenannten Durchdrückpackungen. Bei Durchdrückpackungen ist beispielsweise das Deckelmaterial aus einer Aluminiumfolie oder einem Aluminiumfolienverbund hergestellt. Die Aluminiumfolie ist ein bevorzugtes Material für Deckel von Blistern, da bei den gewählten Dicken der Deckelmaterialien relativ geringe Bruchkräfte notwendig sind, und somit die benötigte Durchstossenergie gering ist und das Aluminium im wesentlichen keine Elastizität zeigt. In der Regel ist der Boden der Blisterpackung aus Kunststoff, wie aus Kunststoffen beispielsweise der Reihe des PVC, der Polyamide, Polyolefine, Polyester und Verbunden oder mehrschichtigen Materialien enthaltend wenigstens einen dieser Werkstoffe, und enthaltend gegebenenfalls auch eine Aluminiumfolie, hergestellt. Andere Blisterpackungen weisen einen Bodenteil auf, welcher mit einer Deckelfolie abgedeckt ist. Die Deckelfolie kann vollflächig den Bodenteil überdecken und vorteilhaft ist im Bereich jeder Vertiefung das Deckelmaterial mit einer Schwächungslinie versehen oder jede Vertiefung kann mit einem individuellen Deckelsegment abgedeckt sein. Innerhalb der Schwächungslinie oder an jedem Deckelsegment kann eine Grifflasche angebracht sein, die es ermöglicht eine einzelne Vertiefung durch Abschälen (peelen) des Deckelsegmentes freizulegen. Die Bodenteile und die Deckelmaterialien sind in der Regel aus den genannten Werkstoffen, wobei für die Deckelmaterialien auch Kunststoffverbunde zur Anwendung gelangen können.Various types of blister packs are encompassed by the present invention. These are, for example, the so-called blister packs. For push-through packs, for example, the lid material is made from an aluminum foil or an aluminum foil composite. The aluminum foil is a preferred material for the lid of blister packs, since the selected thickness of the lid materials means that relatively low breaking forces are necessary, and thus the piercing energy required is low and the aluminum shows essentially no elasticity. As a rule, the bottom of the blister pack is made of plastic, such as of plastics, for example the series of PVC, polyamides, polyolefins, polyesters and composites or multilayer materials containing at least one of these materials and optionally also containing an aluminum foil. Other blister packs have a bottom part which is covered with a cover film. The cover film can cover the bottom part over the entire surface and the cover material is advantageously provided with a line of weakness in the region of each recess or each recess can be covered with an individual cover segment. A grip tab can be attached within the line of weakness or on each cover segment, which makes it possible to expose a single depression by peeling off the cover segment. The base parts and the cover materials are generally made of the materials mentioned, whereby plastic composites can also be used for the cover materials.

Im Bereich des Gesundheitswesen, aber auch zur Distribution von Süsswaren, wie Pastillen und Bonbons, haben solche Blisterpackungen breiten Eingang gefunden und sind wegen der Möglichkeit der schonenden Aufbewahrung von empfindlichem Füllgut und wegen der leicht handhabbaren Entnahme des Inhaltes aus dem täglichen Leben nicht mehr wegzudenken. Im Zeichen erhöhter Sparbemühungen im Gesundheitswesen wird darauf abgezielt, die Blisterpackungen möglichst klein zu halten. Im weiteren soll die Menge an Verpackungsmaterial und der Produktemix im Verpackungsmaterial möglichst klein gehalten werden und weiters sollen gleiche oder ähnliche rezyklierbare Materialien zur Verpackung verwendet werden. Blisterpackungen werden bis anhin jeweils in eine Umverpackung, wie einer Kunststoff- oder Kartonschachtel, eingeschlagen. In der Schachtel findet auch der Beipackzettel mit den Produkteinformationen Aufnahme. Der Beipackzettel ist somit unverlierbar in der Packung enthalten. Nicht zuletzt des Beipackzettels wegen, ist eine aufwendige zusätzliche Verpackung, nämlich die Umverpackung in Form einer Schachtel zwingend notwendig.Such blister packs have found widespread use in the healthcare sector, but also for the distribution of sweets such as pastilles and candies, and have become indispensable in everyday life due to the possibility of gentle storage of sensitive contents and the easy-to-use removal of content. In the context of increased savings efforts in the healthcare sector, the aim is to keep the blister packs as small as possible. Furthermore, the amount of packaging material and the product mix in the packaging material should be kept as small as possible and the same or similar recyclable materials should also be used for packaging. Up to now, blister packs have been wrapped in outer packaging, such as a plastic or cardboard box. The package insert with the product information can also be found in the box. The package insert is therefore captive in the package. Last but not least because of the package insert, complex additional packaging, namely the outer packaging in the form of a box, is imperative.

Aufgabe vorliegender Erfindung ist es, umverpackungsfreie Blisterpackungen vorzuschlagen, welche es ermöglichen Tabletten, Dragees, Kapseln, Ampullen usw. sicher vor Fremdeinflüssen, wie Feuchtigkeit und Schmutz, geschützt bis zum Gebrauch, und den Beipackzettel ohne Hilfe einer Umverpackung mit der Blisterpackung aufzubewahren und zur Verfügung des Endverbrauchers zu halten.The object of the present invention is to propose packaging-free blister packs which make it possible to keep tablets, dragees, capsules, ampoules etc. safely protected from external influences, such as moisture and dirt, until use, and to store and provide the package insert without the help of an outer packaging with the blister pack of the end user.

Erfindungsgemäss wird dies dadurch erreicht, dass der Beipackzettel ein Teil des Inhaltes der Blisterpackung bildet und innerhalb der Begrenzungen der Blisterpackung angeordnet ist, wobei die Blisterpackung im Bodenteil eine Mehrzahl von Vertiefungen aufweist, in denen sich der entnehmbare Inhalt befindet und der Bodenteil ein Fach aufweist, in dem sich der Beipackzettel befindet und das Fach zwei Längsseiten und zwei Schmalseiten aufweist und die Längsseiten oder die Längsseiten und die Schmalseiten durch die Schulter begrenzt sind und das Fach durch die Deckelfolie abgedeckt ist, oder die Blisterpackung an einer ihrer Stirnseiten einen Griffkörper enthält und im Griffkörper der Beipackzettel aufgenommen istThis is achieved according to the invention in that the instruction leaflet forms part of the content of the blister pack and is arranged within the boundaries of the blister pack, the blister pack in the base part having a plurality of depressions in which the removable content is located and the base part has a compartment, in which the package insert is located and the compartment has two long sides and two narrow sides and the long sides or the long sides and the narrow sides are limited by the shoulder and the compartment is covered by the cover film, or the blister pack contains a handle body on one of its front sides and in Handle body of the package insert is included

Die Bodenteile vorliegender Blisterpackungen können geprägte, gegossene, tiefgezogene oder vakuumgeformte Bodenteile aus Kunststoff, Kunststoffverbunden, Kunststoff/Papierverbunden oder Kunststoff/Metallfolienverbunden sein. Geeignete Kunststoffe für Bodenmaterialien sind beispielsweise Folien und Folienverbunde enthaltend PVC, Polyamide, Polyolefine, Polyester, Polykarbonate usw. Die Bodenteile können auch eine Sperrschicht gegen Gase und Dämpfe aufweisen. Solche Sperrschichten können beispielsweise eine in einem Kunststoffverbund eingebettete Metallfolie, wie eine Aluminiumfolie, sein oder, zweckmässig zwischen zwei Kunststoffschichten angeordnet, können keramische Schichten oder metallische Schichten sein. Keramische Schichten können beispielsweise durch Verdampfen von Metallen, Oxiden oder Nitriden von Aluminium, Silicium und anderen Metallen und Halbmetallen im Vakuum und Niederschlagen der Stoffe auf einem Kunststoffträger erzeugt werden. Diese Verfahren sind beispielsweise bekannt unter Chemical Vapour Deposition und Physical Vapour Deposition oder Sputtern. Die keramischen Schichten können bevorzugt Aluminiumoxide oder Siliziumoxide enthalten oder können Mischungen verschiedener Oxide gegebenenfalls auch im Gemisch mit Metallen, wie beispielsweise Silizium oder Aluminium oder anderen sein. Metallische Schichten können erzeugt werden durch Verdampfen von Metallen im Vakuum und Niederschlagen der Metalle auf einem Kunststoffträger, wobei Aluminiumschichten beispielhaft genannt werden können. Der Kunststoffträger kann eine Kunststoff-Folie oder ein Kunststoff-Bodenteil aus den genannten Kunststoffen sein. Das Deckelmaterial für Durchdrückpackungen ist in der Regel eine Aluminiumfolie oder ein aluminiumfolienhaltiger Verbund. Es wurde auch schon vorgeschlagen, die Aluminiumfolie durch einen Kunststoff zu ersezten, der geringe Elastizität und schlechte Dehneigenschaften aufweist. Soche Kunststoffe werden z.B. erhalten, wenn grössere Mengen von Füllstoffen dem Kunststoff zugemischt werden. Diese letztere Variante würde es ermöglichen, sortenreine Abfälle zu erhalten, das heisst kein Gemisch von Metall und Kunststoffen. Für Blisterpackungen mit abschälbarem (peelbarem) Deckelmaterial können auch Kunststoffolien und Kunststofffolienverbunde eingesetzt werden. Die Bodenteile weisen in der Regel zwischen 6 und 30 Vertiefungen, wie Näpfchen oder Schalen, auf. Die Vertiefungen sind rundum von einer Schulter umgeben, wobei die Schultern insgesamt eine zusammenhängende, ebene Fläche bilden. Die Bodenteile werden beispielsweise als Endlosmaterial bereit gestellt, mit dem Inhalt befüllt und das Deckelmaterial, insbesondere als Deckelfolie, ebenfalls als Endlosmaterial zulaufen gelassen. Die Deckelfolie überdeckt die Bodenteile vollflächig und beispielsweise durch Siegeln oder Kleben wird die Deckelfolie an den Schultern mit dem Bodenteil verbunden. Die Deckelfolie kann vollflächig auf den Schultern aufgesiegelt oder aufgeklebt werden oder durch die Wahl eines Siegelwerkzeuges oder eines Klebmusters kann diese Siegelung oder Klebung auch nur partiell erfolgen. Anschliessend kann das endlose Band von bedeckelten Bodenteilen zu den Konfektionsgrössen geschnitten werden. Dies kann beispielsweise durch ein Stanzwerkzeug geschehen. Bei dieser Gelegenheit können den Blisterpackungen auch äussere Konturen verleiht werden oder es ist möglich, Schwächungen im Deckelmaterial oder im Bodenteil vorzunehmen, um eine Blisterpackung beispielsweise falten zu können oder um Deckelsegmente zu erzeugen, welche ein leichtes Entfernen des Deckelsegmentes und Entnehmen des Inhaltes ermöglichen.The base parts of the present blister packs can be embossed, cast, deep-drawn or vacuum-molded base parts made of plastic, plastic composite, plastic / paper composite or plastic / metal foil composite. Suitable plastics for floor materials are, for example, films and film composites containing PVC, polyamides, polyolefins, polyesters, polycarbonates, etc. The floor parts can also have a barrier layer against gases and vapors. Such barrier layers can be, for example, a metal foil embedded in a plastic composite, such as an aluminum foil, or, expediently arranged between two plastic layers, ceramic layers or metallic layers. Ceramic layers can be produced, for example, by evaporating metals, oxides or nitrides of aluminum, silicon and other metals and semi-metals in a vacuum and depositing the substances on a plastic carrier. These methods are known, for example, under chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition or sputtering. The ceramic layers can preferably contain aluminum oxides or silicon oxides or can be mixtures of different oxides, optionally also in a mixture with metals, such as silicon or aluminum or others. Metallic layers can be produced by evaporating metals in a vacuum and depositing the metals on a plastic carrier, aluminum layers being examples. The plastic carrier can be a plastic film or a plastic base part made of the plastics mentioned. The lid material for blister packs is usually an aluminum foil or a composite containing aluminum foil. It has also been proposed to replace the aluminum foil with a plastic that has low elasticity and poor stretch properties. Soche plastics are obtained, for example, when large amounts of fillers are mixed into the plastic. This latter variant would make it possible to obtain unmixed waste, i.e. no mixture of metal and plastic. Plastic films and plastic film composites can also be used for blister packs with peelable (peelable) lid material. The bottom parts usually have between 6 and 30 wells, such as cells or bowls. The recesses are surrounded by a shoulder all around, the shoulders forming a coherent, flat surface. The bottom parts are provided, for example, as an endless material, filled with the content, and the lid material, in particular as a lid film, is also run in as an endless material. The cover film covers the bottom parts over the entire surface and for example by sealing or gluing the cover film is connected to the shoulders on the shoulders. The cover film can be sealed or glued over the entire surface of the shoulders or, by choosing a sealing tool or an adhesive pattern, this sealing or gluing can also be carried out only partially. The endless band of covered bottom parts can then be cut to the finished sizes. This can be done, for example, using a punching tool. On this occasion, the blister packs can also be given outer contours or it is possible to weaken the lid material or the base part in order to fold a blister pack, for example, or to produce lid segments which enable the lid segment to be easily removed and the contents removed.

Eine erfindungsgemässe Blisterpackung kann die gewünschte Anzahl Vertiefungen für die Aufnahme des Inhaltes, wie der Tabletten, Dragées etc. aufweisen und im Bodenteil ist z.B. eine weitere Vertiefung angebracht, welche wesentlich grösser ist als die Vertiefungen für den Inhalt. Die grosse Vertiefung wird als Fach bezeichnet, und das Fach kann sich beispielsweise über die ganze Länge oder die ganze Breite einer Blisterpackung erstrecken. In diesem Falle weist das Fach keine Stirnseiten auf und bildet ein rohrförmiges Fach, in welches der Beipackzettel z.B. eingeschoben werden kann. Das Fach kann auch allseitig oder allenfalls auch auf nur drei Seiten von der Schulter umgeben und von der Deckelfolie abgedeckt sein. In einem Schritt während des Füllvorganges kann der Beipackzettel in das Fach gegeben und die Deckelfolie über Fach und Schulter gelegt und mit den Schultern verbunden werden. Der Beipackzettel kann durch Durchdrücken oder Abschälen der Deckelfolie und Freilegen des Faches entnommen werden. Der Beipackzettel kann z.B. in gefalteter oder gerollter Form im Fach untergebracht werden. Es kann vorgesehen werden, dass das Fach eine wenigstens teilweise abschälbare (peelbare) Deckelfolie aufweist und die Deckelfolie mehrfach abgelöst und wieder haftend über das Fach gelegt werden kann. Damit gelingt es das Fach zu öffnen, den Beipackzettel zu entnehmen, zu lesen und wieder ins Fach zurückzulegen und mit der Deckelfolie das Fach wieder zu schliessen. Zu diesem Zwecke kann die Deckelfolie und/oder die Schultern des Bodenteils mit einem haftenden in sich lösbaren Klebstoff beschichtet sein. Der Beipackzettel kann gegebenenfalls mit einem Klebesaum im Fach eingeklebt sein und ist somit unverlierbar an die Blisterpackung gebunden.A blister pack according to the invention can have the desired number of depressions for holding the contents, such as tablets, dragées, etc., and the bottom part is, for example a further recess, which is much larger than the recesses for the content. The large recess is referred to as a compartment, and the compartment can extend, for example, over the entire length or the entire width of a blister pack. In this case, the compartment has no end faces and forms a tubular compartment into which the package insert can be inserted, for example. The compartment can also be surrounded on all sides or at most only on three sides by the shoulder and covered by the cover film. In one step during the filling process, the package insert can be placed in the compartment and the cover film placed over the compartment and shoulder and connected to the shoulders. The package insert can be removed by pushing through or peeling off the cover film and exposing the compartment. The package insert can, for example, be stored in the compartment in folded or rolled form. It can be provided that the compartment has an at least partially peelable (peelable) cover film and that the cover film can be detached several times and placed over the compartment again with adhesive. This enables the compartment to be opened, the package insert to be read, read and put back in the compartment, and the compartment to be closed again with the cover film. For this purpose, the cover film and / or the shoulders of the base part can be coated with an adhesive that is detachable and releasable. The package insert can, if necessary, be glued into the compartment with an adhesive seam and is therefore captively attached to the blister pack.

Ist bei der erfindungsgemässen Blisterpackung ein Griffkörper vorgesehen, so kann der Griffkörper beispielsweise eine Hülse in Rohrform sein, die an einer Stelle ihres Umfanges einen längslaufenden Schlitz aufweist. An einer ihrer Seitenkanten kann der bedeckelte Bodenteil einen Wulst, einen Falz oder dergleichen aufweisen und der Bodenteil kann entlang des Wulstes oder Falzes in den Schlitz der Hülse eingeführt werden, wobei der Wulst oder Falz in den Griffkörper zu liegen kommt. Die Hülse bildet dann einen Griffkörper, der z.B. etwa bündig mit den Seitenkanten des Bodenteiles abschliesst. Im Hohlraum des Griffkörpers kann der Beipackzettel in z.B. gerollter Form eingelagert werden.If a handle body is provided in the blister pack according to the invention, the handle body can be, for example, a tube in the form of a tube, which has a longitudinal slot at one point on its circumference. On one of its side edges, the covered bottom part can have a bead, a fold or the like and the bottom part can be inserted along the bead or fold into the slot of the sleeve, the bead or fold coming to rest in the handle body. The sleeve then forms a handle body which e.g. ends approximately flush with the side edges of the base part. In the cavity of the handle body, the package insert can be e.g. rolled form.

In anderer zweckmässiger Ausführungsform vorliegender Erfindung ist die Blisterpackung aus einem hälftig gefalteten Blisterpackungsstreifen, wobei die beiden Deckelfolienhälften einander anliegen und die beiden Bodenteilhälften einander entfernt liegen und die beiden offenen Enden des gefalteten Blisterpackungsstreifens von einem Griffkörper in Form eines Klammerelementes zusammengehalten werden und der Beipackzettel im Griffkörper angeordnet ist.In another expedient embodiment of the present invention, the blister pack is made of a half-folded blister pack strip, the two cover film halves abutting one another and the two bottom part halves lying apart and the two open ends of the folded blister pack strip being held together by a grip body in the form of a clip element and the package insert in the grip body is arranged.

Bei dieser Ausführungsform handelt es sich um eine Fortbildung der vorstehend beschriebenen Ausführungsform. Ein mit der Deckelfolie versehenes Bodenteil weist in der Mitte seiner Länge oder gegebenenfalls der Breite vorteilhaft eine Schwächungslinie auf. Das Bodenteil wird mittig entlang der Schwächungslinie gefaltet, derart, dass die Deckelfolie der beiden Hälften aufeinander zu liegen kommen. An den freien Enden des gefalteten und bedeckelten Bodenteiles kann z.B. zwischen den beiden Deckelfolien ein T-förmiges Leistenelement angeordnet und an beiden Deckelfolien festgelegt werden. Damit werden die freien Enden gegen ein Auseinanderspreizen gesichert und während ein Arm des T-formigen Leistenelementes zwischen die Deckelfolien zu liegen kommt, stehen die anderen beiden Arme senkrecht zur Deckelfolie resp. Bodenteil ab. Wird nun eine längsgeschlitzte Hülse über das T-förmige Leistenelement geschoben, ergibt sich eine Grifflasche, resp. Griffkörper, welche gleichzeitig in ihrem verbleibenden Hohlraum den Beipackzettel aufzunehmen vermag.This embodiment is a further development of the embodiment described above. A bottom part provided with the cover film points in the middle of it Length or possibly the width advantageously a line of weakness. The bottom part is folded in the middle along the line of weakness in such a way that the cover film of the two halves come to lie on one another. At the free ends of the folded and covered bottom part, for example, a T-shaped strip element can be arranged between the two cover films and fixed on both cover films. So that the free ends are secured against spreading apart and while one arm of the T-shaped strip element comes to rest between the cover films, the other two arms are perpendicular to the cover film, respectively. Bottom part. If a longitudinally slotted sleeve is slid over the T-shaped bar element, a grip tab results, respectively. Handle body, which is able to hold the package insert in its remaining cavity at the same time.

Anstelle des T-förmigen Leistenelementes kann auch der Bodenteil an seinen beiden freien Seitenkanten, die der mittigen Umfaltung gegenüberliegen, randständig angebrachte Wülste oder Umfalzungen oder Umknickungen im Bodenteil aufweisen, wobei der Bodenteil den Langsschlitz der Hülse durchdringt und die Wülste, Umfalzungen oder Umknickungen im Hohlraum der Hülse zu liegen kommen und damit die Bodenteilhälften am Herausfallen aus dem Griffkörper behindert werden.Instead of the T-shaped strip element, the base part can also have beads or folds or folds or folds in the base part attached to the edges on its two free side edges, which lie opposite the central fold, the base part penetrating the longitudinal slot of the sleeve and the beads, folds or folds in the cavity the sleeve come to rest and thus the bottom part halves are prevented from falling out of the handle body.

Der Griffkörper kann beispielsweise aus opakem oder transparentem Kunststoff, wie thermoplastischen Kunststoffen der Reihe der Polyvinylchloride, Polyolefine, Polycarbonate, Polyamide, der Polystyrole, der Polyacryle usw. gefertigt sein. Ausführungsformen aus Karton oder Papieren sind ebenfalls möglich.The handle body can for example be made of opaque or transparent plastic, such as thermoplastic plastics from the series of polyvinyl chlorides, polyolefins, polycarbonates, polyamides, polystyrenes, polyacrylics, etc. Embodiments made of cardboard or paper are also possible.

Der Griffkörper kann sinngemäss auch ein Klammerelement darstellen, der durch Eigenelastizität oder durch Federwirkung beispielsweise einer Feder, eines Federdrahtes, einer Wendelfeder, einer Federplatte etc. die beiden Bodenteilhälften gegeneinander presst und gleichzeitig den Beipackzettel umgreift und innerhalb der Begrenzungen der Blisterpackung aufnimmt.The handle body can also represent a clamp element, which presses the two halves of the base part against one another due to its own elasticity or due to spring action, for example a spring, a spring wire, a spiral spring, a spring plate etc.

Anhand der Figuren 1 - 3 ist vorliegende Erfindung beispielhaft näher erläutert.The present invention is explained in more detail by way of example with reference to FIGS. 1-3.

Die Figur 1 zeigt eine Blisterpackung oder Durchdrückpackung, wie sie heute üblicherweise für die Verwendung zum Verpacken von pharmazeutischen Produkten, wie z.B. Tabletten oder Dragees, verwendet wird. In Figur 1a) ist die Draufsicht auf eine Blisterpackung 10 gezeigt, die über ihre Schultern 11 am Bodenteil 14 mit einer Deckelfolie 13 verbunden ist. Angedeutet sind die Vertiefungen 12, die durch die Deckelfolie überdeckt sind. In Figur 1b) ist ein Längsschnitt durch die Blisterpackung 10 dargestellt. Im Bereich der Schultern 11 ist die Deckelfolie 13 mit dem Bodenteil 14 z.B. versiegelt oder verklebt (Siegelung/Klebung nicht eingezeichnet). Die Figur lc) zeigt einen Querschnitt durch die Blisterpackung 10 mit ihrem Bodenteil 14, der Deckelfolie 13 und den dadurch gebildeten Vertiefungen 12 für den nicht eingezeichneten Inhalt. Eine derartige Blisterpackung wird anschliessend zusammen mit dem Beipackzettel in eine Umverpackung, wie eine Kartonschachtel, verpackt und verkauft.FIG. 1 shows a blister pack or blister pack as it is commonly used today for the packaging of pharmaceutical products, such as tablets or coated tablets. FIG. 1 a) shows the top view of a blister pack 10 which is connected to a cover film 13 via its shoulders 11 on the base part 14. Indicated are the depressions 12 which are covered by the cover film. In Figure 1b) a longitudinal section through the blister pack 10 is shown. In the area of the shoulders 11, the cover film 13 is sealed or glued to the base part 14 (sealing / gluing not shown). FIG. 1 c) shows a cross section through the blister pack 10 with its base part 14, the cover film 13 and the depressions 12 formed thereby for the content not shown. Such a blister pack is then packed and sold together with the package insert in an outer packaging, such as a cardboard box.

Die Figuren 2 zeigen a) eine Draufsicht, b) ein Längsschnitt und c) ein Querschnitt durch eine erfindungsgemässe Blisterpackung 20 in einer zweckmässigen Ausführungsform. Die Blisterpackung 20 weist einen Bodenteil 24 auf, der über die Schultern 21 mit der Deckelfolie 23 abgedeckt ist. An der Seitenkante einer Schmalseite der Blisterpackung 20 ist ein Griffkörper 25 angebracht. Der Griffkörper 25 ist durch ein T-förmiges Leistenelement 26 gegen Abfallen gesichert. Aus der Figur 2b) ist erkennbar, dass ein Blisterpackungsstreifen mittig, unter Ausbildung der Umfaltung 27, derart gefaltet wird, dass die Deckelfolienhälften mit der Deckelfolie 23 aufeinander zu liegen kommen. Der Bodenteil 24 bildet dadurch zwei Hälften, wobei die Vertiefungen 22 in beiden Hälften einander gegenüber liegen. Die Deckelfolie 23 ist über die Schultern 21 mit dem Bodenteil 24 verbunden. An dem der Umfaltung 27 gegenüber liegenden Ende der Blisterpackung ist zwischen die Deckelfolien 23 ein T-förmiges Leistenelement 26 eingelegt Dieses T-förmige Leistenelement 26 kann beispielsweise zwischen die beiden Deckelfolien 23 eingesiegelt, oder eingeklebt, oder durch mechanische Mittel, wie Heftklammern, befestigt sein. Die beiden freien Arme des T-förmigen Leistenelementes stehen in etwa senkrecht zu den Deckelfolien 23 und den Bodenteilhälften. Das Leistenelement kann beispielsweise ein Press- oder Gussteil aus Kunststoff oder ein Formteil aus Papier oder Karton sein. Anstelle dieses T-förmigen Leistenelementes 26 kann auch an jeder Bodenteilhälfte ein Materialwulst angebracht sein oder einer oder beide Randbereiche der Blisterpackung 20 können nach aussen umgefaltet sein. Ein Griffkörper 25, beispielsweise eine Hülse mit einem Längsschlitz, der sich im wesentlichen über die ganze Länge der Hülse erstreckt und dessen Breite etwa so gross ist wie die Materialdicke der gefalteten Blisterpackung wird über den Rand der Blisterpackung derart geschoben, dass das T-förmige Leistenelement innerhalb des Hülsenquerschnittes des Griffkörpers 25 zu liegen kommt. Innerhalb des Griffkörpers 25 ist der Beipackzettel 28 angeordnet. Der Beipackzettel 28 kann beispielsweise gerollt und eingeschoben oder gefaltet und eingeschoben werden. Mit dem Entfernen des Griffkörpers 25 von der Blisterpackung lässt sich die Blisterpackung aufklappen und der Inhalt aus der Vertiefung 22 entnehmen. Dies kann beispielsweise durch Durchdrükken des Inhaltes durch die Deckelfolie von der Bodenseite her erfolgen oder kann durch Abschälen eines Deckelsegmentes über einer Vertiefung 22 erfolgen. Der Beipackzettel 28 lässt sich aus dem Hohlraum des Griffkörpers 25 entnehmen. Die Figur 2c) zeigt einen Schnitt quer durch die Blisterpackung 20. In den Vertiefungen 22 befindet sich der hier der Übersichtlichkeit halber nicht gezeigte Inhalt und die Deckelfolien 23 sind über die Schultern 21 mit den Bodenteilen 24 verbunden. An einem Ende der Blisterpackung 20 ist der Griffkörper 25 über den Randbereich gestreift und hält die umgefaltete Blisterpackung zusammen.2 shows a) a plan view, b) a longitudinal section and c) a cross section through a blister pack 20 according to the invention in an expedient embodiment. The blister pack 20 has a base part 24 which is covered with the cover film 23 via the shoulders 21. A handle body 25 is attached to the side edge of a narrow side of the blister pack 20. The handle body 25 is secured against falling off by a T-shaped strip element 26. It can be seen from FIG. 2b) that a blister pack strip is folded in the middle, with the fold 27 being formed, in such a way that the cover film halves come to lie on one another with the cover film 23. The bottom part 24 thereby forms two halves, the depressions 22 in both halves lying opposite one another. The cover film 23 is connected to the bottom part 24 via the shoulders 21. At the end of the blister pack opposite the fold 27, a T-shaped strip element 26 is inserted between the cover foils 23. This T-shaped strip element 26 can, for example, be sealed or glued between the two cover foils 23 or fastened by mechanical means, such as staples . The two free arms of the T-shaped strip element are approximately perpendicular to the cover foils 23 and the halves of the base part. The strip element can be, for example, a pressed or cast part made of plastic or a molded part made of paper or cardboard. Instead of this T-shaped strip element 26, a bead of material can also be attached to each half of the base part, or one or both edge regions of the blister pack 20 can be folded outwards. A grip body 25, for example a sleeve with a longitudinal slot, which extends essentially over the entire length of the sleeve and whose width is approximately as large as the material thickness of the folded blister pack is pushed over the edge of the blister pack in such a way that the T-shaped strip element comes to lie within the sleeve cross section of the handle body 25. The package insert 28 is arranged within the handle body 25. The package insert 28 can, for example, be rolled and pushed in or folded and pushed in. When the handle body 25 is removed from the blister pack, the blister pack can be opened and the contents removed from the recess 22. This can be done, for example, by pushing the contents through the cover film from the bottom side or can be done by peeling off a cover segment over a recess 22. The package insert 28 can be removed from the cavity of the handle body 25. Figure 2c) shows a section across the blister pack 20. The contents (not shown here for the sake of clarity) are located in the depressions 22 and the cover foils 23 are connected to the base parts 24 via the shoulders 21. At one end of the blister pack 20, the grip body 25 is slipped over the edge area and holds the folded blister pack together.

Die Figuren 3 zeigen eine anders gestaltete Ausführungsform vorliegender Erfindung. In den Figuren 3 a), b), c) und d) ist die Blisterpackung 30 aus den Bodenteilen 34 und der Deckelfolie 33, die über die Schultern 31 miteinander verbunden sind, gezeigt. Die Deckelfolie 33 kann an den Schultern 31 des Bodenteiles 34 voll oder teilflächig angesiegelt oder angeklebt sein. Diese Siegelung und Klebung wird hier nicht speziell gezeigt, wie auch der Inhalt in den Vertiefungen 32 nicht gezeigt ist. Es ist jedoch leicht vorstellbar, dass sich in jeder der Vertiefungen 32 jeweils der Inhalt, wie eine Tablette, ein Dragee und dergleichen befindet. Die Bodenteile 34, gemäss vorliegender Ausführungsform, weisen neben den Vertiefungen 32 für den Inhalt auch eine weitere Vertiefung, hier als Fach 36 bezeichnet, auf. Gemäss Figur 3a) erstreckt sich das Fach 36 über die ganze Länge der Blisterpackung 30 und wird nur an den Seitenwänden über die Schultern 31 mit der Deckelfolie 33 verbunden. In das Fach 36 kann ein Beipackzettel 35 in gefalteter oder gerollter Form eingeschoben oder eingelegt werden. Die Figur 3b) zeigt einen Längsschnitt durch die Blisterpackung nach 3a) und die Figur 3c) einen Querschnitt durch die Blisterpackung 30 3a), wie auch 3b). In der Ausführungsform nach Figur 3d) ist das Fach 36 rundum von Schultern 31 umgeben, so dass der Beipackzettel 35, wie der übrige Inhalt in den Vertiefungen 32, fest eingeschlossen ist und nur durch Aufbrechen der Deckelfolie 33 oder Abschälen des Deckelfolie 33 dem Fach 36 entnommen werden kann. Das Einlegen des Beipackzettels 35 erfolgt demzufolge im Arbeitsgang mit dem Einlegen des Inhaltes noch vor dem Aufsiegeln oder Aufkleben der Deckelfolie 33 auf dem Bodenteil 34.3 shows a differently designed embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 3 a), b), c) and d) show the blister pack 30 comprising the base parts 34 and the cover film 33, which are connected to one another via the shoulders 31. The cover film 33 can be fully or partially sealed or glued to the shoulders 31 of the base part 34. This sealing and gluing is not specifically shown here, nor is the content in the depressions 32 shown. However, it is easy to imagine that the contents, such as a tablet, a dragee and the like, are located in each of the depressions 32. The bottom parts 34, according to the present embodiment, have, in addition to the depressions 32 for the contents, also a further depression, here referred to as compartment 36. According to FIG. 3a), the compartment 36 extends over the entire length of the blister pack 30 and is connected to the cover film 33 only on the side walls via the shoulders 31. An insert 35 in folded or rolled form can be inserted or inserted into the compartment 36. Figure 3b) shows a longitudinal section through the blister pack according to 3a) and Figure 3c) shows a cross section through the blister pack 30 3a), as well as 3b). In the embodiment according to FIG. 3d), the compartment 36 is completely surrounded by shoulders 31, so that the package insert 35, like the rest of the contents in the recesses 32, is firmly enclosed and the compartment 36 only by breaking open the cover film 33 or peeling off the cover film 33 can be removed. The insert of the leaflet 35 is therefore carried out in the work step with the insertion of the contents even before the lid film 33 is sealed or glued to the base part 34.

In den Figuren 1 bis 3 wurde der Übersichtlichkeit halber der Inhalt nicht angedeutet. Es ist jedoch naheliegend, dass der Inhalt jeweils in den Vertiefungen angeordnet ist. Als Inhalt können beispielsweise Tabletten, Dragées, Pillen, Kapseln, Ampullen, ferner auch Bonbons, Lutsch- und Kautabletten usw. vorgesehen werden und es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass die erfindungsgemässen Blisterpackungen auch als Verpackungen für technische Artikel, wie klein- und kleinstteilige Gegenstände oder Ersatzteile für Maschinen und Geräte, angewendet werden könnten und anstelle eines Beipackzettels eine entsprechende Produkteinformation treten würde.For the sake of clarity, the content was not indicated in FIGS. 1 to 3. However, it is obvious that the content is arranged in the wells. The contents can be, for example, tablets, pills, pills, capsules, ampoules, and also sweets, lozenges and chewable tablets, etc., and it is not excluded that the blister packs according to the invention can also be used as packaging for technical articles, such as small and very small items or Spare parts for machines and devices could be used and a corresponding product information would replace the package insert.

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Umverpackungsfreie Blisterpackung (20, 30) für Pharmazeutika aus einem Bodenteil (24, 34) mit einer Mehrzahl von Vertiefungen (22, 31), die von einer Schulter (21, 31) umgeben sind und einer an der Schulter (21, 31) festgelegten Deckelfolie (23, 33), wobei ein entnehmbarer Inhalt sich in den Vertiefungen (22, 32) befindet und durch Eindrücken der jeweiligen Vertiefung (22, 32) und Durchstossen der Deckelfolie (23, 33) durch den Inhalt oder durch Entfernen der Deckelfolie (23, 33) über der Vertiefung (22, 32), der Inhalt entnommen werden kann, und einem Beipackzettel (28, 35),
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
der Beipackzettel (28, 35) ein Teil des Inhaltes der Blisterpackung (20, 30) bildet und innerhalb der Begrenzungen der Blisterpackung (20, 30) angeordnet ist, wobei die Blisterpackung (20, 30) im Bodenteil (24, 34) eine Mehrzahl von Vertiefungen (22, 32) aufweist, in denen sich der entnehmbare Inhalt befindet, und der Bodenteil (34) ein Fach (36) aufweist, in dem sich der Beipackzettel (35) befindet, und das Fach (36) zwei Längsseiten und zwei Schmalseiten aufweist und die Längsseiten oder die Längsseiten und die Schmalseiten durch die Schulter (31) begrenzt sind und das Fach (36) durch die Deckelfolie (33) abgedeckt ist oder dass die Blisterpackung (20) an einer ihrer Stirnseiten einen Griffkörper (25) enthält und im Griffkörper (25) der Beipackzettel (28) aufgenommen istOuter packaging-free blister pack (20, 30) for pharmaceuticals from a base part (24, 34) with a plurality of depressions (22, 31) which are surrounded by a shoulder (21, 31) and one fixed to the shoulder (21, 31) Cover film (23, 33), wherein a removable content is located in the recesses (22, 32) and by pressing the respective recess (22, 32) and piercing the cover film (23, 33) through the content or by removing the cover film ( 23, 33) above the recess (22, 32), the contents can be removed, and an instruction leaflet (28, 35),
characterized in that
the package insert (28, 35) forms part of the contents of the blister pack (20, 30) and is arranged within the limits of the blister pack (20, 30), the blister pack (20, 30) in the base part (24, 34) having a plurality of recesses (22, 32) in which the removable content is located, and the bottom part (34) has a compartment (36) in which the package insert (35) is located, and the compartment (36) has two long sides and two Has narrow sides and the long sides or the long sides and the narrow sides are delimited by the shoulder (31) and the compartment (36) is covered by the cover film (33) or that the blister pack (20) contains a handle body (25) on one of its end faces and the package insert (28) is received in the handle body (25) Blisterpackung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Blisterpackung (20) aus einem hälftig gefalteten Blisterpackungsstreifen ist, wobei die beiden Deckelfolienhälften mit der Deckelfolie (23) aufeinander liegen und die beiden offenen Enden des gefalteten Blisterpackungsstreifens von einem Griffkörper (25) in Form eines Klammerelementes zusammengehalten werden und der Beipackzettel (28) im Griffkörper (25) angeordnet ist.Blister pack according to claim 1, characterized in that the blister pack (20) consists of a half-folded blister pack strip, the two cover film halves with the cover film (23) lying one on top of the other and the two open ends of the folded blister pack strip being in the form of a handle body (25) Clamp element are held together and the package insert (28) is arranged in the handle body (25).
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