Medicament package for increasing compliance with complex therapeutic regimens

[54] MEDICAMENT PACKAGE FOR

INCREASING COMPLIANCE WITH
COMPLEX THERAPEUTIC REGIMENS

[75] Inventor: Jay A. Batchelor, Norwich, N.Y.

[73] Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio

[21] Appl. No.: 332,687

[22] Filed: Apr. 3,1989

[51] IntCL* B65D 83/04

[52] U.S. CL 206/535; 206/534;

206/828; 206/232

[58] Field of Search 206/528, 531, 532, 534,

206/535, 536

[56] References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

625,757 5/1899 Groneman 206/535 X

3,302,776 2/1967 Sparks 206/535 X

3,743,084 7/1973 Douglas 206/532 X

4,340,141 7/1982 Fischer 206/531

Primary Examiner—William Price

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—R. C. Witte; J. V. Gorman;

M. E. Hilton

A medicament package for improving compliance with a therapeutic regimen. The therapeutic regimen involves a plurality of medications administered to a patient in a prescribed sequence and in accordance with specified intervals. The package includes a multiplicity of blister cards of generally uniform planar dimensions. The blister cards carrying the medicaments in sequential order on the individual cards and from card to card. The blister cards being placed in stacked array with the principal dimensions thereof oriented generally horizontally and arranged in order of use with the first to be used topmost. Also included is a base which houses the stack of blister cards and is adapted to support the stack vertically and provides lateral support to the edges of the blister cards. The base permits direct and unobstructed access to the uppermost blister card and limited access only to the edges of the blister cards. A lid is adapted to cover the base and movable to an open position allowing access to the uppermost blister card. Each blister card generally contains indicia denoting the order and sequence when the contents of a particular blister cavity are to be consumed.

8 Claims, 6 Drawing Sheets