Bottle-closure having a compliant, child resistant and senior friendly packaging
Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-23
VARGAS CARLOS
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[0012]The closure for a pill dispenser of the present invention comprises a closure having a child resistant locking system comprising a cap mark or label and a container connected to said cap having a pointer or a single indicator which is aligned with at least one of the cap marks in order to indicate the next time of the dose as part of the compliance feature. The pharmaceutical package not just provides compliance, child-resistant and senior friendly packaging but also a low cost and easy to use package.
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According to PPPA child resistant packaging is special packaging “designed or constructed to be significantly difficult for children under 5 years of age to open or obtain a toxic or harmful amount of the substance contained therein within a reasonable time and not difficult for normal adults to use properly, but does not mean packaging which all children cannot open or obtain a toxic or harmful amount within a reasonable time.”
Med Time provides a compliant, child-resistant and senior friendly packaging but because of the complexity of said bottle-closure the cost per closure is of 25 cents.
There is a potential difficulty for the person indicating the last dose because of the effort looking the vertical lines.
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[0029]A pill dispenser 1 and a bottle closure 2 is generally show by FIG. 1 to 5. The first embodiment of the present invention shows a cap 2 receiving at the open mouth of the container 3. The cap 2 comprises an inner 2a and outer wall 2b wherein the cap's outer wall 2b has marks or labels 4 as part of the compliance feature. The marks or labels 4 show the drug regimen to be followed by the user. The marks 4 presented in FIGS. 1, 3-4 and 6 show the days of the week; however it can be hours, weeks or symbols representing any other drug regimen. Any mark or label can be use such as a stamp displaying the drug regimen or projections integrated with the cap outer wall 2b in order to be identified by people with sight problems using the tact. The outer wall 2b has protrusions 2c between the marks 4 providing a better grip for the user. A cap's inner wall 2a has a plurality of lugs 5 extending inward and having a particular equal distance between each other which is related to the quanti...
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A closure for a pill dispenser having a child resistant locking system comprising a cap and a container. The cap is mark or label in order to provide a drug regimen and the container has a pointer or an indicator which is aligned with at least one of the cap marks in order to indicate the next dose as part of a compliance feature. The pharmaceutical package not just provides compliance, child-resistant and senior friendly packaging but also a low cost and easy to use package.
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT[0001]N / ARELATED APPLICATIONS[0002]N / ABACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]1. Field of the Invention[0004]This invention relates to the packaging of pharmaceutical compositions, and particularly a low cost bottle-closure having compliance, child resistant and senior friendly packaging.[0005]2. Discussion of the Background[0006]Since 1973, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been the agency that administers and enforces the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA) and its regulations. In 1974 a child resistant packaging regulation for certain prescription drugs went into effect (16 CFR part 1700.14(a)). That regulation, 16 CFR section 1700.14(a) (10), requires that all prescription drugs intended for oral administration in humans comply with the child-resistant packaging requirements unless specifically exempted. According to PPPA child resistant packaging is special packaging “designed or constructed to be signi...
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CPCA61J7/04
Inventor VARGAS, CARLOS
Owner VARGAS CARLOS