Packaged object containing documents arranged in an envelope

Abstract

The packaged object (100) comprises an envelope (101) having first and second opposite edges (102, 103), the first edge (102) having a first opening giving access to the interior of the envelope (101), and the second edge (103) having a second opening (105) giving access to the interior of the envelope (101). Furthermore, the packaged object (100) comprises: documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) arranged in the envelope (101); a first closure member (107) partially closing the first opening; a second closure member (108) partially closing the second opening (105). Figure to be published with the abstract: Fig. 1

Description

Title of the invention: Packaged object comprising documents arranged in an envelope Technical field of the invention

[0001] The technical field of the invention relates to the packaging of documents. More particularly, the technical field of the invention relates to a packaged object comprising documents, a packaging method for forming at least one packaged object, an installation for forming packaged objects, a packaged pharmaceutical product comprising the packaged object and a method for forming the packaged pharmaceutical product. State of the prior art

[0002] It is known to package a pharmaceutical product such as hyaluronic acid in a box. There is a need for the box to contain several doses of said pharmaceutical product, such as two doses in an example developed below. Therefore, in this example, a practitioner can open the box, extract the two doses to inject them into different patients. The practitioner may need to access a practitioner's leaflet for the product and may need to give each of the two patients a patient leaflet and a patient card. These five documents relating to the two-dose pharmaceutical product are arranged in the box with the pharmaceutical product.Traditionally, a production line for forming packaged pharmaceutical products only has one robot allowing a single insertion of a leaflet into the corresponding box, which means using several robots to insert the different leaflets and patient cards: inserting leaflets and patient cards is therefore not easy and slows down the production of packaged pharmaceutical products. Subject of the invention

[0003] The invention aims to find a solution to facilitate the insertion of documents into a box.

[0004] To this end, the invention relates to a packaged object comprising: • an envelope comprising first and second opposite edges, the first edge comprising a first opening providing access to the interior of the envelope, and the second edge comprising a second opening providing access to the interior of the envelope; • documents arranged in the envelope; • a first closing member partially closing the first opening; • a second closing member partially closing the second opening.

[0005] Such a packaged object has the advantage that its handling allows the documents it contains to be handled simultaneously, thus facilitating the insertion of several documents into a box. Furthermore, due to its structure, the packaged object allows easy extraction of the documents from the envelope, particularly when one of the first and second closing members is removed or cut.

[0006] The packaged object may further comprise one or more of the following characteristics: • the first closing member is a pad glued to two opposite faces of the envelope, a portion of the first closing member being arranged across the first opening; • the second closing member is a pad glued to the two opposite faces of the envelope, a portion of the second closing member being arranged across the second opening; • the first closing member is glued fleetingly to the two opposite faces of the envelope; • the envelope is made of paper; • the envelope comprises a sheet folded so that two opposite portions of the sheet overlap, said two portions being glued together; • the documents are such that: a first of the documents is a first patient notice; a second of the documents is a first patient card stuck to the first of the documents; a third of the documents is a second patient notice; a fourth of the documents is a second patient card stuck to the third of the documents; a fifth of the documents is a practitioner notice; • the first to fifth documents are related to a pharmaceutical product; • each document has a marker; • the envelope has a marker; • the first edge has two superimposed notches.

[0007] The invention also relates to a packaging method comprising at least one step of forming a packaged object, the step of forming the packaged object comprising the following steps: (a) provide documents; b) forming an envelope in which the documents provided in step a) are arranged, the envelope comprising first and second opposite edges, the first edge comprising a first opening giving access to the interior of the envelope, and the second edge comprising a second opening giving access to the interior of the envelope; c) placing a first closing member to partially close the first opening; d) placing a second closing member to partially close the second opening.

[0008] The packaging method may further comprise one or more of the following features: • step b) includes the following steps: bl) positioning the documents provided for in step a) in relation to a sheet intended to form the envelope; b.2) fold the sheet so as to locally obtain an overlap of two portions of the sheet and so as to surround the documents with the sheet; b.3) fix the two portions of the sheet together; • said documents provided for in step a) are positioned so as to form a stack of documents on the sheet before the execution of step b.2); • step b) is configured to adapt the overlap of the portions of the sheet according to the total thickness of the documents to be surrounded by the sheet; • the packaging method comprises a verification step to check that the documents provided for in step a) are compliant with respect to the expected packaged object, the verification step comprising a step of reading markers each belonging to one of the documents that the packaged object must contain; • after having placed the first closing member, the envelope is pivoted along a pivot axis substantially orthogonal to the plane of the envelope to suitably position the second edge of the envelope in order to allow the implementation of step d); • the packaging process allows several packaged objects to be formed in a chain, with steps a) to d) being implemented for each of the packaged objects.

[0009] The invention also relates to an installation for forming packaged objects, the installation comprising a conveying device and a first station configured to successively deposit sheets on the conveying device, the conveying device being configured to bring each of the sheets successively: • at a second station configured to deposit documents above said sheet as it passes through said second station; • at a third station configured to fold the sheet in order to obtain an envelope in which the deposited documents are arranged, said envelope comprising first and second opposite edges, the first edge comprising a first opening giving access to the interior of the envelope, and the second edge comprising a second opening providing access to the interior of the envelope; • at a fourth station configured to place a first closing member at the first edge of the envelope in order to partially close the first opening and to place a second closing member at the second edge of the envelope in order to partially close the second opening.

[0010] The invention also relates to a packaged pharmaceutical product comprising: a packaging box; a packaged object as described and arranged in the packaging box; and the pharmaceutical product arranged in the packaging box.

[0011] The invention also relates to a method of forming at least one packaged pharmaceutical product comprising: • a step of providing a packaging box; • a step of inserting a packaged object as described in the packaging box; • a step of inserting the pharmaceutical product into the packaging box.

[0012] Other advantages and characteristics may emerge from the detailed description which follows. Summary description of the figures

[0013] The invention will be better understood upon reading the detailed description which follows, given solely by way of non-limiting example and made with reference to the appended drawings listed below.

[0014] [Fig-1] [Fig.l] schematically illustrates, in a perspective view, a mode of particular embodiment according to the invention of a packaged object.

[0015] [Fig.2] [Fig.2] illustrates the packaged object of [Fig.l] in a sectional view in a plane parallel to the Z and Y axes of [Fig.l].

[0016] [Fig.3] [Fig.3] schematically illustrates, in a perspective view, a particular embodiment of a single envelope without the documents that it must contain and intended to be part of the packaged object.

[0017] [Fig.4] [Fig.4] schematically illustrates a partial sectional view of a pharmaceutical product packaged according to a particular embodiment of the invention and showing the interior of a box of this packaged pharmaceutical product in order to visualize the contents of the box, namely the pharmaceutical product and the packaged object which contains documents relating to the pharmaceutical product.

[0018] [Fig.5] [Fig.5] schematically illustrates a sheet used to form a document envelope in a packaging method, according to a particular embodiment of the invention, for forming the packaged object.

[0019] [Fig.6] [Fig.6] schematically illustrates, according to a particular embodiment, a step of the packaging method in which a stack of documents is formed on the sheet of [Fig.5].

[0020] [Fig.7] [Fig.7] schematically illustrates, according to a particular embodiment, a step in the packaging process in which a folding of the sheet of [Fig.6] is carried out to form a first flap on the stack of documents.

[0021] [Fig.8] [Fig.8] schematically illustrates, according to a particular embodiment, a step of the packaging method in which a folding of the sheet of [Fig.7] is carried out to form a second flap on the stack of documents and partially cover the first flap.

[0022] [Fig.9] [Fig.9] schematically illustrates, according to a particular embodiment, steps of the packaging process in which closing members are placed on the envelope obtained in accordance with [Fig.8].

[0023] [Fig. 10] [Fig. 10] schematically illustrates, according to a particular embodiment of the invention, an installation for forming packaged objects.

[0024] [Fig. 11] [Fig. 11] schematically illustrates an example of a first closing member used to close the envelope of the packaged object.

[0025] In these figures, the same references are used to designate the same elements. The elements represented in the different figures are not necessarily drawn to scale in order to facilitate understanding of the figures. Detailed description

[0026] By “substantially orthogonal” is meant in the present description orthogonal or orthogonal to within plus or minus 10%.

[0027] An orthonormal XYZ reference frame is defined, this reference frame is represented by the X, Y and Z axes in figures 1 and 2. The orthonormal XYZ reference frame gives the reference frame of the packaged object 100.

[0028] The invention relates to the packaged object 100, an example of which is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. Such a packaged object 100 comprises an envelope 101. [Fig. 3] shows an example of this envelope 101 alone with dotted lines representing the hidden lines of this envelope 101.

[0029] The envelope 101 comprises first and second opposite edges 102, 103 (as shown in particular in FIGS. 1 and 3). The first edge 102 comprises a first opening 104 (shown partly in dotted lines in [Fig. 3]) giving access to the interior of the envelope 101. The second edge 103 comprises a second opening 105 giving access to the interior of the envelope 101. The interior of such an envelope 101 is intended to contain documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e.

[0030] The packaged object 100 comprises the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e arranged in the envelope 101.

[0031] The packaged object 100 comprises a first closing member 107 partially closing the first opening 104 and a second closing member 108 partially closing the second opening 105 as shown in particular in [Fig.l]. Thus, the first and second closing members 107, 108 each participate in closing the envelope 101 respectively at the first opening 104 and at the second opening 105. In other words, the envelope 101 is closed by the first and second closing members 107, 108.

[0032] It follows from what has been described above that these first and second closing members 107, 108 each respectively close only a portion of the first opening 104 and only a portion of the second opening 105. This makes it possible to close the envelope 101 in a manner adapted to its thickness. Furthermore, this makes it possible to facilitate, if necessary, the removal of the first closing member 107 when the latter is glued to the envelope 101 by limiting the gluing surfaces between the envelope 101 and the first closing member 107.

[0033] By "the closing of the envelope 101 by the first and second closing members 107, 108", it is understood that the first and second closing members 107, 108 oppose the removal of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e present in the envelope 101 when these first and second closing members 107, 108 partially close the first and second openings 104, 105 respectively. Thus, there is no need for the first and second closing members 107, 108 to hermetically close the first and second openings 104, 105 respectively as long as they ensure the maintenance of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e in the envelope 101 by opposing the passage respectively of said documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e by the first opening 104 and by the second opening 105 from which it results that the envelope 101 is considered to be closed.

[0034] In particular, the first and second closing members 107, 108 are distinct from the casing 101, that is to say that they are not an integral part thereof and that they cooperate with the casing 101 to partially close its first and second openings 104, 105.

[0035] The packaged object 100 has the advantage of being able to contain several documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e contained in the envelope 101 without having to tighten / compress them significantly, for example in the sense that they can move in the envelope 101 but cannot come out because the first closing member 107 hinders the passage of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e through the first opening 104 and because the second closing member 108 hinders the passage of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e through the second opening 105.

[0036] The first opening 104 may be the one preferred to allow the extraction of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e when they are arranged in the envelope 101. Thus, after removal or cutting of the first closing member 107, the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e can easily be extracted from the envelope 101 by a person.

[0037] Another advantage of the packaged object 100 as described is that packaged objects 100 can be transported en masse while avoiding mixing the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e: the use of the envelopes 101 makes it possible to maintain a suitable distribution of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e in the envelopes 101.

[0038] Another advantage of the packaged object 100 lies in the fact that the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e are gathered together, while retaining if necessary a flexibility allowing the packaged object 100 to be curved, in order to be handled simultaneously by handling the packaged object 100, for example by a robot. Therefore, the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e can be easily inserted by the robot into a box 2001 simultaneously without modifying the usual production lines intended for the insertion of a single document into the box 2001 (see for example [Fig.4]). The packaged object 100 as described therefore has the advantage of being able to mechanically resist handling, thus allowing the simultaneous handling of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e.

[0039] The first closure member 107 and / or the second closure member 108 may be glued to the envelope 101, for example on two opposite faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101 (in particular faces 109, 110 opposite along the Z axis in FIGS. 1 and 2) and so as to partially close the first opening 104 by the first closure member 107 and / or so as to partially close the second opening 105 by the second closure member 108.

[0040] For example, the first closure member 107 may comprise a polypropylene part, one face of which is wholly or partly covered with an adhesive, for example a fugitive adhesive, to ensure the desired bonding of the first closure member 107 to the envelope 101; this adhesive belonging to the first closure member 107.

[0041] For example, the second closure member 108 may comprise a polypropylene part, one face of which is wholly or partly covered with an adhesive to ensure the desired bonding of the second closure member 108 to the envelope 101; this adhesive belonging to the second closure member 108.

[0042] The two opposite faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101 are preferably so-called main faces connected to each other by opposite sides 117, 118 of the envelope 101 (in particular opposite sides 117, 118 along the Y axis in FIGS. 1 and 2).

[0043] The first closure member 107 may be a pad glued to the two opposite faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101, a portion (not visible in the figures) of the first closure member 107 being arranged across the first opening 104.

[0044] The second closure member 108 may be a pad glued to the two opposite faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101, a portion 111 (visible in [Fig.l]) of the second closure member 108 being arranged across the second opening 105.

[0045] In a manner applicable to the first closing member 107 and / or to the second closing member 108, the glued pad as a closing member makes it possible to participate in the function of holding the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e in the envelope 101 in particular because its portion across the opening concerned (the first opening 104 or the second opening 105) opposes the passage of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e. Furthermore, such a pad has the advantage of being able to adapt to the thickness of the envelope 101, measured parallel to the Z axis, without complication when folding the pad to stick it to the two opposite faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101. Furthermore, the pad has the advantage of being able to stick to small surfaces, thus limiting the blocking of the opening concerned.

[0046] By “lozenge”, we mean, for example, an organ which can adopt, in whole or in part, a disc shape.

[0047] According to one embodiment, the first closure member 107 is bonded fleetingly to the two opposite faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101. The advantage of using such bonding is that it makes it easier to open the packaged object 100 to extract the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e. According to this embodiment, the second closure member 108 can be bonded non-fleetingly to the two opposite faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101 since the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e will be intended to be removed via the first opening 104 once the first closure member 107 has been removed in whole or in part from the envelope 101.

[0048] For example, the first closure member 107 bonded in a fleeting manner has a bonding surface formed by fleeting glue. In the technical field of bonding, fleeting glue is also called “repositionable glue”. Such a fleeting glue has the advantage of adhering to a large number of supports while allowing removable adhesion in the sense that the fleeting glue can be peeled off, in particular manually, at any time from the envelope 101, thus allowing easy removal of the first closure member 107. Fleeting glue can be defined as a glue that does not fuse with the support to which it adheres.

[0049] In order to facilitate the removal of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e, the first opening 104 may include a “thumb”. A thumb can be defined as a particular shape at the first opening 104 allowing the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be grasped, for example, between the thumb and index finger of a person when they are arranged in the envelope 101. example, as illustrated in [Fig.3], the two faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101 each comprise an edge 119, 120 delimiting a corresponding portion of the first opening 104, each of said edges 119, 120 of the first and second faces 109, 110 having locally a notch 121, 122. The notches 121, 122 are arranged in particular in a superimposed manner so as to allow the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be pinched between two fingers of a person to facilitate their extraction from the envelope 101. According to another formulation, the first edge 102 (and in particular the first opening 104) may have two notches 121, 122 superimposed and in particular formed respectively in the two faces 109, 110. 110 of envelope 101.

[0050] In particular, the first closing member 107 covers the two notches 121, 122 within the packaged object 100.

[0051] The first closure member 107, when it is fleetingly glued to the envelope 101, may comprise a gripping tab 123 (notably visible in FIGS. 1 and 11). This gripping tab 123 is not glued to the envelope 101 and has a latitude of movement allowing it to be grasped by a person in order to exert a force on the first closure member 107 to detach it in whole or in part from the envelope 101. The tab 123 may be arranged as an extension of a body 124 of the first closure member 107, said body 124 being fleetingly glued to the envelope 101 while the tab 123 devoid of glue can be grasped. The body 124 may have a circular shape and the tab 123 may extend radially from said body 124 as shown for example in [Fig.l 1]. The body 124 and the tab 123 may be made of polypropylene.

[0052] The second closure member 108 can be glued in a non-fugitive manner, that is to say permanently to the envelope 101. The second closure member 108 can then comprise a suitable gluing surface.

[0053] The envelope 101 can advantageously be made of paper. This has the advantage of allowing the formation of an envelope 101 of flexible material which can be easily gripped by a robot. Another advantage of paper is that it can be easily recycled, thus limiting pollution. For example, the paper used can have a weight of 115 g / m2, this being only an example in the sense that other weights can also be used.

[0054] According to a particular embodiment, the envelope 101 comprises a sheet 116 folded so that two opposite portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116 overlap, said two portions 112, 113 being glued together ([Fig.2]) for example with a standard glue making it possible to permanently fix the two portions 112, 113 to each other. In particular, the two opposite portions 112, 113 correspond to two opposite edges of the sheet 116 and are delimited respectively by a surface originating of one of the two faces of the sheet 116 and by a surface originating from the other of the two faces of the sheet 116. The technical advantage linked to such an overlap is that it is possible to limit the tightening of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e in the envelope 101. Indeed, such a sheet 116 used during packaging allows the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be stacked on the sheet 116 which is then folded, for example twice, to form the envelope 101 around the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e. Thus, the envelope 101 can be formed according to the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e that it must contain while avoiding the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e being too constrained in the envelope 101 in order to facilitate subsequent extraction after removal or cutting of the first closing member 107.

[0055] When the envelope 101 adopts the form of a sheath, it is preferably sealed along its length, parallel to the axis X by gluing the portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116 together and closed at its longitudinal ends by the first and second closing members 107, 108.

[0056] According to a particular embodiment, the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e are linked to a product, this product possibly being a pharmaceutical product 2002. By linked to the product, it is understood that the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e may present information relating to said product. Thus, the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e may include notices linked to the pharmaceutical product 2002. The packaged object 100 therefore makes it possible to associate several notices with the same pharmaceutical product 2002.

[0057] Thus, the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e may be such that: a first 106a of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e is a first patient notice; a second 106b of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e is a first patient card glued to the first 106a of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e for example by fleeting gluing; a third 106c of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e is a second patient notice; a fourth 106d of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e is a second patient card stuck to the third 106c of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e for example by fleeting sticking; a fifth 106e of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e is a practitioner's leaflet; the first to fifth documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e are related to the pharmaceutical product 2002.This allows, for example, a practitioner to have access to a 2002 pharmaceutical product containing at least two doses while allowing, if necessary, to read the practitioner's leaflet for this 2002 pharmaceutical product and to give each patient who has received a dose of the 2002 pharmaceutical product their patient card and patient leaflet. Of course, if ever the 2002 pharmaceutical product contains more than two doses, the documents may contain one or more additional pairs. patient card and patient information leaflet documents glued together, in particular fleetingly. These first to fifth documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e are physically distinct although some may be identical. The stacking of these first to fifth documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e is in particular provided according to the reading direction for the practitioner: along the Z axis which then gives the height direction, it is then possible to find successively from top to bottom the fifth document 106e, the third document 106c, the fourth document 106d, the first document 106a and the second document 106b.

[0058] From then on, the packaged object 100 can be inserted into the box 2001 containing the pharmaceutical product 2002 as shown, for example, in [Fig.4]. When the pharmaceutical product 2002 comprises two doses, the first and second documents 106a, 106b secured to each other by gluing can be given to a first patient and the third and fourth documents 106c, 106d secured to each other by gluing can be given to a second patient other than the first patient while the practitioner can keep the practitioner's leaflet (the fifth document 106e) at its destination.

[0059] By “practitioner” is meant in the present description a person from the medical profession such as, for example, a doctor. The practitioner may in particular be the person mentioned above who extracts the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e from the envelope 101.

[0060] In the present description, a “practitioner’s notice” is a notice for use by the practitioner.

[0061] For example, the practitioner's leaflet may be linked to the pharmaceutical product 2002 which may be an injectable product. The practitioner's leaflet may indicate to the practitioner: the composition of the injectable product and how to inject it.

[0062] In the present description, a “patient notice” is a notice intended for a corresponding person. The patient may be the person who will receive or who has received the injectable product by injection.

[0063] For example, the patient information leaflet may be linked to the injectable product and the content of the patient information leaflet may indicate to the patient one or more pieces of information, for example defined by a commission such as a drug agency, in relation to the injection of the injectable product.

[0064] In the present description, a “patient card” can provide one or more additional pieces of information to the patient; for example, the patient card makes it possible to determine injection points on the patient's face, thus allowing the patient to be informed of the locations of the injections of the injectable product on his face.

[0065] The injectable product may be hyaluronic acid.

[0066] In the context of use of the packaged object 100 in the pharmaceutical field, this allows, for example, the practitioner who can make injections in series to have an envelope 101 containing all the necessary documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e and easy to open.

[0067] Each of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e may comprise a marker 114 ([Fig.6]). This makes it possible to identify the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e for example during the formation of the packaged object 100. It is then possible to be sure that all the desired documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e are indeed in the packaged object 100.

[0068] The envelope 101 may comprise a marker 115 (FIGS. 1, 3 and 9). This makes it possible to identify the envelope 101 and therefore the contents of the envelope 101 of the packaged object 100.

[0069] A marker 114, 115 within the meaning of the present description, whether it is an envelope marker 115 or a document marker 114, may be a two-dimensional barcode such as for example a QR code. Thus, the marker 114, 115 may make it possible to identify, where appropriate, the contents of a document or envelope. The marker may be the same for identical documents or for envelopes 101 having the same contents. For example, for a given envelope 101, the markers of the patient notices may be identical but different from the markers of the patient cards and the marker of the practitioner notice, the markers of the patient cards may be identical but different from the marker of the practitioner notice.The purpose of the markers 114, 115 is to ensure, during the formation of the packaged object 100, the perfect matching of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e with a given envelope 101 for a product to be linked with the packaged object 100: we are then sure that an envelope 101 contains the correct documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e and it is possible to know the contents of the envelope 101 by simply reading its marker 115.

[0070] It follows from what has been described above that there is a need to find a solution for easily forming / manufacturing one or more packaged objects 100 and, where appropriate, in a reproducible manner and with a satisfactory manufacturing rate. To satisfy this need, the invention also relates to a packaging method comprising at least one step of forming the packaged object 100, in particular as described in the present description. A particular example of carrying out the step of forming the packaged object 100 is illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 9.

[0071] In particular, the step of forming the packaged object 100 comprises the following steps: a) providing the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e, these documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e also being called documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be packaged, ([Fig.6]), each of said documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e being able to include its marker 114; b) forming the envelope 101 as described in which the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided in step a) are arranged (figures 5 to 8); c) placing the first closing member 107 to partially close the first opening 104 ([Fig.9]); d) position the second closing member 108 to partially close the second opening 105 ([Fig.9]).

[0072] It has been mentioned above that the use of a sheet 116 was particularly suitable for forming the envelope 101, in particular in the sense that this makes it possible to size the envelope 101 according to the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided in step a) of the packaging method, for example in order to facilitate their extraction from the envelope 101. Thus, step b) may comprise the following steps: bl) positioning the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided in step a) relative to the sheet 116 intended to form the envelope 101, for example in the form of a stack of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e placed on the sheet 116 as shown in [Fig.6]; b.2) folding the sheet 116 so as to locally obtain an overlap of the two portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116 and so as to surround the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e with the sheet 116, this step b.2) can be carried out in two stages by successively forming two folds, also called flaps, as shown by the passage from [Fig.6] to [Fig.7] then the passage from [Fig.7] to [Fig.8]; b.3) fixing the two portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116 together, this being able for example to be achieved by gluing in particular by applying glue, for example for hot application, on one of the folds / flaps of the sheet 116 before putting the other fold / flap in contact with the glue.

[0073] In particular, step b) may include a step consisting of providing the sheet 116, for example with its notches 121, 122 as described above (see for example [Fig.5]).

[0074] To facilitate the folding of the sheet 116, step b) may also include a step of creasing the sheet 116 prior to its folding. The aim being to form grooves 125, 126 (see for example figures 5 to 6 for the groove 126 and figures 5 to 7 for the groove 125) in the sheet 116 in order to facilitate its folding. In particular, step b) may include the step of providing the sheet 116 and the creasing step implemented before step b1). The creasing step may be implemented using one or more rollers. Thus, the opposite sides 117, 118 of the envelope 101 may have been obtained following a creasing of the sheet 116.

[0075] According to a particular implementation of the packaging method, said documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided in step a) are for example positioned so as to form the stack of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e on the sheet 116 before the execution of step b.2). In other words, step bl) may be such that said stack of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e is formed on the sheet 116. This has the advantage of adapting the formation of the envelope 101 to the stack of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be packaged. As a result, it is possible to obtain the packaged object 100 allowing easy removal of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e from the envelope 101, the formation of which will have advantageously been adapted to the cumulative thickness of the superimposed documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e.

[0076] Step b) may be configured to adapt the overlap of the portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116 as a function of the total thickness of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be surrounded by the sheet 116. Thus, for example, knowing the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be present in the envelope 101, the creasing step may be adapted to form the grooves 125, 126 in the sheet 116 with the aim that the folding of the sheet (step b.2)) at the grooves 125, 126 makes it possible to obtain the desired adapted overlap of the portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116. This adaptation may be provided in a predetermined manner as a function of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be wrapped: for this a standard sample may have been previously produced to determine the desired overlap; the aim being in particular to facilitate the removal of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e by a practitioner wearing gloves.This makes it possible to adapt the envelope 101 to the cumulative thickness of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e when implementing the packaging method: the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e are therefore not too tightly packed in the envelope 101 so as to facilitate their extraction. The total thickness of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e, or cumulative thickness of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e, corresponds to the sum of the thickness of each of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided in step a).

[0077] The packaging method may comprise a verification step to check that the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided in step a) are compliant with respect to the expected packaged object 100, the verification step comprising a step of reading markers 114 each belonging to one of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e that the packaged object 100 must contain. This makes it possible to ensure, during the formation of a given packaged object 100, that it does indeed contain the correct documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e. Thus, the verification step may be such that any document 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e detected as non-compliant may be ejected for disposal or destruction and replaced with a corresponding compliant document 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to obtain the desired packaged object 100.Thus, when all documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d are verified as compliant, the intended documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d are obtained (step a)) and step b) can be implemented. The quality of the packaging process of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, . 106e is thus improved because there will be no mixing of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e: the packaged object 100 will then present conformity to what is expected without risk of mixing. Of course, the verification step may include a step of comparing the markers 104 read during the reading step with expected markers in order to allow obtaining the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided for in step a) and considered as conforming. If the envelope 101 also includes a marker 115, a reading of its marker can be correlated with the markers 114 read from the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e in order to validate that the association between the envelope 101 and the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e that it contains is compliant, if the association is not compliant then the envelope 101 and the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e that it contains can be discarded or destroyed.Cameras, in particular arranged within a production installation intended to form packaged objects 100, will thus make it possible to read the markers 114, 115 in order to monitor the proper progress of the formation of the packaged object 100.

[0078] The documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided in step a) may each comprise a marker 114, in particular as described previously, making it possible to identify said document 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e. In this case the markers 114 of each document 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e provided in step a) may be verified at the time of implementation of step a) or only some of the markers 114 of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e may be read and verified if documents have been associated with each other for example by gluing as described below. For example, any verification highlighting that the document 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e in question is not compliant leads to the document 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e in question being discarded or destroyed and replaced by a corresponding compliant document 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d.

[0079] In the example where the documents provided in step a) are the first to fifth documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e as described above. The packaging method may comprise a step of preparing the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e comprising: • the formation of at least a first set of documents comprising the first and second documents 106a, 106b stuck to each other, preferably fleetingly; • the formation of at least one second set of documents comprising the third and fourth documents 106c, 106d stuck to each other, preferably fleetingly; • a step in which at least a fifth document 106e is provided. Step a) consisting of providing documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e for forming the corresponding packaged object 100 may then consist of providing the first set of documents 106a, 106b, the second set of documents 106c, 106d and the fifth document 106a to be packaged within said packaged object 100. The preparation step may also have been carried out upstream of the implementation of the packaging method, for example on one or more corresponding production lines; in this case the packaging method may comprise a step in which the documents prepared in accordance with the preparation step are provided.

[0080] In the case where the packaging method makes it possible to form packaged objects 100, step a) can be implemented for each packaged object 100 to be formed by taking: • a first set of documents 106a, 106b in a stock of first sets of documents 106a, 106b, each first set of documents comprising a corresponding first document 106a and a corresponding second document 106b glued to each other, preferably fleetingly; • a second set of documents 106c, 106d in a stock of second sets of documents 106c, 106d, each second set of documents 106c, 106d comprising a corresponding third document 106c and a corresponding fourth document 106d glued to each other, preferably fleetingly; • a corresponding fifth 106e document in a stock of fifth 106e documents.

[0081] The first set(s) of documents 106a, 106b may have been obtained securely by automatic reading, for example using camera(s), markers 114 of the documents of the first set(s) of documents 106a, 106b to ensure that the or each first set of documents 106a, 106b indeed contains the desired documents.

[0082] The second set(s) of documents 106c, 106d may have been obtained securely by automatic reading, for example using camera(s), markers 114 of the documents of the second set(s) of documents 106c, 106d to ensure that the or each second set of documents 106c, 106d indeed contains the desired documents.

[0083] Where appropriate, at the time of execution of step a) or at the time of depositing the corresponding documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to form the stack of documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e on the sheet 116, a marker check 114, for example of the fifth document 106a, of one of the documents of the first set of documents 106a, 106b and of one of the documents of the second set of documents 106c, 106d can be carried out in order to ensure that the correct documents will be deposited before folding and gluing the sheet 116 in order to obtain the desired envelope 101; for example, any second set of non-compliant documents is preferentially discarded or destroyed then replaced by a second set of compliant documents and any first set of non-compliant documents is preferentially discarded or destroyed then replaced by a second set of compliant documents. Here, as the content of each first set of documents 106a, 106b and of each second set of documents 106c, 106d could have been previously verified by reading corresponding markers 114, the control of only one of the documents of each of the first and second sets of documents is sufficient to ensure that the correct documents are deposited before folding and gluing the sheet 116.

[0084] According to one embodiment, after having placed the first closing member 107, or the second closing member 108, the envelope 101 is pivoted, for example 180°, along a pivot axis substantially orthogonal to the plane of the envelope 101 to suitably position the second edge 103 of the envelope 101, respectively the first edge 102 of the envelope 101, in order to allow the implementation of step d), respectively the implementation of step c). This makes it possible to close the envelope 101 with the first and second closing members 107, 108 in the same equipment or in two successive equipments of a production line oriented in the same way. The pivoting along the pivot axis substantially orthogonal to the plane of the envelope 101 makes it possible to avoid any turning of the envelope 101 which would involve a risk of the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e coming out of the envelope 101 before it is completely closed.

[0085] Advantageously, the packaging method makes it possible to form several packaged objects 100 in a chain, steps a) to d) being implemented for each of the packaged objects 100. This makes it possible to obtain a satisfactory rate of formation of the packaged objects 100.

[0086] The invention also relates to an installation 1000 for forming packaged objects 100, also called a production line. An example of such an installation 1000 is illustrated in [Fig. 10]. Such an installation 1000 makes it possible to obtain the packaged objects 100 as described and can preferentially implement the packaging method described. Thus, the installation 1000 can comprise the material means for implementing the packaging method. Generally, the installation 1000 comprises a conveying device 1001 and a first station 1002 configured to successively deposit sheets 116 on the conveying device 1001, the conveying device 1001 being configured to bring each of the sheets 116 successively: • to a second station 1003 configured to deposit documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e (these documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e being those to be arranged in the envelope 101 of a packaged object 100 cor respondent) above said sheet 116 during its passage through said second station 1003, • at a third station 1004 configured to fold the sheet 116 in order to obtain the envelope 101 as described previously in which the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e deposited are arranged; • at a fourth station 1005 configured to place the first closing member 107 at the first edge 102 of the envelope 101 in order to partially close the first opening 104 and to place the second closing member 108 at the second edge 103 of the envelope 101 in order to partially close the second opening 105.

[0087] The first to fifth stations 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005 are shown schematically circled in dotted lines in [Fig. 10]. In [Fig. 10], the arrows shown on the conveying device 1001 make it possible to diagram the path of the sheets 116. A creasing station 1013 (shown circled in dotted lines) may be arranged between the first station 1002 and the second station 1003 to suitably crease each sheet 116 passing through the creasing station 1013 in order to facilitate the folding of each of the sheets 116 in the third station 1004.

[0088] A particular embodiment is now described in relation to [Fig. 10] in which the first station 1002 comprises a depositing device 1006 configured to deposit the sheets 116 successively on the conveying device 1001. Then, the deposited sheets 116 travel along a path defined by the conveying device 1001 so as to pass through the creasing station 1013 comprising for example suitable equipment 1014, such as for example one or more rollers, making it possible to form grooves intended for folding the sheets 116, then through the second 1003 station which comprises in the illustrated example first, second and third depositing devices 1007, 1008, 1009 each configured to deposit at least one corresponding document 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e. For example, the second position 1003 is such that: • its first depositing device 1007 makes it possible to deposit the first and second documents 106a, 106b stuck together, in particular fleetingly; • its second depositing device 1008 makes it possible to deposit the third and fourth documents 106c, 106d stuck together, in particular fleetingly, above the first and second documents 106c, 106d stuck together; • its third depositing device 1009 makes it possible to deposit the fifth document 106e above the third and fourth documents 106c, 106d stuck together. As a result, at the exit of the second station 1003, the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e of a packaged object 100 to be formed are superimposed on a corresponding sheet 116: the envelope 101 must then be formed around the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e. For this purpose, the third station 1004 comprises, for example, a folding and gluing device 1010 configured to fold two parts of the sheet 116 over the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e in order to obtain the portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116 overlapping and glued together.To carry out the gluing, the folding and gluing device 1010 can fold a first part of the sheet 116 onto the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e, resulting in one of the portions 112 of the sheet 116 being oriented upwards, thus allowing the folding and gluing device 1010 to glue all or part of said portion 112 before folding a second part of the sheet 116 onto the portion 112 glued in whole or in part, resulting in the desired overlapping of the portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116 as well as the gluing of the portions 112, 113 of the sheet 116. At the outlet of the third station 1004, each sheet 116 introduced into the third station 1004 is in the form of an envelope 101 with first and second edges 102, 103 open opposites and in which are found documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e.Each envelope 101 obtained at the output of the third station 1004 then passes through the fourth station 1005 in order to receive its first and second closing members 107, 108 each glued to the two faces 109, 110 of the envelope 101 allowing the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e to be held in the envelope 101. For example, the third station 1007 comprises first and second devices 1011, 1012 for closing the envelope 101 for placing the first and second closing members 107, 108. In the example of [Fig. 10], the first and second devices 1011, 1012 for closing the envelope 101 are arranged along the conveying device 1001 and on opposite edges of the conveying device 1001 so that the first and second closing members 107, 108 are placed without having to pivot the envelope 101. In [Fig. 10], although not shown, the notches 121, 122 may be present for each sheet 116.

[0089] It follows from what has been described above that the invention also relates to a packaged pharmaceutical product 2000, an exemplary embodiment of which is illustrated in [Fig.4]. This packaged pharmaceutical product 2000 comprises: • a 2001 packaging box; • a packaged object 100 as described and arranged in the packaging box 2001; and • the pharmaceutical product 2002 arranged in the packaging box 2001. Such a packaged pharmaceutical product 2000 has the advantage that the documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e related to the pharmaceutical product 2002 are packaged at within the same packaged object 100 which can be easily opened by the practitioner.

[0090] The invention also relates to a method of forming at least one packaged pharmaceutical product 2000 comprising: • a step of supplying a 2001 packaging box; • a step of inserting a packaged object 100 as described into the packaging box 2001; • a step of inserting the pharmaceutical product 2002 into the packaging box 2001. Such a forming method has the advantage of allowing the rapid formation of the packaged pharmaceutical product 2000 in the sense that several documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e can be inserted into the packaging box 2001 at one time. Of course, this forming method may comprise a step of providing the packaged object 100 or a step of implementing the packaging method to obtain the packaged object 100 to be inserted into the packaging box 2001. This forming method may also allow the formation of several packaged pharmaceutical products 2000 resulting from the implementation of the supply and insertion steps for each desired packaged pharmaceutical product 2000. For example, the flexibility of the packaged object 100 allows a gripper / robot to twist it slightly to extract it more easily from a feeder (i.e. a robot supply magazine).

[0091] An example has been described in which the envelope 101 contains five documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e. This example is not limiting in the sense that depending on the needs the envelope 101 can contain two or more documents.

[0092] In the present description, “at least one” is understood to mean one or more.

[0093] The packaged object 100 described above has an industrial application in the field of product packaging, in particular pharmaceutical products, which will be associated with several documents 106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e.

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1. Packaged object (100) comprising: • an envelope (101) having first and second opposite edges (102, 103), the first edge (102) having a first opening (104) giving access to the interior of the envelope (101), and the second edge (103) having a second opening (105) giving access to the interior of the envelope (101); • documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106e) arranged in the envelope (101); • a first closing member (107) partially closing the first opening (104); • a second closing member (108) partially closing the second opening (105).

2. Packaged object (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that: • the first closure member (107) is a pad glued to two opposite faces (109, 110) of the envelope (101), a portion of the first closure member (107) being arranged across the first opening (104); • the second closure member (108) is a pad glued to the two opposite faces (109, 110) of the envelope (101), a portion (111) of the second closure member (108) being arranged across the second opening (105).

3. Packaged object (100) according to claim 2, characterized in that the first closing member (107) is glued fleetingly to the two opposite faces (109, 110) of the envelope (101).

4. Packaged object (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the envelope (101) is made of paper.

5. An object (100) packaged according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the envelope (101) comprises a folded sheet (116) so that two opposite portions (112, 113) of the sheet (116) overlap, said two portions (112, 113) being glued together.

6. Packaged object (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that each of the documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106e) has a marker (114).

7. Packaged object (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 6 characterized in that the envelope (101) comprises a marker (115).

8. A packaging method comprising at least one step of forming a packaged object (100), the step of forming the packaged object (100) comprising the following steps: a) providing documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e); b) forming an envelope (101) in which the documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) provided in step a) are arranged, the envelope (101) comprising first and second opposite edges (102, 103), the first edge (102) comprising a first opening (104) giving access to the interior of the envelope (101), and the second edge (103) comprising a second opening (105) giving access to the interior of the envelope (101); c) placing a first closing member (107) to partially close the first opening (104); d) placing a second closing member (108) to partially close the second opening (105).

9. Packaging method according to claim 8, characterized in that step b) comprises the following steps: bl) positioning the documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) provided in step a) relative to a sheet (116) intended to form the envelope (101); b.2) folding the sheet (116) so as to locally obtain an overlap of two portions (112, 113) of the sheet (116) and so as to surround the documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) with the sheet (116); b.3) fixing the two portions (112, 113) of the sheet (116) together.

10. Packaging method according to claim 9, characterized in that said documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) provided in step a) are positioned so as to form a stack of documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) on the sheet (116) before performing step b.2).

11. Packaging method according to any one of claims 9 to 10, characterized in that step b) is configured to adapt the overlap of the portions (112, 113) of the sheet (116) as a function of the total thickness of the documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) to be surrounded by the sheet (116).

12. A packaging method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, characterized in that it comprises a verification step to verify that the documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) provided in step a) are compliant with respect to the expected packaged object (100), the verification step comprising a step of reading markers (114) each belonging to one of the documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) that the packaged object (100) must contain.

13. Packaging method according to any one of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that after having placed the first closure member (107), the envelope (101) is pivoted along a pivot axis substantially orthogonal to the plane of the envelope (101) to suitably position the second edge (103) of the envelope (101) in order to allow the implementation of step d).

14. Packaging method according to any one of claims 8 to 13, characterized in that it makes it possible to form several packaged objects (100) in a chain, steps a) to d) being implemented for each of the packaged objects (100).

15. Installation (1000) for forming packaged objects (100), the installation comprising a conveying device (1001) and a first station (1002) configured to successively deposit sheets (116) on the conveying device (1001), the conveying device (1001) being configured to bring each of the sheets (116) successively: • to a second station (1003) configured to deposit documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) above said sheet (116) during its passage in said second station (1003);• at a third station (1004) configured to fold the sheet (116) in order to obtain an envelope (101) in which the documents (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d, 106e) deposited are arranged, said envelope (101) comprising first and second opposite edges (102, 103), the first edge (102) comprising a first opening (104) giving access to the interior of the envelope (101), and the second edge (103) comprising a second opening (105) giving access to the interior of the envelope (101); • at a fourth station (1005) configured to place a first closing member (107) at the first edge (102) of the envelope (101) in order to partially close the first; opening (104) and for placing a second closing member (108) at the second edge (103) of the envelope (101) in order to partially close the second opening (105).

16. Packaged pharmaceutical product (2000) comprising: • a packaging box (2001); • an object (100) packaged according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and arranged in the packaging box (2001); and • the pharmaceutical product (2002) arranged in the packaging box (2001).

17. A method of forming at least one packaged pharmaceutical product (2000) comprising: • a step of providing a packaging box (2001); • a step of inserting a packaged object (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 7 into the packaging box (2001); • a step of inserting the pharmaceutical product (2002) into the packaging box (2001).

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