Method of Manufacturing Packaging Comprising Pharmaceutical Products

Abstract

The method for producing a multi-day package containing various drugs has the following steps. A bottom layer is formed with a plurality of wells arranged in a pattern. A predetermined number of different drugs are arranged in predetermined positions at various dispensing stations of a filling device. The desired drugs are picked in a controlled manner from their predetermined positions at each dispensing station by at least one movable suction or gripper device, and the drugs are placed in predetermined wells. Finally, a sealing film is applied to the bottom layer to seal off the wells.

1 . A method for producing a multi-day package containing various drugs comprising the following steps:
 forming a bottom layer with a plurality of levels arranged in a pattern;   arranging supply-blister sheets at various dispensing stations of a filling device, wherein, at predetermined positions at each dispensing station, the supply-blister sheets have supply-blister pockets to hold a number of different medicaments, and wherein the pockets of the supply-blister sheets are sealed by a temporary sealing film, which is applied adhesively to the webs of the base layer between the supply-blister pockets;   partially removing the temporary sealing film from the supply-blister sheet to release a predetermined number of drugs to at least one suction or gripper device;   picking the desired drugs in a controlled manner from their predetermined positions at each dispensing station by at least one movable suction or gripper device, and placing the drugs in predetermined wells; and   applying a sealing film to the bottom layer to seal off the wells.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the production of the supply-blister sheet includes the following steps:
 forming a base layer extending a considerable distance in the longitudinal and transverse directions, as a result of which the plurality of supply-blister pockets is obtained; and   loading the drugs into the supply-blister pockets.   
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2  further comprising the additional step that, before the step of removing the temporary sealing film from the supply-blister sheet, the supply-blister sheet is cut into supply-blister sections, and the supply-blister sections are arranged on rolls at the dispensing station transversely to the transport direction of the multi-day package. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein several suction or gripper devices are actuated individually in at least one dispensing station. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the suction or gripper devices are arranged in correspondence with the pattern of the wells in the multi-day package and are moved parallel to each other transversely to the transport direction of the multi-day package. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the at least one suction or gripper device is monitored by means of a camera or by sensors. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1  comprising the additional step of introducing perforations into the bottom layer and into the sealing film between the wells.