Medication Carrier

Abstract

A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier comprising a tray ( 30 ) with a hinged and closable lid ( 31 ), preferably made as one piece from moulded plastics, the tray ( 30 ) defining a number of side-by-side apertures ( 32 ) adapted to receive individual sealed containers ( 17 ) of liquid or solid medication or the like each with a flange ( 18 ) resting upon the tray and retained therein by the lid ( 31 ) when closed. Each container ( 17 ) may be individually removed from the tray whereupon its contents may be dispensed after removal of its individual sealed film ( 23 ). The carrier provides a convenient means of transporting small numbers of medication containers as may be required during short periods.

1 . A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier comprising a carrier tray with a closable lid, the carrier tray defining a plurality of apertures each configured to receive one of a plurality of individual sealed vessels, each vessel of complementary lateral dimensions with a peripheral flange adapted to rest upon the carrier tray around one of said apertures with the body of the vessel extending beneath the carrier tray, the lid being closable over the carrier tray to retain the or each vessel therein. 
     
     
         2 . A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier according to  claim 1  including closure means to retain the lid in its closed position thus to retain the or each vessel on the carrier tray. 
     
     
         3 . A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier according to  claim 2  wherein the closure means is a frictional peg and socket arrangement. 
     
     
         4 . A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier according to  claim 2  wherein the closure means is a lip and flexible catch arrangement. 
     
     
         5 . A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier according to  claim 1  wherein the carrier tray defines four such apertures arranged in a single row thus to carry four such vessels side-by-side. 
     
     
         6 . A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier according to  claim 1  wherein the carrier tray defines four such apertures arranged in pairs thus to carry four such vessels in two side-by-side pairs. 
     
     
         7 . A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier according to  claim 1  wherein the carrier tray and lid are made as a single piece from moulded plastics. 
     
     
         8 . A medication temporary storage and transporting carrier according to  claim 1  wherein the carrier tray and lid are made as a single piece from paperboard. 
     
     
         9 . A medication storage system comprising a medication temporary storage and transporting carrier according to  claim 1 , and a container for discretely packaging a plurality of quantities of one or more fluid or solid substances, and comprising a container tray having individual spaced compartments, a plurality of said vessels individually removably received within the respective compartments and adapted to contain the substances to be packaged, and a flexible sheet sealingly attached to and across an otherwise open top of each vessel, the sheet being sealingly attached to and across the entire container tray and all the vessels therein, perforations in the sheet to permit selective removal of the vessels individually while at least some of the vessels are retained and remain sealingly closed. 
     
     
         10 . A system as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein said peripheral flanges of adjacent vessels in said container tray are spaced apart whereby the sheet connects each vessel to the container around its entire periphery. 
     
     
         11 . A system as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the perforations coincide with said peripheral flange so that, after removal of a vessel from the container tray, substantially none of the sheet overhangs said vessel. 
     
     
         12 . A system as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the perforations overlap said peripheral flange so that removal of a vessel from the container tray involves breaking said perforations and breaking the adhesion between said overlap and the surface of the tray, whereby said overlap serves to adhere said vessel to the carrier tray around said aperture. 
     
     
         13 . A system as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein said overlap comprises one or more tabs, the perforations otherwise coinciding with said peripheral flange.