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(11) | EP 1 787 909 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Automated solid pharmaceutical product packaging machine |
| (57) A fully automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine (10) is capable of selectively
depositing one or more different solid pharmaceutical products into an individual
cavity for each of a plurality of individual patient product package cavities (17).
The system employs a plurality of solid pharmaceutical product dispensing canisters
which are capable of selectively dispensing a pre-designated number of solid pharmaceutical
product (15). The machine fills a template containing temporary storage cavities and
the template is automatically positioned over a sheet of clear plastic material containing
a plurality of cavities corresponding to the cavities in the template (17). A barrier
between the cavities in the template and the sheet of clear plastic material is moved
and the pharmaceuticals in the template cavities drop into the corresponding cavities
in the clear plastic sheet of material. The clear plastic sheet of material is then
manoeuvred into subsequent product packaging stations and the template is returned
to beneath the canister region.
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