Patents

US 7802682 B2: Systems for increasing compliance with a medicament treatment regime

Granted
2010-09-28
Filed
2007-10-23 application 11877481
Type
Utility · 8 claims
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Abstract

A container for storing a medicament comprises a deformable shell including at least one blister associated therewith. A unit of medicament is stored in the at least one blister. A rupturable material is coupled over an opening of the blister, the rupturable material being configured to rupture upon dispensing of the unit of medicament from the blister. An aroma discharge system is coupled to, or over the opening of, the blister, the aroma discharge system containing an aroma generating substance. The aroma discharge system is positioned such that dispensing of the unit of medicament from the blister results in discharge of the aroma from the aroma generating substance.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg100928.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
WATSON LABORATORIES INC. 21 patentsUS company or organizationSalt Lake City, UTPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
John BitnerSugar Grove, IL8PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packagesB65D75/327PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
A61JContainers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes; devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms; devices for administering food or medicines orally; baby comforters; devices for receiving spittleA61J1/03PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2008-01-02Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
BITNER, JOHN signed 2007-12-18WATSON LABORATORIES, INC. SALT LAKE CITY, UT20307/783ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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