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WO2009007665A1 - Dispositif pour fournir un nombre prédéterminé de capsules allongées - Google Patents

Dispositif pour fournir un nombre prédéterminé de capsules allongées Download PDF

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WO2009007665A1
WO2009007665A1 PCT/GB2007/002564 GB2007002564W WO2009007665A1 WO 2009007665 A1 WO2009007665 A1 WO 2009007665A1 GB 2007002564 W GB2007002564 W GB 2007002564W WO 2009007665 A1 WO2009007665 A1 WO 2009007665A1
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Barry John Davies
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS 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 SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/02—Pill counting devices

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  • This invention relates to a device for providing a pre-determined number of elongate capsules.
  • hard gelatine capsules are produced by principle manufacturers, who supply them in boxes containing hundreds and thousands of units. They are generally supplied empty and in a transparent state. This means they are both difficult to handle and difficult to see.
  • capsules need to be separated into small lots of around 100 or fewer capsules. This typically occurs in small scale pharmaceutical manufacturers, factories or in pharmacies themselves.
  • One known method of counting such capsules is to put them manually onto a balance, which is set to detect the correct weight for a particular lot of a particular size of capsule and the operator individually adds or takes away capsules until the correct weight is achieved.
  • the weight is often displayed as a number and such machines are called counters.
  • the balances need to be of very high quality to discriminate between the presence and absence of a single capsule with certainty and the process is labour intensive and quite slow.
  • pharmacies when the capsules are filled, the normal tool is a calibrated scoop into which capsules can be shaken down on a plane and the lines across the scoop indicate the number of capsules present. This is a very old design which works extremely well with pills, that have no orientation, but it does not work so well for elongate capsules which can readily form voids of a variety of sizes between them.
  • a further approach is a stainless steel tray with 100 dimples in it and the suggestion is that the user can shake the tray until all the dimples are full and then take away the excess. This is far from easy, both because the excess has to be removed with care so as not to displace the light capsules from their dimples and, because of the transparent cases of the capsules, it is difficult to tell whether a dimple has a capsule in it or not.
  • the present invention consists in a device for providing a predetermined number of elongate capsules including a base plate and a location plate having a predetermined number of slots therein, each slot being sized to capture a single capsule when the location plate is in a first position relative to the base plate and to release the capsule onto the base plate when the location plate is moved away from the base plate out of its first position.
  • the base plate has one or more upstanding walls to define a capsule retention zone.
  • the base plate may additionally or further define a pouring outlet and the device may define a capsule inlet. This may in part be by means of an upstanding wall on the location plate.
  • the slots are waisted about their centre line periphery so as to provide a lead in for capsules entering the slots and a divergent outlet when the location plate is moved away from the base plate.
  • the device may further include means for agitating the base plate and/or location plate so as to assist the passage of capsules into the slots. It may further include a pattern recognition means or one or more sensors for determining when all the slots are full.
  • the location plate may be hinged to the base plate.
  • the device may include a set of location plates for handling capsules of different dimensions or different ranges of dimensions.
  • Figure 1 is a view of the device with the location plate in its capsule release position
  • Figure 2 is a corresponding view of the device with the location plate in its capsule catcher position
  • FIG 3 is a cross sectional view of a slot of .the location plate with a capsule captured therein.
  • a counting device 10 is shown comprising a base plate, generally indicated at 11 , and a location plate, generally indicated at 12.
  • the base plate 11 has upstanding walls 13 and 14 which combine to define a pouring outlet 15.
  • the location plate is hinged to the base plate 11 along an edge opposite the pouring outlet 15 by a hinge 16 so that it can be moved from the open position shown in Figure 1 to the closed position shown in Figure 2.
  • the location plate has a series of elongate slots 18 cut therein; these are dimensioned to relatively snugly receive capsules of a particular size or range of sizes.
  • the number of slots 18 is determined by the number of capsules which is intended to count.
  • the location plate has a wall 17 which is upstanding in the Figure 2 position and together with the wall 14 defines a capsule inlet 19.
  • each slot is preferably waisted in cross- section around its periphery so that the slot 17 provides a lead-in from above as capsules 20 drop into the slot 17 and a divergent release if the location plate 12 is removed away from the capsule 20.
  • capsules 20 are poured onto the location plate 12 either from above or through the opening 19 and the device 10 is preferably agitated until there is a capsule 20 in each slot 18. Any excess can then be poured back into the original store through the pouring outlet 15 or they may be wiped off the surface of the location plate 12 through the opening 19. Once there is a capsule
  • the hinge 16 spaces the location plate 12 from the base plate 11. This spacing is designed to be about half the height of the capsule which are intended to be handled by that plate 12.
  • Other plates 12 can be provided for different size capsules or capsule ranges, in which case the hinge portion of that plate will be dimensioned so as to achieve the desired spacing.
  • legs can be provided on the underneath of the location plate 12, for example at the corners and remote from the hinge. Such legs are shown at 21.
  • the device as described to this point is particularly suitable for hand held use, but a person skilled in the art could easily automate the device by adding an agitator, schematically shown at 22, and a pattern recognition device, schematically illustrated at 23 for determining whether or not the slots are full.
  • the pattern recognition device could be replaced by other appropriate sensors.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un dispositif pour fournir un nombre prédéterminé de capsules allongées, ce dispositif comprenant une plaque de base (11) et une plaque de positionnement (12) ayant un nombre prédéterminé de fentes (18), chaque fente étant dimensionnée pour capturer une seule capsule lorsque la plaque de positionnement (12) se trouve dans une première position par rapport à la plaque de base (11) et pour libérer les capsules sur la plaque de base (11) lorsque la plaque de positionnement (12) est éloignée de la plaque de base (11), hors de sa première position.
PCT/GB2007/002564 2007-07-09 2007-07-09 Dispositif pour fournir un nombre prédéterminé de capsules allongées Ceased WO2009007665A1 (fr)

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CN105200337A (zh) * 2014-06-23 2015-12-30 鞍钢股份有限公司 一种高强度耐磨钢板及其生产方法

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US2664224A (en) * 1951-08-15 1953-12-29 William A Winneberger Capsule computer and delivery device
US2706072A (en) * 1950-03-13 1955-04-12 Richard Hudachek Tablet counter and packager
US3402827A (en) * 1966-05-31 1968-09-24 Shirley O. White Portable pill counter
US3848395A (en) * 1973-09-19 1974-11-19 G Totten Means for and method of dispensing medicinal tablets and capsules
GB1517290A (en) * 1975-10-30 1978-07-12 Kettle Ltd N Counting aid for tablets and the like
WO2001059691A1 (fr) * 2000-02-11 2001-08-16 Scriptpro Llc Systeme visuel de comptage de pilules destine a une pharmacie
US20040104241A1 (en) * 2002-07-29 2004-06-03 Brian Broussard Article dispensing and counting method and device
US20060071011A1 (en) * 2004-09-15 2006-04-06 Varvarelis Nicholas M Electronic pill dispenser

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DE92638C (fr) *
US2706072A (en) * 1950-03-13 1955-04-12 Richard Hudachek Tablet counter and packager
US2664224A (en) * 1951-08-15 1953-12-29 William A Winneberger Capsule computer and delivery device
US3402827A (en) * 1966-05-31 1968-09-24 Shirley O. White Portable pill counter
US3848395A (en) * 1973-09-19 1974-11-19 G Totten Means for and method of dispensing medicinal tablets and capsules
GB1517290A (en) * 1975-10-30 1978-07-12 Kettle Ltd N Counting aid for tablets and the like
WO2001059691A1 (fr) * 2000-02-11 2001-08-16 Scriptpro Llc Systeme visuel de comptage de pilules destine a une pharmacie
US20040104241A1 (en) * 2002-07-29 2004-06-03 Brian Broussard Article dispensing and counting method and device
US20060071011A1 (en) * 2004-09-15 2006-04-06 Varvarelis Nicholas M Electronic pill dispenser

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN105200337A (zh) * 2014-06-23 2015-12-30 鞍钢股份有限公司 一种高强度耐磨钢板及其生产方法

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