Manufacturing separable pouches with a center cut blade

摘要

A system for manufacturing a plurality of separable pouches comprising a means for forming sealed pouches, a center cut blade and a means for segregating each sealed pouch with the center cut blade is described. The means for forming the sealed pouches includes placing a plurality of different tablets corresponding to different medications into each sealed pouch. The center cut blade includes a side cut on each end of the blade, a center cut in the middle of the blade, and at least one perforation cut between each side cut and the center cut. The means for separating each sealed pouch with the center cut blade provides each sealed pouch with a sealed top end, a sealed bottom end, and two sides, in which at least one side is also sealed.

主权项

1. A system of manufacturing a plurality of separable pouches comprising:
a plurality of sealed pouches, in which a heated roller is configured to seal each pouch and each pouch includes a plurality of different tablets corresponding to different medications, each sealed pouch includes a sealed top end, a sealed bottom end, and two sides, where at least one side is also sealed; a center cut blade configured to be affixed to the heated roller that separates each sealed pouch, the center cut blade comprising:
a side cut on each end of the blade,a center cut in the middle of the blade, anda plurality of perforation cuts between each side cut and center cut; wherein the plurality of sealed pouches comprises thirty filled pouches that are received by a foldable box that includes,
a top wall having one end fixedly coupled to the foldable box and an opposite end that provides a foldable lid;a front-side wall having a removable lid that is bordered by a plurality of perforations;a right-side wall that abuts the front-side wall and the top wall;a back-side wall that abuts the right-side wall and the top wall;a left-side wall that is between the back-side wall and the front-side wall, the left-side wall configured to abut the top wall;a bottom wall that abuts the front-side wall, the right-side wall, the back-side wall, and the left-side wall;a cavity defined by the front-side wall, the right-side wall, the back-side wall, the left-side wall and the bottom wall; a barcode associated with one of the pouches, wherein the barcode is associated with the prescription; a label affixed to the foldable box, wherein the label includes a description of the medications and the barcode associated with the prescription; wherein the cavity is configured to receive the plurality of filled pouches that are associated with the barcode; and wherein one of the walls is configured to receive the label associated with the bar code.