INTEGRIERTES SYSTEM DER DOSIERUNGSFORM UND ZUMESSUNG VON MEDIKAMENTEN.

摘要

An automatic drug tape dispensing and metering device and a disposable cassette (2) containing a roll (6) of drug tape housed in a small reusable portable dispenser unit (4). The dispenser contains a measurement device for carefully measuring the length of tape as it is dispensed. A counter monitors the remaining doses of drug tape remaining within the dispenser. A timer device may be provided to alert the patient that it is time for the medicament to be dispsnsed. As the lid (8) of the dispenser unit is opened, the measured length of drug tape is severed from the roll by a cutter blade (10) incorporated into the lid. The dosage and administration of the medicament to be given a patient may be set by adjusting the tape length released for each single dose and selecting the time intervals between dosages. The invention comprises also ingestible tapes of medicament.