Separable unit dose medication container
CA 2129532 A1 · Owner: Merck & Co. Inc. · Inventors: Bunin, Leonid
Overview
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There is disclosed a unit dose medication container (10) comprising a plurality of separate and individual pod members (11) in which unit doses of medication (14) can be placed. The pod members (11) are interconnected by a breakable bridge (12) to form an integral medication container unit (10). One or more pod members can be removed from the container unit (10) by manually rotating one pod member (11) with respect to an adjacent pod member (11) until the bridge (12) connecting them is broken.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 1, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 1, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 1, 2015.
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