Abstract The disclosure herein describes an improved system of dispensing medicine in hospitals; it includes a novel envelope for ordering and obtaining from the pharmacy the medication prescribed for a patient. Indicia representative of the medication and of the patient being administered the medication appear on the flap of the envelope and on the envelope itself. When the envelope is received in the pharmacy, the person responsible removes the detachable flap and files it; he, then, fills the pocket of the envelope with the medication prescribed. The system further includes an improvement in the construction of the package strip of the type having medication containing sealed compartments and being severable between the compartments; the strip is provided with a detachable continuously flat tail portion on which information relating to the medication contained in the sealed compartments is indicated. This tail portion is then affixed on the envelope to show that the medication has been administered to the patient according to the delivery period also indicated on the envelope.
A package strip comprising: an elongate body including a medication-containing portion formed of two layers of flexible material, said medicationcontaining portion being sealed along the longitudinal edges thereof and transversely at spaced intervals to form between said layers a plurality of medication enclosing compartments, said compartments being divided longitudinally by transverse tear lines for severing one or more individual packages from the body; said body further including a detachable indicia bearing, continuously flat tail portion disposed outside said sealed medication-containing portion and extending along one of said longitudinal edges of said medication-containing portion, said flat tail portion having a series of longitudinally spaced transverse lines extending in the prolongation of the transverse tear lines of the medication enclosing compartments and a longitudinally extending tear line dividing said flat tail portion from said sealed medication-containing portion to thereby form a detachable tear-off section for each of said individual packages.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A package strip comprising: an elongate body including a medication-containing portion formed of two layers of flexible material, said medicationcontaining portion being sealed along the longitudinal edges thereof and transversely at spaced intervals to form between said layers a plurality of medication enclosing compartments, said compartments being divided longitudinally by transverse tear lines for severing one or more individual packages from the body; said body further including a detachable indicia bearing, continuously flat tail portion disposed outside said sealed medication-containing portion and extending along one of said longitudinal edges of said medication-containing portion, said flat tail portion having a series of longitudinally spaced transverse lines extending in the prolongation of the transverse tear lines of the medication enclosing compartments and a longitudinally extending tear line dividing said flat tail portion from said sealed medication-containing portion to thereby form a detachable tear-off section for each of said individual packages.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A package strip as defined in claim 1 wherein the indicia is representative of medication adapted to be enclosed in the associated compartment.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A package strip as defined in claim 2 wherein said tear lines are scored for easy tearing of the individual packages and their tear-off sections.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A package strip as defined in claim 3 wherein said compartments are consecutively numbered.