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Apparatus for removing medication units from a card dispenser comprising a card on which medication units are secured in pockets formed in a flexible sheet material disposed in the card and sealed by a rupturable covering element thereof, has a base member upon which the card dispenser is supported.

Apparatus for removing medication units from a card dispenser comprising a card on which medication units are secured in pockets formed in a flexible sheet material disposed in the card and sealed by a rupturable covering element thereof, has a base member upon which the card dispenser is supported. The base member has a body portion with a series of elongated channels in its upper surface defined by parallel extending ribs. A roller with a handle is rotatably rolled along the upper surface of the card dispenser while bridging the channels to press downwardly the medication units and cause the rupturable covering element to be severed and the medication units to drop into the channels.

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Apparatus for removing medication units from a card dispenser comprising a card with a multiplicity of apertures therein arranged in a multiplicity of columns and rows, a pocket forming sheet of flexible sheet material providing pockets extending outwardly of the card, medication units in the pocket

Apparatus for removing medication units from a card dispenser comprising a card with a multiplicity of apertures therein arranged in a multiplicity of columns and rows, a pocket forming sheet of flexible sheet material providing pockets extending outwardly of the card, medication units in the pockets, and a rupturable covering sheet material closing the pockets to seal the medication units therein, said apparatus comprising: (a) a base member having a body portion with a series of elongated channels in its upper surface defined by parallel extending ribs, said base member and channels being dimensioned cooperatively with respect to the associated card dispenser; and (b) a roller member comprising a handle rotatably mounting at one end thereof a roller dimensioned axially to bridge said channels, whereby, when a card dispenser is placed upon said upper surface of said base member with the columns of pockets and medication units disposed in said channels, the roller may be rolled along the upper surface of the card dispenser while bridging said channels to press downwardly the pockets and medication units and cause said covering sheet material to be severed and the medication units to drop into said channels.