BLISTER CARD CARRIER

1 . A blister card carrier designed to hold a blister card in a substantially planar state, the carrier comprising:

a bottom section having one or more bottom rails; and

a top section having one or more top rails,

wherein the bottom section and the top section form one or more slots configured to receive a blister card,

wherein each slot is substantially perpendicular to the bottom section and the top section,

wherein each bottom rail is configured to contact a bottom surface of a received blister card,

wherein each top rail is configured to contact a top surface of a received blister card, and

wherein the blister card carrier is configured to position a received blister card in substantially the same plane as the bottom section and the top section.

2 . The blister card carrier of claim 1 wherein at least one of a bottom rail and the top rail comprises a holding mechanism, and wherein the holding mechanism is located on a surface of the corresponding rail configured to contact a received blister card.

3 . The blister card carrier of claim 2 wherein the holding mechanism is operable to conform a received blister card into a substantially planar state.

4 . The blister card carrier of claim 2 wherein the holding mechanism is operable to create an interference fit with a received blister card.

5 . The blister card carrier of claim 4 wherein the interference fit causes the received blister card to be held in a fixed position if no force is applied to remove the received blister card from the blister card carrier.

6 . The blister card carrier of claim 2 wherein the holding mechanism comprises one or more of the following:

a spring;

a protuberance; and

a chamfered edge.

7 . The blister card carrier of claim 1 , further comprising:

an insertion point; and

a holding mechanism, wherein the holding mechanism is operable to removably affix the received blister card when inserted through the insertion point.

8 . A method of inserting a blister card into a blister card carrier, the method comprising:

positioning a blister card in a slot of a blister card carrier;

placing an implement in contact with the blister card;

applying a force to the blister card using the implement, wherein the force movers the blister card into the blister card carrier;

detecting a mark on the blister card using a detecting element; and

removing the force from the blister card at a time determined based on the time that the mark is detected at a predefined location.

9 . The method of claim 8 wherein the implement comprises a pin.

10 . The method of claim 9 wherein placing the implement comprises placing the pin in a pin slot of the blister card.

11 . The method of claim 9 wherein placing the implement comprises placing the pin in contact with a trailing edge of the blister card.

12 . The method of claim 8 wherein the implement comprises a wheel.

13 . The method of claim 12 wherein placing the implement comprises placing the wheel on one of a top surface of the blister card and a bottom surface of the blister card.

14 . The method of claim 8 wherein the mark comprises one or more of the following:

a bar code;

a bar code label;

a dot;

an indentation; and

a hole.

15 . The method of claim 8 wherein the detecting element comprises one or more of the following:

a bar code scanner;

a sensor; and

a mechanical switch.

16 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

automatically determining a location of a blister within the blister card based on the location of the mark.

17 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

guiding the blister card using one or more chamfered edges, wherein each chamfered edge is formed using one or more of a bottom rail of the blister card carrier and a top rail of the blister card carrier.