Patent Application
20110052850
Applicant claims priority under 35 U.S.C. ยง119 of German Application No. 20 2009 011 815.0 filed on Sep. 1, 2009, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a multi-ply label, which has a plurality of removable sections that can be used as record labels.
2. Description of the Related Art
A multiplicity of pharmaceutical products is offered in a multi-dose variant. The pharmaceutical active ingredient, for example a liquid, is filled into a small container, from which individual quantities of the liquid can be removed. By way of example, heparin sodium is such a pharmaceutical product and it is stored in containers with a capacity of approximately one milliliter, in so-called 1 ml vials. A plurality of individual portions of the liquid are removed from the tiny vials and are filled into an injection device, for example a syringe, for injecting the active ingredient.
In order to avoid pharmaceutical risks, the injection devices must be labelled by a label, which contains at least the name of the product and the concentration of the active ingredient. The label is subsequently stuck onto an injection device such that the classification attached thereto remains uncovered. A multiplicity of such individual labels can for example be arranged on a large-area support material. In order to label the injection device, one of the labels can for example in each case be pulled off the large-area support material and can be stuck onto the injection device. The individual labels can be pre-labelled or can be subsequently labelled by the medical personnel. However, this harbors the risk of providing an injection device with either the wrong label or incorrectly labelling the label attached to said device.
It is desirable for a label to be provided whose use avoids, with a high probability, the incorrect labelling of products, more particularly of injection devices.
According to one possible embodiment, a multi-ply label comprises a first material ply, having at least a first and a second material section, the first material ply being designed such that the first material section of the first material ply can be separated from the second material section of the first material ply. The label furthermore comprises a second material ply, having at least a first and a second material section, the second material ply being designed such that the first material section of the second material ply can be separated from the second material section of the second material ply. The second material ply is arranged above the first material ply. The first and second material plies are arranged with respect to each other such that the first material section of the second material ply is separated from the second material section of the second material ply when the first material section of the first material ply is separated from the second material section of the first material ply and the first material section of the second material ply adheres to the first material section of the first material ply.
The specified label is suitable both for labelling a storage container containing a relatively large amount of a pharmaceutical active ingredient and for labelling injection devices into which respective individual portions of the active ingredient can be filled from the storage container. The material sections from the first and second material plies adhering to each other in each case form one record label. The individual record labels can be separated from each other and can be relabelled from the storage container to an injection device into which the smaller individual amount of the active ingredient contained in the storage container has been filled into. Since the two material plies are attached one above the other and the material sections of the first and second material plies overlap, the label can have a multiplicity of record labels, with the entire label, containing the record labels, having a length that can easily be processed in labelling machines.
Further embodiments of the label can be gathered from the discussion below.
Hereinbelow, the invention will be explained in more detail with the aid of figures that show exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
In the drawings,
The top side of the support layer 30 can be labelled in a region 31, which is arranged above the adhesive-covering film 80. A region 32, arranged next to the region 31 on the top side of the support layer 30, can have an adhesive-resistant coating 33. By way of example, it is also possible for the entire top side of the support layer 30 to be coated in an adhesive-resistant fashion. The adhesive-resistant coating can be labelled in the region 31.
A material ply 10 is arranged in the region 32 on the top side of the support layer. The material ply 10 can, on its underside, be coated by means of an adhesive layer 70, and so the material ply 10 adheres to the top side of the support layer 30. The material ply 10 has a plurality of material sections 110, 120 and 130. The individual material sections of the material ply 10 can be separated along separation lines 11. By way of example, the separation lines 11 can be perforations provided in the material of the material ply 10. The material sections 110, 120 and 130 can have labelling 12 on a top side.
A further material ply 20 is arranged over the material ply 10. The material ply 20 is subdivided into a plurality of material sections 210, 220 and 230. The individual material sections can be separated along separation lines 21. The separation lines 21 can be embodied as cuts that separate the entire material of the material ply 20. Compared to the material ply 10, the material ply 20 is arranged such that the separation lines 11 in the material ply 10 and the separation lines 21 in the material ply 20 are arranged offset with respect to each other.
The individual material sections of the material ply 20 can each be subdivided into two regions. In a first region of each of the material sections of the material ply 20, an adhesive-resistant coating 50 is arranged on the underside thereof. A second, narrower region of each of the material sections of the material ply 20 has an adhesive layer 40 on the underside thereof. By way of example, the material section 210 comprises a region 211, on the underside of which the adhesive layer 40 is arranged, and a region 212, the underside of which is coated with the adhesive-resistant coating 50. The material section 220 has a region 221, on the underside of which the adhesive layer 40 is applied. A region 222 of the material section 220 is coated on the underside with the adhesive-resistant coating 50. The material section 230 has a narrower region 231, on the underside of which provision is made for the adhesive layer 40. The larger region 232 is covered on the underside by the adhesive-resistant coating 50. The material sections 210, 220 and 230 of the material ply 20 are coated on the underside such that the respectively narrower region 211, 221, 231 of the material sections is covered by the adhesive layer 40 and the respectively larger region 212, 222 and 232 is coated on the underside with the adhesive-resistant coating 50.
The material ply 20 is arranged offset to the material ply 10 such that either the adhesive layer 40 or the adhesive-resistant coating 50 is arranged between the separation lines 11 of the material ply 10 and the separation lines 21 of the material ply 20. Respectively one of the material sections 210, 220 and 230 and one material section 110, 120 and 130 overlap in an overlap region 111, 121 and 131 such that the adhesive layer 40 is arranged in the overlap region between the separation lines 11 and the separation lines 21. As a result of this the material section 210 of the material ply 20 adheres to the material section 110 of the material ply 10. As a result of the adhesive layer 40, the material section 220 adheres to the material section 120. As a result of the adhesive layer 40, the material section 230 of the material ply 20 adheres to the material section 130 of the material ply 10. As a result of the arrangement shown in
The region 32 situated next to the region 31 has an adhesive-resistant coating 33.
The adhesive-covering film 80 has an adhesive-resistant surface, and so the support layer is not adhesive on the underside in those regions in which the adhesive-covering film has been applied. When wrapping a cylindrical container, for example a vial, using the label 1000, the larger contact-adhesive region 61 of the contact-adhesive layer 60 adheres to the container. The adhesive-covering film 80 covers the material plies 10 and 20 and the auto-adhesive region 37 of the support layer is stuck on in a region 35 on the top side of the support layer. The adhesive-covering film 80 thus lies as a protective covering over the material ply 10 and the material ply 20, or the record labels of the two material plies 10 and 20.
When one of the material sections of the material ply 10 is separated along the separation line 11, the material section of the material ply 20 adhering to the corresponding material section of the material ply 10 is also separated from the remaining material ply 20 along the separation line 21. Thus, individual record labels can be separated from the label, which individual record labels are each formed from a material section of the lower material ply 10 and a material section adhering thereto of the material ply 20 arranged over said lower material ply. A record label is formed from material sections, with a material section of the second material ply adhering to that material section of the first material ply that is arranged in front of the material section of the second ply in the dispensing direction.
In the embodiment illustrated in
The label has a length corresponding to approximately double the circumference of the container. The adhesive-covering film 80 has a length corresponding to approximately the circumference of the container. The lengths of the material plies 10 and 20 likewise correspond to approximately the circumference of the container. As a result, the label can be wrapped almost twice around the container.
In the second wrapping, the record label 1, formed by the material sections 110 and 210 adhering to each other in an offset fashion, the record label 2, formed by the material sections 120 and 220 adhering to each other in an offset fashion, and the record label 3, formed by the material sections 130 and 230 adhering to each other in an offset fashion, are covered by the adhesive-covering film 80. As a result of the adhesive-resistant effect of the adhesive-covering film 80, the support layer does not adhere to the record labels but acts as a protective cover for the record labels.
The contact-adhesive region 62 of the support layer adheres to the region 35 of the support layer. In order to separate a record label, the protective section 37 of the support layer is separated by releasing the gripping tab 34 and pulling off the contact-adhesive region 62 from the region 35 of the support layer. Thus, the individual record labels 1, 2, 3 are uncovered and can be separated in order, for example, to be applied to an injection device, which was filled with a small partial amount of the liquid in the container 2000.
The label constitutes a multi-ply composite that can be applied onto small containers, with it easily being possible for the individual record labels to be applied individually and partly adhering to an injection device, for example a syringe. As a result of the material plies arranged offset to each other, it is possible for the record labels to be attached onto the label in a space-saving fashion. This affords the possibility of providing a label with a length that can be processed by labelling machines, and which label nevertheless can have a plurality of separable parts in the form of record labels.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 2009 011 815.0 | Sep 2009 | DE | national |
