U.S. patent application number 10/990750 was filed with the patent office on 2005-06-23 for label, syringe body and syringe arrangement with label.
This patent application is currently assigned to Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG. Invention is credited to Moosheimer, Ulrich, Seidl, Peter.
Application Number | 20050136207 10/990750 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 34466349 |
Filed Date | 2005-06-23 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050136207 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Moosheimer, Ulrich ; et
al. |
June 23, 2005 |
Label, syringe body and syringe arrangement with label
Abstract
The label is executed as strip-shaped and adhered as directed in
a self-overlapping fashion to a syringe body (1) which is inserted
in a syringe protector formed from an insert (5) and a receiver
(4). In the longitudinal direction of the strip it successively has
a base section (11), two voucher sections (12a, 12b), a protective
section (13), a holding section (14) and a grip tab (15). The label
can be unrolled and pulled out from the syringe protector by a grip
tab (15) so that the voucher sections (12a, 12b) are freely
accessible. If necessary, after inserting the syringe body (1) into
the syringe protector, the grip tab (15) can be extracted through
lateral openings (24, 25) to a certain extent by gently turning the
syringe body (1) relative to the syringe protector and then gripped
since the grip tab (15) is at some distance after sticking the
label onto the syringe body (1). If the grip tab (15) is provided
with a suitable slope, during insertion of the labelled syringe
body (1) into the narrow syringe protector, there is no risk of the
label being kinked or otherwise damaged from its free end since the
grip tab (15) lies on the labelled syringe body (1) during the
insertion process.
Inventors: |
Moosheimer, Ulrich;
(Hohenkammern, DE) ; Seidl, Peter; (Munich,
DE) |
Correspondence
Address: |
NIXON PEABODY, LLP
401 9TH STREET, NW
SUITE 900
WASHINGTON
DC
20004-2128
US
|
Assignee: |
Schreiner Group GmbH & Co.
KG
Oberschleissheim
DE
|
Family ID: |
34466349 |
Appl. No.: |
10/990750 |
Filed: |
November 18, 2004 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
428/40.1 ;
428/34.1; 428/43 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G09F 2003/0222 20130101;
G09F 2003/0216 20130101; A61M 5/178 20130101; A61M 2205/583
20130101; Y10T 428/149 20150115; Y10T 428/14 20150115; Y10T
428/1476 20150115; Y10T 428/1495 20150115; Y10T 428/15 20150115;
A61M 2005/3125 20130101; G09F 3/0288 20130101; G09F 3/10 20130101;
G09F 3/0295 20130101; G09F 2003/0272 20130101; Y10T 428/13
20150115; Y10T 428/1486 20150115; A61M 5/3129 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
428/040.1 ;
428/034.1; 428/043 |
International
Class: |
B32B 001/08; B65D
001/00; B32B 009/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Nov 26, 2003 |
EP |
03104390.4 |
Apr 22, 2004 |
EP |
04101672.6 |
Claims
1. A strip-shaped label for labelling an object, preferably a
syringe body (1) which has the following sections adjacent to one
another in the longitudinal direction of the strip: at least one
voucher section (12a, 12b) which can be separated from the
remaining label in the longitudinal direction of the strip along at
least one separating line (18a, 18b, 18c) running in the transverse
direction of the strip and which has an adhesive coating (16) on
its underside at least over part of the area, a grip tab (15) which
is not adhesive on the underside and which, seen from each voucher
section (12a, 12b, is arranged on the other side of at least one of
the separating lines (18a, 18b, 18c) in the longitudinal direction
of the strip terminally on the label, and which furthermore has a
base section (11) which on the upper side has an adhesive-repelling
surface at least over part of the area and on the underside has an
adhesive coating (16) at least over part of the area.
2. The label according to claim 1, wherein the base section (11) is
arranged in the longitudinal direction of the strip next to the
voucher section (12a, 12b), the voucher section (12a, 12b) can be
separated from the remaining label on two sides along separating
lines (18a, 18n, 18c) running in the transverse direction of the
strip, and the grip tab (15) is arranged in the longitudinal
direction of the strip on the side of the label opposite to the
base section (11).
3. The label according to claim 1, wherein the base section (11) is
arranged under the voucher section (12a, 12b) and the adhesive
coating (16) of the voucher section (12a, 12b) adheres to the
adhesive-repelling surface of the base section (11).
4. The label according to claim 3, which has an initial section
(26) which is arranged terminally in the longitudinal direction of
the strip on the side of the label opposite to the grip tab
(15).
5. The label according to claim 1, wherein the label further has a
protective section (13) which on one side is adjacent to a voucher
section (12b) and on the underside is executed as non-adhesive at
least for the predominant part of its area, a holding section (14)
which is adjacent to the protective section (13) in the
longitudinal direction of the strip on the side opposite to the
voucher section (12a, 12b) and on the underside has an adhesive
coating (16) at least over part of the area, wherein the grip tab
(15) is adjacent to the holding section (14) in the longitudinal
direction of the strip on the side opposite to the protective
section (13).
6. The label according to claim 5, wherein the adhesive-repelling
surface and the protective section (13) in the longitudinal
direction of the strip each have at least the same extension as the
entirety of the voucher sections (12a, 12b).
7. The label according to claim 5, wherein the extension of the
holding section (14) in the longitudinal direction of the strip is
smaller than the extension of the protective section (13).
8. The label according to claim 1 wherein the extension of the grip
tab (15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip increases
continuously over part of the strip width in the transverse
direction.
9. The label according to claim 8, wherein the extension of the
grip tab (15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip increases
continuously over most of the strip width in the transverse
direction.
10. The label according to claim 8, wherein the smallest extension
of the grip tab (15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip is
between 0 and 25 percent of the greatest extension of the grip tab
(15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip.
11. The label according to claim 10, wherein the smallest extension
of the grip tab (15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip is
between 0 and 10 percent of the greatest extension of the grip tab
(15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip.
12. The label according to claim 1, wherein the greatest extension
of the grip tab (15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip is
at least 3 percent of the extension of the base section (11) in the
longitudinal direction of the strip.
13. The label according to claim 12, wherein the greatest extension
of the grip tab (15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip is
at least 5 percent of the extension of the base section (11) in the
longitudinal direction of the strip.
14. The label according to claim 1, wherein the greatest extension
of the grip tab (15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip is
at least 1 mm.
15. The label according to claim 14, wherein the greatest extension
of the grip tab (15) in the longitudinal direction of the strip is
at least 2.5 mm.
16. The label according to claim 1, wherein the separating line
(18a, 18b, 18c) extends in the transverse direction of the strip
over the entire label.
17. The label according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive-repelling
surface is formed by silicone coating.
18. The label according to claim 1, wherein a pressure adhesive
coating is provided as adhesive coating (16).
19. The label according to claim 1, wherein the non-adhesive areas
on the underside of the label are formed by gaps in the adhesive
coating (16).
20. The label according to claim 1, wherein the non-adhesive
underside regions (26a, 26b) of the label are formed by local
neutralisation of an adhesive coating (16) extending over the
entire underside of the label.
21. The label according to claim 1, wherein the separating line
(18a, 18b, 18c) is constructed as perforation line.
22. The label according to claim 1, wherein the separating line
(18a, 18b, 18c) is constructed as punching.
23. The label according to claim 1, wherein the label has an
information imprint.
24. The label according to claim 1, wherein the label is partly
transparent.
25. A syringe body (1) having a label according to claim 1.
26. The syringe body according to claim 25, wherein the label is
attached to region of the syringe body (1) with parallel surface
lines, the extension of the base section (11) in the longitudinal
direction of the strip is greater than 50 percent of the
circumference of the syringe body (1) in the region with parallel
surface lines and the extension of the entire label in the
longitudinal direction of the strip is greater than the
circumference of the syringe body (1) in the region with parallel
surface lines.
27. The syringe body (1) according to claim 26, wherein the
extension of the base section (11) in the longitudinal direction of
the strip is greater than 90 percent of the circumference of the
syringe body (1) in the region with parallel surface lines.
28. The syringe body (1) according to claim 26, wherein the
extension of the entire label in the longitudinal direction of the
strip is greater than twice the circumference of the syringe body
(1) in the region with parallel surface lines.
29. The syringe body (1) according to claim 28, wherein the
extension of the base section (11) in the longitudinal direction of
the strip is greater than the circumference of the syringe body (1)
in the region with parallel surface lines.
30. The syringe body (1) according to claim 25, wherein the label
is attached on the region of the syringe body (1) with parallel
surface lines in a self-overlapping fashion such that the adhesive
coating (16) of the base section (11) adheres to the syringe body
(1), the voucher section (12a, 12b) lies with its underside at
least predominantly on the adhesive-repelling surface and the
protective section (13) covers the voucher sections (12a, 12b).
31. An arrangement having an outer body with a lateral opening and
an inner body inserted in the outer body, wherein the inner body is
provided with a label according to claim 1 so that the label can be
unrolled partly from the inner body (1) by pulling on the grip tab
(15) through the lateral opening of the outer body and can be
pulled out of the outer body so that the voucher sections (12a,
12b) can be separated without the need to remove the inner body
from the outer body.
32. The arrangement according to claim 31 implemented as a syringe
arrangement, wherein the outer body is a syringe protector with a
receiver (4) having at least one lateral opening (24) and an insert
(5) having at least one lateral opening (25), the inner body is a
syringe body (1) according to claim 25, and wherein the label can
be unrolled partly from the syringe body (1) by pulling on the grip
tab (15) through the lateral openings (24, 25) of the insert (5)
and the receiver (4) and can be pulled out of the syringe protector
so that the voucher section (12a, 12b) can be separated without the
need to remove the syringe body (1) from the syringe protector.
32. A method for documenting a product usage which comprises the
handling of an arrangement which has an outer body with a lateral
opening and an inner body inserted in the outer body, having the
steps labelling the inner body with a label according to claim 1,
inserting the labelled inner body into the outer body, partially
unrolling the label from the inner body and extracting from the
outer body by pulling on the grip tab through the lateral opening
of the outer body, separating at least one voucher section of the
label directly before usage of the product.
32. A method for documenting a product usage which comprises the
handling of an arrangement which has an outer body with a lateral
opening and an inner body inserted in the outer body, having the
steps labelling the inner body with a label according to claim 1,
inserting the labelled inner body into the outer body, partially
unrolling the label from the inner body and extracting from the
outer body by pulling on the grip tab through the lateral opening
of the outer body, separating at least one voucher section of the
label directly during usage of the product.
32. A method for documenting a product usage which comprises the
handling of an arrangement which has an outer body with a lateral
opening and an inner body inserted in the outer body, having the
steps labelling the inner body with a label according to claim 1,
inserting the labelled inner body into the outer body, partially
unrolling the label from the inner body and extracting from the
outer body by pulling on the grip tab through the lateral opening
of the outer body, separating at least one voucher section of the
label directly after usage of the product.
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a strip-shaped label,
especially a label for wrap-around labelling of a syringe body or
other container, a syringe body which has such a label and a
syringe arrangement with a syringe body labelled in this
fashion.
[0002] Labels of the type specified initially are frequently shaped
such that their extension in the longitudinal direction of the
strip is greater than the diameter of the syringe body or other
container and consequently, they are stuck on in a self-overlapping
fashion. A corresponding shaping is especially selected if, as a
result of their small size, the syringes, ampoules and phials for
pharmaceuticals would otherwise offer too little outer surface to
accommodate all the information required to characterise the
content on a non-overlapping label.
[0003] The space requirement increases if the label is fitted with
so-called voucher sections. These are understood as regions which
can be separated from the rest of the label which carry some on the
label information (which is usually printed again on the part of
the label left on the container) and can be stuck separately onto a
documentation sheet or the like. They can be used for example to
record which dose of which medicament a patient has received in
which order. Such a label is known for example from EP 0 463 193
A1.
[0004] If syringe bodies, which are understood as the part of the
syringe containing the injectate onto which a cannula is pushed on
or screwed on, are fitted with self-overlapping labels containing
voucher sections, a special handling problem frequently arises,
which results from the use of so-called syringe protectors.
[0005] Syringe protectors are used to preserve a syringe before use
so that on the one hand, there is protection against injury from
the tip of the cannula and on the other hand, the cannula itself is
protected against breaking or bending. The basic structure of a
syringe arrangement with syringe protector is explained briefly in
the following with reference to the schematic sectional view shown
in FIG. 3.
[0006] The syringe body 1 onto which the cannula 2 is pushed or
screwed by means of a connecting piece 3, is inserted in a syringe
protector which substantially consists of a receiver 4 and insert
5. The insert 5 which holds the syringe body 1 is guided into the
receiver 4 in the fashion of two hollow bodies placed inside one
another. A pre-stressed spring 6 holds the insert 5 in an end
position pre-determined by a stop 7 (hereinafter "protected
position") so that the cannula 2 projecting from the insert 5 is
located inside the receiver 4 over its full length. Before using
the syringe the insert 5 is pressed downwards against the spring
force of the spring 6 and the edge 8 of the insert 5 engages into
the holders 9. Versions without engagements also exist. In this
position (hereinafter "injection position") the cannula projects
from the receiver 4 and the injection can be given. If the cannula
2 is protected with a solid protective cap before use, which is
frequently the case in practice, the arrangement can be in the
injection position from the start. In any case, the syringe
protector offers protection from injury after using the syringe if
the insert 5 disengages from the holders 9 and is guided backed
into the protected position by the spring 6.
[0007] The problem with using syringe bodies fitted with
self-overlapping labels containing voucher sections is that the
voucher sections cannot be removed as long as this is inserted in
the syringe protector. On the other hand, previous removal of the
syringe body from the syringe protector is not provided, this would
be complicated and there would be the risk of injury from the
cannula tip, especially in haste.
[0008] It is thus the object of the present invention to provide a
label with voucher sections which is better suited for overlapping
labelling of syringe bodies inserted in syringe protectors than
labels according to the prior art. It is further the object of the
present invention to provide a corresponding syringe body and a
syringe arrangement comprising a syringe protector which allows the
removal of a voucher section labelled on the syringe body without
the need to remove the syringe body from the syringe protector. The
handling should be as reliable and convenient as possible.
[0009] More generally, the object of the invention is to make it
possible to label a first body inserted in a second body with a
label having a voucher section so that the voucher sections are
removable without the need to remove the first body from the second
body.
[0010] According to one aspect of the invention, this object is
solved by a strip-shaped label for labelling, preferably for
wrap-around labelling of a syringe body or other body according to
claim 1. Preferred embodiments of the label according to the
invention can be configured according to one of claims 2-23.
[0011] According to a further aspect of the invention, the object
is solved by a syringe body according to claim 24. Preferred
embodiments of the syringe body according to the invention can be
configured according to claims 25-29.
[0012] According to a further aspect of the invention, the object
is solved by an arrangement according to claim 30, which can be
executed according to an advantageous embodiment according to claim
31.
[0013] If the label is stuck onto the syringe body in a
self-overlapping fashion as intended, the non-adhesive grip tab is
located at the free end. The grip tab must have sufficient area so
that it can project through a lateral opening of the syringe
protector without detaching the label and can easily be grasped.
For this purpose it is advantageous if the greatest extension of
the grip tab in the longitudinal direction of the strip is at least
1 mm, especially advantageously at least 2.5 mm.
[0014] If necessary, after inserting the syringe body into the
syringe protector, the grip tab can be extracted to a certain
extent through the lateral opening of the same by gently turning
the syringe body relative to the syringe protector and then it can
be grasped since the grip tab is some distance away after sticking
the label onto a syringe body. In particular, if the grip tab is
provided with a suitable slope or rounding, in a completely
surprising fashion for the person skilled in the art, during
insertion of the labelled syringe body into the narrow syringe
protector the label nevertheless does not run the risk of becoming
kinked or otherwise damaged from its free end since especially as a
result of its preferred shaping, the grip tab lies on the labelled
syringe body during the insertion process. For this purpose, the
label should preferably be stuck on so that the extension of the
grip tab in the longitudinal direction of the strip increases
continuously from the label edge lying at the front in the
direction of insertion and ideally over most of the width of the
label strip. The risk of damage to the label from its free end is
the lowest when the extension of the grip tab in the longitudinal
direction of the strip on the label edge lying at the front in the
direction of insertion is less than 10 percent of its greatest
extension in the longitudinal direction of the strip. Ideally, the
grip tab widens slowly over the strip width, beginning from a
negligible extension in the longitudinal direction of the
strip.
[0015] When the labelled syringe body is inserted in the syringe
protector, the label can be partly unrolled from the syringe body
by pulling on the grip tab. In this case, the label is pulled
through openings in the insert of the syringe protector (in the
protected position) or through openings in the insert and receiver
of the syringe protector (in the injection position) until the
voucher section or voucher sections can be torn off along the
separating lines. Thus, it is not necessary to remove the syringe
body from the syringe protector in order to reach the voucher
sections. The latter can thus be removed reliably, simply, quickly,
conveniently and with little expenditure.
[0016] According to a further aspect of the invention, a method is
provided for documenting a product usage according to claim 32 in
which, as described above, for example, the administration of an
injection is involved. The separated voucher section can be stuck
on a documentation record.
[0017] Exemplary examples according to the invention are described
in more detail in the following with reference to the relevant
drawings. The drawings are not to scale and should be understood as
purely schematic. In particular, the layer thicknesses of the
various label layers are greatly exaggerated for reasons of
clarity. Reference numbers of corresponding features are retained
throughout for all figures.
[0018] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a label according to the
invention with two voucher sections, which is arranged on a piece
of pull-off material, wherein the length-to-width ratio of the
label strip is shown distorted (shortened strip length);
[0019] FIG. 2a-c shows the upper region of a syringe body labelled
according to the invention and the insert and the receiver of a
syringe arrangement according to the invention, in each case
greatly enlarged;
[0020] FIG. 3 shows the fundamental interaction of a syringe
protector with a syringe according to the prior art which equally
applies to the syringe arrangement according to the invention;
[0021] FIG. 4 shows a sectional view through the syringe body from
FIG. 2a in the sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal
axis of the syringe body indicated by the line A-A' from FIG. 2a as
well as an enlarged view of a section indicated by two connected
rectangles;
[0022] FIG. 5 shows the parts of the syringe arrangement shown in
FIGS. 2a-c, inserted inside one another wherein the tab already
projects somewhat from the lateral opening of the receiver
(transparency of the parts of the syringe arrangement is not taken
into account in the diagram);
[0023] FIG. 6 shows a section of the syringe arrangement from FIG.
5 wherein the label is pulled out further so that both voucher
sections are visible;
[0024] FIG. 7 shows a label which differs from the label shown in
FIG. 1 by an alternative arrangement of the voucher sections;
[0025] FIG. 8a-e show six different variants of the shaping of the
grip tab of a label according to the invention;
[0026] FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of a further label according
to the invention with two voucher sections, wherein the
length-to-width ratio of the label strip is shown distorted
(shortened strip length);
[0027] FIG. 10 shows a sectional view similar to FIG. 4 through a
labelled syringe body in the sectional plane perpendicular to the
longitudinal axis of the syringe body as well as an enlarged view
of a section indicated by two connected rectangles, wherein the
label is shaped similar to the embodiment from FIG. 9.
[0028] The label shown in FIG. 1 is executed in a strip shape. In
the longitudinal direction of the strip (from left to right in the
selected diagram) it successively has a base section 11, two
voucher sections 12a, 12b, a protective section 13, a holding
section 14 and a grip tab 15. Said regions 11, 12a, 12b, 13, 14, 15
are advantageously substantially formed by a continuous plastic
film layer 20 which can be transparent or opaque. It is also
possible to manufacture the label on a paper basis or as a
multilayer foil composite. The finely dotted lines separating the
holding section 14 from the protective section 13 or the grip tab
15 are for clarity and do not represent any physical feature of the
invention.
[0029] For reasons of clarity the diagram is distorted such that
the strip width is exaggerated in relation to the strip length and
the thickness of the individual layers is shown as highly
exaggerated in relation to the remaining dimensions.
[0030] On the underside the label is provided with an adhering
adhesive layer 16 which is respectively interrupted in the area of
the protective section 13 and the grip tab 15. Alternatively the
entire underside of the label can be adhesive-coated, wherein the
adhesive coating is neutralised in the area of the protective
section 13 and the grip tab 15 by means of a so-called "adhesive
killer", i.e., is transferred to a non-adhesive state.
[0031] The base section 11 is provided with an adhesive-repelling
coating 17 (for example, a silicone layer) on the upper side which
has at least the same areal extension as the entirety of the
voucher sections 12a, 12b. In some cases, it can also be
advantageous however if the extension of the adhesive-repelling
coating is somewhat smaller so that small areas (compared with the
silicone coated region) of increased adhesion provide for good
cohesion before the detachment of the voucher sections.
[0032] The voucher sections 12a, 12b can be separated from the base
section 11 or from one another or from the protective section 13
along the separating lines 18a, 18b, 18c which extend in the
transverse direction of the strip over the total width of the
label. The separating lines 18a, 18b, 18c can be executed as
perforations, punching or other local weakenings of the foil layer
20 which facilitate tearing off.
[0033] The protective section 13 is wider than the entirety of the
voucher sections 12a, 12b in the longitudinal direction of the
strip. The holding section 14 is narrower than the remaining
sections 11, 12a, 12b, 13 in the longitudinal direction of the
strip. The grip tab 15 becomes continuously broader in the
longitudinal direction of the strip over most of the width of the
label strip. This wing-like shape of the grip tab 15 ensures that
after labelling a syringe body 1 according to the invention, during
insertion of the syringe body 1 into a narrow syringe protector
said tab lies on the labelled syringe body as described in detail
below. The decisive factor in this case is that the label is
attached so that the front label edge in FIG. 1, i.e., the edge of
the label 10 running in the longitudinal direction of the strip,
from which the grip tab 15 becomes continuously broader over the
centre (in the transverse direction of the strip) of the label, is
the leading edge during insertion of the syringe body 1 into the
syringe protector. In connection with the present invention, a
continuous broadening from the edge over the centre (in the
transverse direction of the strip) of the label is regarded as
equivalent to a broadening over most of the width of the label
strip. Various alternative shapes of the grip tab 15 which satisfy
this criterion are shown in FIG. 8a-8e.
[0034] The label is usually printed with text and/or picture
information (not shown). In the area of the base section 11 such
printing is normally executed underneath the adhesive-repelling
coating 17 for reasons of printing technique. The information on
the first voucher section 12a is usually substantially identical to
the information on the second voucher section 12b and corresponds
to the information on the base section 11 so that the voucher
sections 12a, 12b can (also subsequently) be assigned to one
another and to the labelled syringe body 1. The information on the
protective section 13 will usually mostly correspond to the
information on the base section 11 since after labelling the
syringe body 1 initially only the former and not the latter can be
seen, as is explained below. The printed information can among
other things comprise active substance, information on quantity and
concentration, shelf life data, batch numbers, barcodes, trade and
producer marks etc. Furthermore, areal printing can also be
provided as colour background, especially when the plastic film
layer 20 is executed as transparent.
[0035] Over the adhering adhesive layer 16 the label is arranged on
a piece of pull-off material 19 shown in part, from which it can
easily be detached to be stuck onto the syringe body 1 as
intended.
[0036] FIG. 2a shows a syringe body 1 on which a label is stuck,
which is constructed substantially as the label shown in FIG. 1.
For reasons of clarity the syringe body 1 is shown greatly
enlarged, like the insert shown in FIG. 2b and the receiver shown
in FIG. 2a, and specifically in relation to the size of the label
10 which usually covers most of the outer surface 21 of the syringe
body 1 in actual application.
[0037] A plane of intersection perpendicular to the longitudinal
axis of the syringe body 1 is indicated by the dot-and-dash line
A-A'. A corresponding sectional view (in the direction of the
arrow) is shown in FIG. 4 with greatly exaggerated layer
thicknesses of the layers 16, 17, 20 and 26 of the label 10 in
relation to FIG. 2a. A further enlargement of a section is
illustrated by the two rectangles outlined in bold in the upper
part of FIG. 4 where the upper of the two rectangles shows an
enlarged view of the same section as the lower one.
[0038] The label overlaps itself twice. In this case, in the area
of the voucher sections 12a, 12b the adhering adhesive layer 16
lies on the adhesive-repelling coating 17 of the base section 11
which for its part is stuck onto the outer surface 21 of the
syringe body 1. The protective section 13 covers the voucher
sections 12a, 12b. Unlike FIG. 1, the non-adhesive underside of the
protective section 13 and the grip tab 15 are not achieved by an
interruption of the adhering adhesive layer 16 but by the adhering
adhesive layer 16 being neutralised in the corresponding areas 26a,
26b by using a so-called "adhesive killer", i.e., being converted
to a non-adhesive state.
[0039] The holding section 14 sticks over a narrow non-neutralised
region of the adhering adhesive layer 16 on an area of the
protective section 13 adjacent to the voucher section 12b in order
to hold together the overlapping arrangement of the label and
secure it against unintentional unrolling.
[0040] Both the syringe body 1 in FIG. 2a and also the insert 5 in
FIG. 2b and the receiver 4 in FIG. 2c which represent parts of the
syringe protector of the syringe arrangement according to the
invention are only shown in part, i.e., they are shown as broken
off downwards. The insert 5 is guided into the receiver 4, as shown
in FIG. 3. Otherwise, the basic principle of the interaction
between syringe body 1, insert 5 and receiver 4 of the syringe
arrangement according to the invention is fundamentally the same as
that described in the prior art and above with reference to FIG. 3.
Mechanical details already known from the prior art such as the
stop 7 and the holders 9 are also not shown in FIG. 2b and FIG. 2c
for the sake of simplicity.
[0041] The receiver 4 and insert 5 preferably consist of
transparent plastic so that the imprint (not shown) on the
protective section 13 stays legible when the labelled syringe body
1 is inserted into the insert 5. The openings 24, 25 are used to
make it possible to have access to the grip tab 15 even when the
labelled syringe body 1 is inserted into the insert 5 and the
syringe protector substantially consisting of receiver 4 and insert
5 is located in the injection position. Accordingly, access to the
grip tab 15 is only possible through the opening 25 of the insert 5
when the syringe protector is in the protected position.
[0042] The labelled syringe body 1 is inserted into the insert 5
from above. In this case, as a result of its shaping according to
the invention, the grip tab 15 which is normally slightly at a
distance because of its non-adhesive underside as shown in FIG. 4,
lies on the protective section 13. It is thus prevented that during
insertion of the labelled syringe body 1 into the insert 5 the
holding region 14 detaches and crumples the label, as would be the
case if the free end of the label was less favourably shaped.
[0043] FIGS. 5 and 6 show the syringe arrangement according to the
invention in part with the syringe body 1 already inserted into the
injection position. The transparency of the components is not
indicated graphically for the sake of clarity.
[0044] In FIG. 5 the grip tab 15 already projects somewhat through
the openings 24, 25 from the syringe protector formed from the
insert 5 and receiver 4 so that it can easily be grasped. This
state can easily be brought about in the winding of the label shown
in the anticlockwise direction by turning the labelled syringe body
1 slightly in the anticlockwise direction relative to the insert 5
and receiver 4.
[0045] FIG. 6 shows the state after pulling on the grip tab 15. The
label is now further unwound and pulled further from the syringe
protector formed by the insert 5 and receiver 4 so that the voucher
section 12b is already freely accessible. By further pulling on the
grip tab 15, the other voucher section 12a also becomes freely
accessible.
[0046] FIG. 7 shows an alternative arrangement of the voucher
sections 12a, 12b. The diagram substantially corresponds to FIG. 1.
The separating lines 18a, 18c which run over the entire width of
the label in the transverse direction of the strip make it possible
to separate the voucher sections 12a, 12b from the base section 11
or the protective section 13. The voucher sections 12a, 12b can be
separated from one another via the separating line 18b running in
the longitudinal direction of the strip. In addition, other
arrangements of one, two or more voucher sections are also
possible.
[0047] Like the label shown in FIG. 1, the label shown in FIG. 9 is
also executed as strip-shaped. For reasons of clarity the diagram
is distorted such that the strip width is exaggerated in relation
to the strip length, and the thickness of the individual layers is
shown greatly exaggerated in relation to the other dimensions.
[0048] In the longitudinal direction of the strip (from left to
right in the selected diagram) the label successively has an
initial section 27, two voucher sections 12a, 12b, a protective
section 13, a holding section 14 and a grip tab 15. Said regions
27, 12a, 12b, 13, 14 and 15 are advantageously substantially formed
from a continuous layer of plastic film 20 which can be transparent
or opaque. Likewise, it is also possible to manufacture the layer
on a paper basis or as a multilayer foil composite. The finely
dotted lines separating the holding section 14 from the protective
section 13 or the grip tab 15 are for clarity and do not represent
any physical feature of the invention.
[0049] The label shown in FIG. 9 differs from the embodiment shown
in FIG. 1 in that the base section 11 is arranged below and not
next to the voucher sections 12a, 12b. In contrast to the label
from FIG. 1 which can be manufactured from a single foil blank, in
the case of the label shown in FIG. 9, the base section 11 and the
entirety of the remaining sections 12a, 12b, 13, 14, 15 are each
made from their own foil blank. The foil blank adhesive-coated on
the underside forming the regions 12a, 12b, 13, 14, 15 is dispensed
on the base section 11 having an adhesive-repellent coating on the
upper side, which is arranged on a piece of pull-off material,
which is not shown in FIG. 9 in contrast to FIG. 1.
[0050] On the underside each foil blank of the label is provided
with an adhering adhesive layer 16 which is interrupted
respectively in the area of the protective section 13 and the grip
tab 15. Alternatively the entire underside of the label can be
adhesive-coated wherein the adhesive coating is neutralised with a
so-called "adhesive killer" in the area of the protective section
13 and the grip tab 15, i.e., is converted to a non-adhesive
state.
[0051] In the present exemplary embodiment the base section 11 is
provided on the upper side with an adhesive-repellent coating 17
(for example, a silicone layer) which has at least the same areal
extension as the entirety of the voucher sections 12a, 12b. In
other cases, it can also be advantageous if the extension of the
adhesive-repellent coating is somewhat smaller so that small areas
(compared with the siliconeised area) of elevated adhesion provide
good cohesion before the voucher sections are detached.
[0052] The voucher sections 12a, 12b can be separated from the
initial section 11 or from one another or from the protective
section 13 along the separating lines 18a, 18b, 18c which extend in
the transverse direction of the strip over the entire width of the
label. The separating lines 18a, 18b, 18c can be executed as
perforations, punching or other local weakenings of the foil layer
20 which facilitate tearing off.
[0053] The protective section 13 is wider than the entirety of the
voucher sections 12a, 12b in the longitudinal direction of the
strip. The holding section 14 is narrower than the sections 11,
12a, 12b, 13 in the longitudinal direction of the strip. The grip
tab 15 becomes continuously broader in the longitudinal direction
of the strip over most of the width of the label strip. This
wing-like shape of the grip tab 15 ensures that after labelling a
syringe body 1 according to the invention, during insertion of the
syringe body 1 into a narrow syringe protector said tab lies on the
labelled syringe body as described in detail below. The decisive
factor in this case is that the label is attached so that the front
label edge in FIG. 1, i.e., the edge of the label 10 running in the
longitudinal direction of the strip, from which the grip tab 15
becomes continuously broader over the centre (in the transverse
direction of the strip) of the label, is the leading edge during
insertion of the syringe body 1 into the syringe protector. Various
alternative shapes of the grip tab 15 which satisfy this criterion
are shown in FIG. 8a-8e.
[0054] The label is usually printed with text and/or picture
information (not shown). In the area of the base section 11 such
printing is normally executed underneath the adhesive-repelling
coating 17 for reasons of printing technique. The information on
the first voucher section 12a is usually substantially identical to
the information on the second voucher section 12b and corresponds
to the information on the base section 11 so that the voucher
sections 12a, 12b can (also subsequently) be assigned to one
another and to the labelled syringe body 1. The information on the
protective section 13 will usually mostly correspond to the
information on the base section 11 since after labelling the
syringe body 1 initially only the former and not the latter can be
seen, as is explained below. The printed information can among
other things comprise active substance, information on quantity and
concentration, shelf life data, batch numbers, barcodes, trade and
producer marks etc. Furthermore, areal printing can also be
provided as colour background, especially when the plastic film
layer 20 is executed as transparent.
[0055] The initial section 27 is generally significantly shorter
than the base section 11. Preferably it is shorter than one fifth
of the base section 11 or shorter than one tenth of the
circumference of the area of the intended syringe body 1 to be
labelled. The initial section 27 improves the dispensability of the
label but can frequently be superfluous however.
[0056] Compared to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the label from
FIG. 9 has the advantage that the label strip is shorter overall
whereby the label can be applied more simply and more quickly to
the syringe body 1 especially in the case of mechanical dispensing.
It is further possible to make the base section 11 and the
remaining sections 27, 12a, 12b, 13, 14, 15 from different foil
materials whereby, in addition to other feasible advantages, under
certain circumstances the total thickness of the label layers wound
onto the syringe body 1 as intended can be somewhat thinner. On the
other hand, the expenditure for manufacturing the label from FIG. 1
is lower than that for manufacturing the label from FIG. 9.
[0057] By analogy with FIG. 4, FIG. 10 shows a sectional view of a
labelled syringe body 1. The label applied thereto in a
self-overlapping fashion is executed substantially as the label
shown in FIG. 9. An enlarged section is illustrated, as in FIG. 4,
by the two rectangles outlined in bold in the upper section of FIG.
10 where the upper of the two rectangles shows the same section
enlarged as the lower rectangle.
[0058] In the area of the voucher sections 12a, 12b the adhering
adhesive layer 16 lies on the adhesive-repelling coating 17 of the
base section 11 which for its part is stuck onto the outer surface
21 of the syringe body 1. The protective section 13 covers the
voucher sections 12a, 12b as a result of the overlapping
application. Unlike FIG. 9, the non-adhesive underside of the
protective section 13 and the grip tab 15 are not achieved by an
interruption of the adhering adhesive layer 16 but by the adhering
adhesive layer 16 being neutralised in the corresponding areas 26a,
26b by using a so-called "adhesive killer", i.e., being converted
to a non-adhesive state.
[0059] The holding section 14 sticks over a narrow non-neutralised
region of the adhering adhesive layer 16 on an area of the
protective section 13 adjacent to the voucher section 12b in order
to hold together the overlapping arrangement of the label and
secure it against unintentional unrolling.
[0060] For better fixing of the voucher sections 12a, 12b and to
facilitate the labelling, especially when mechanical dispensing is
used, the initial section 27 adheres directly on the syringe body
1.
[0061] From a comparison of FIG. 4 and FIG. 10 it can be seen that
when the labels are applied as intended, the two arrangements of
the label layers on the labelled syringe body 1 barely differ from
one another despite the labels being executed differently (compare
FIGS. 1 and 9). Both syringe bodies 1 can be inserted in the same
way into the insert 5 of a syringe protector and offer
substantially the same functionality.
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