Angled Label Regions for Injectable Drug Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pharmaceutical packaging systems do not effectively differentiate between injectable drug names and concentrations, which can lead to severe consequences, including patient death, due to inaccurate identification by medical professionals.
Innovation Solution
A packaging system featuring a container with a label that has distinct, angled regions for the drug name and concentration, reducing informational clutter and requiring active manipulation to separate and reveal the information, thereby enhancing visibility and clarity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional label orientation (peripheral or axial alignment) is used, then the label is easy to read, but the differentiation between drug name and concentration is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The label is segmented into distinct angular regions, with the drug name positioned in a first angular region and the concentration in a second angular region. This segmentation allows medical professionals to quickly differentiate between critical information elements (drug identity vs. dosage) by their angular position, reducing identification errors while maintaining readability through systematic organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional linear or peripheral label arrangements to an angular/dimensional arrangement where information is distributed around the container's circumference at specific angles. This dimensional change allows multiple pieces of information to be simultaneously accessible without overlapping, improving both differentiation and readability.
2Reliability
If all label information is displayed in one region, then the label is compact, but the differentiation between drug name and concentration is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The label structure is segmented into multiple functional regions positioned at different angles around the container. The drug name occupies a first angular region while the concentration occupies a second angular region, creating visual and spatial differentiation that enhances identification accuracy without requiring complex additional components.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the label are assigned different angular positions and visual characteristics appropriate to their function. Critical identification information (drug name) is placed in a distinct angular region from dosage information (concentration), allowing each region to serve its specific purpose with optimized visual properties for its intended function.
Data Source
AI summary
A packaging system includes a container having a closed end an open end, a longitudinal axis running through the closed end and the open end, and an outer surface. A closure assembly fitted to the open end of the container has an access port. The system also includes a detachable cap disposed over the access port, and a label disposed about the container, characterized in that the label has a first region angled relative to the longitudinal axis, which first region consists essentially of a name of an injectable drug product, and a second region angled relative to the longitudinal axis, which second region consists essentially of a concentration of the injectable drug product, whereby the said first and second regions are angled such as to lie in planes that make non-zero as well as non-right angles with the longitudinal axis.