Multi-part Drug Container Label with Automatic Storage Label Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current labels for multi-part medication containers require additional steps to access the storage label after opening, complicating handling and proof of first opening, which can lead to confusion and potential health risks due to inadequate protection against product counterfeiting and misuse.
Innovation Solution
A label design where the storage label is integrated into a single web of material, allowing it to automatically separate and remain on the container closure after opening, providing immediate accessibility and enhanced proof of first use without additional manipulations, using a wrap-around design with specific weakening lines to ensure the label sections tear correctly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the storage label is integrated into a single web of material with weakening lines, then the label automatically separates to provide proof of first opening, but the label structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The label is divided into multiple functional sections (first label section, second label section, storage label) within a single web of material, with weakening lines positioned to enable automatic separation. This segmentation allows the label to provide reliable proof of first opening while maintaining a manageable structure that integrates multiple functions in one component.
2Reliability
If the storage label remains on the container closure after opening, then protection against counterfeiting is enhanced, but the handling and accessibility of the storage label becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The label is designed with pre-positioned weakening lines and adhesive characteristics that enable the storage label to automatically separate and remain attached to the container closure during the normal opening process. This preliminary design ensures that the storage label is immediately accessible on the removable closure without requiring additional manual operations, while simultaneously providing reliable proof of first opening through the separation mechanism.
3Reliability
If additional steps are required to access the storage label after opening, then the label provides better security features, but the user experience deteriorates due to complicated handling
Solution Approach 1:
The label structure enables itself to perform the security function automatically during the opening process. The weakening lines are positioned such that the act of separating the container closure from the container body automatically causes the storage label to separate and remain on the closure, providing security verification without requiring the user to perform additional steps or manipulations.
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AI summary
The invention proposes a label (10) for a drug container which is in a number of parts or can be divided into a number of parts. The label (10) has a first label portion (1) for fastening on a first container part and a second label portion (2) for fastening on a second container part. The first label portion (1) serves for being wrapped all the way round the first container part more than once and is arranged within a first basic-surface-area region (G1) of the basic surface area (G) of the label (10), said first region being intended for wrapping round the first container part. The second label portion (2) comprises a supply label (20) with a first sub-portion (21) and a second sub-portion (22). The first sub-portion (21) is arranged in the first basic-surface-area region (G1) and the second sub-portion (22) is arranged in a second basic-surface-area region (G2), which is intended for fastening on a second container part. The label (10) is designed such that, when the first and the second label portions (1, 2) are pulled apart from one another in order for a container which has the label (10) adhesively bonded around it to be opened, the first and the second label portions (1, 2) tear off from one another and the first sub-portion (21) of the supply label (20) forms a grip tab (26), in order for the supply label (20) to be pulled off from a remainder of the second label portion (2) and/or from the second container part.