Intravenous Bag Label With Integrated Line Portion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Intravenous bag and line labels often become mismatched, leading to potential confusion and mislabeling, and the line labels can obstruct visualization of the intravenous line for air bubbles or blockages.
Innovation Solution
A labeling system where the bag label and line label are printed on a shared backing, allowing the line label to be removably attached to the intravenous bag with an opening for inspecting the line, ensuring accurate labeling and visibility of the line's condition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate bag labels and line labels are provided, then labeling flexibility is improved, but label matching accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the bag label and line label into a single integrated label assembly that is applied as one unit. The label includes a bag label portion for the intravenous bag and a line label portion for the intravenous line, both printed on the same backing sheet with matching solution identifiers. This ensures that the bag and line are labeled simultaneously with consistent information, eliminating mismatching errors while maintaining labeling flexibility through the integrated design.
2Loss of information
If line label is provided separately, then line identification is improved, but visualization of line abnormalities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated label is designed with a specific structure where the line label portion can be folded around the intravenous line. The label includes a first portion that wraps around the line and a second portion that adheres to itself, creating a segmented structure that provides identification while leaving the line visible through the folds and gaps in the labeling material.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If line label covers the labeled portion, then label protection is improved, but inspection capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The label incorporates dynamic elements including folds and gaps that allow the labeling material to adapt to the cylindrical shape of the intravenous line. The line label portion is designed to wrap around the line with strategic gaps that maintain protection while enabling visual inspection of the line surface for air bubbles, discoloration, or other abnormalities.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This system reduces label printing errors and mismatched labels, allowing healthcare providers to easily identify solutions and inspect the intravenous line for abnormalities, enhancing safety and accuracy in intravenous solution administration.
Implementation Method 1
a back layer including an adhesive for securing the label to a surface of the intravenous bag
Data Source
AI summary
A label for use with an intravenous bag having a surface and an interior volume for holding a solution in fluid communication with an intravenous line for dispensing the solution, where the label includes a back layer including an adhesive for securing the label to a surface of the intravenous bag, a front layer with a solution name including a first portion secured to the back layer, the front layer including a second portion removable from the back layer engageable with the intravenous line with the solution name on a first side and a second side. In some constructions, the solution name on the second side is inverted with respect to the solution name on the first side, and the second portion further includes an opening for viewing a portion of the intravenous line when the second portion is engaged with the intravenous line.