EP3175439B1 - Label for a container which is in a number of parts or can be divided into a number of parts - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a label for a multi-part container or at least one that can be divided into several parts, in particular one for storing, administering, removing and / or receiving a medicament and / or a liquid. The invention also relates to a container provided with such a label.

In the field of labeling objects, in particular multi-part pharmaceutical containers, it is known to design labels in such a way that when the multi-part container or container that can be divided into several parts as intended, irreversible changes to the label occur when the container is used or opened for the first time, in order to prevent product counterfeiting, unauthorized re-use or make it difficult to resell a used container and / or its contents. Such security features serve as tamper evidence so that the buyer or user of an object can determine as easily as possible whether he has an original product from the original manufacturer in his hands or a plagiarism. In medicine and pharmacy in particular, it is important to make suppliers, doctors, medical specialists and patients aware of any tampering attempt and every product counterfeit or brand deception by means of appropriate labeling when handling medication containers, in order to avoid the potentially considerable health risks for the patient to exclude. Appropriate labeling must also ensure that the medication or the contents of the container have not become obsolete and unusable, contrary to the possibly incorrect labeling.

document FR 2 784 779 A1 relates to an adhesive label with two sections and a non-adhesive tear strip between them.

document EP 1 044 698 A1 relates to syringe assemblies having a label attached to an exterior surface of the syringe body. The label extends onto and is connected to the needle cap.

document DE 299 06 832 U1 relates to a label which is composed of a first label part which can be permanently glued to a vessel and a second label part which can be separated therefrom along a mechanically weakened line.

The multi-part medicament containers which can be considered for the invention are, for example, syringes, injection pens or injection pens, multi-part ampoules, vials or generally multi-part containers. For example, syringes and injection pens each contain a cap that must be removed before use. There are also one-piece containers that are one-piece in the original delivery condition, but must be divided into two parts prior to use as intended; for example, breakable ampoules, which can be opened by knocking off an ampoule head, or other one-piece or multi-part vessels in which any other external seal has to be removed, a cap has to be removed or some other closure element has to be loosened. The invention can also be considered for these containers, which were not originally one-piece. In the following text, a distinction is no longer made between multi-part containers and one-part containers that can be divided into several parts before use, but instead, for the sake of brevity, only multi-part containers are used. What the containers in question have in common, however, is that two container parts have to be separated from one another in order to be able to access the container contents. Before opening, however, the two container parts can either be separate but mutually mounted container parts or, alternatively, two partial areas of an initially one-piece container that is to be divided into two separate container parts. In the latter case, the two container parts are two parts of a one-piece container.

In particular, drugs or pharmaceuticals, such as liquid drug solutions, suspensions, liquids, powders or other preparations, must not only be shielded from the surrounding air until they are used for the first time, but above all from contact with body tissue and pathogens. Apart from pharmaceutical containers, there are also containers in which a container closure, for example a cap or a lid, has to be separated and / or removed from the rest of the container or its main body by a pulling movement in order to open the container. For example, a closure cap must first be removed from a syringe or an injection pen in order to be able to remove and administer the drug solution.

Another aspect that plays a role in the labeling of containers, especially for medical products, is the use of receipt labels with which the administration of a drug is documented, for example in a medical record or on a syringe, with which a part of the Drug fluid is withdrawn and then administered. Such receipt labels are increasingly integrated as daughter labels or supply labels in the entire label with which the medicine container is labeled. For example, such a supply label is accommodated in part of the area of the overall label, or multi-layer labels with several differently punched material webs are used, for example with several plastic films lying on top of one another, each with its own punching pattern.

Despite the previously used labels for multi-part containers, in particular for medicine containers of the types listed above, there is potential for development with regard to the handling of such supply labels; in particular, after opening the medication container or at least its label, additional manipulations are often required before the doctor, medical staff or patient has access to the integrated supply label and can separate it from the rest of the label and use it for other purposes.

It is the object of the present application to provide a label for a multi-part container, in particular for a multi-part medication container, the label not only providing more effective tamper evidence, but at the same time also facilitating and simplifying the handling of a supply label. In particular, the label should be designed in such a way that its supply label is immediately accessible after opening the container and can be handled as conveniently as possible, without the need for additional previous manipulations. Furthermore, a multi-part container provided with such a label, in particular one for pharmaceuticals, is to be provided, the supply label of which is more easily accessible when it is used and at the same time a suitable proof of first opening is achieved.

This object is achieved by a label according to claim 1.

Figur 1

eine schematische Draufsicht auf die Oberseite eines gemäß einem ersten Ausführungsbeispiel ausgebildeten Etiketts,

Figur 2

eine schematische Draufsicht auf die Unterseite des Etiketts aus Figur 1 und einen damit zu umklebenden Behälter,

Figur 3

eine schematische Draufsicht auf ein Etikett gemäß einem zweiten Ausführungsbeispiel,

Figur 4A

eine schematische Querschnittsansicht eines mit einem Etikett gemäß den Figuren 1 bis 3 umklebten Behälters, dargestellt als Schnittansicht in Höhe des ersten Teilabschnitts des Vorratsetiketts,

Figur 4B

eine schematische Querschnittsansicht eines mit einem Etikett gemäß Figur 3 umklebten Behälters, dargestellt als Schnittansicht in Höhe des zweiten Teilabschnitts des Vorratsetiketts,

Figur 5

eine schematische Draufsicht auf ein Etikett gemäß einem dritten Ausführungsbeispiel, das zum mehr als zweimaligen Umwickeln zumindest eines ersten Behälterteils dient,

Figur 6

eine schematische Draufsicht auf ein Etikett gemäß einem vierten Ausführungsbeispiel, das zum zumindest zweimaligen Umwickeln sowohl eines ersten als auch eines zweiten Behälterteils eines Behälters dient,

Figur 7

eine schematische Querschnittsansicht eines auf den Außenumfang eines Behälters aufgeklebten Etiketts und

die Figuren 8 bis 10

verschiedene Ausführungsbeispiele mit zwei Funktionsbereichen, die durch das Vorratsetikett zunächst voneinander getrennt sind.

Some exemplary embodiments are described below with reference to the figures. Show it:

Figure 1

a schematic plan view of the top of a label designed according to a first embodiment,

Figure 2

a schematic plan view of the underside of the label Figure 1 and a container to be wrapped around with it,

Figure 3

a schematic plan view of a label according to a second embodiment,

Figure 4A

a schematic cross-sectional view of a with a label according to FIG Figures 1 to 3 enveloped container, shown as a sectional view at the level of the first section of the supply label,

Figure 4B

a schematic cross-sectional view of a with a label according to Figure 3 enveloped container, shown as a sectional view at the level of the second section of the supply label,

Figure 5

a schematic plan view of a label according to a third embodiment, which is used for more than two wrapping around at least one first container part,

Figure 6

a schematic plan view of a label according to a fourth embodiment, which is used for at least two wrapping both a first and a second container part of a container,

Figure 7

a schematic cross-sectional view of a label adhered to the outer periphery of a container and FIG

Figures 8 to 10

various exemplary embodiments with two functional areas that are initially separated from one another by the supply label.

The label according to the embodiments of this application is intended for a multi-part container or at least one which can be divided into at least two parts as intended, for example a syringe, an injection pen, a vial, an ampoule or another multi-part container for medical, pharmaceutical or other products in which a Container closure, such as a lid or a cap is pulled off or removed in some other way from the rest of the container part in order to open the container.

The label has a first label section for attachment to a first container part, for example a main body or the actual container, as well as a second label section for attachment to a second container part. The label is intended in particular for those containers in which the second container part is the cap, the lid or some other container closure which can be pulled off the first container part with the aid of, for example, a pulling movement. The label is therefore particularly suitable for two-part containers, such as those in an elongated pen shape. The label is also designed as a wrap-around label to optionally wrap the first container part, the second container part or both container parts more than once so that the label overlaps itself on at least one of the container parts, ie comes to rest on itself. For example, the main body of the container, ie the actual container without the closure cap, can be completely wrapped or glued around more than once by the above-mentioned first label section. Depending on the embodiment, the container closure can also be wrapped more than once by a second label section. At least the first label section is designed in the manner of an all-round label. Both label sections are formed in one and the same material web, for example implemented by one and the same plastic film; its base area is then subdivided into the first label section and the second label section and possibly into further sections by suitable perforations, punchings or other separating or weakening lines. The first or second label section is that which, as stated above, is intended to be attached to the first or second container part. The first label section therefore means that section which remains on the first container part, for example the main body of the container, after the container has been opened, ie after the two container parts have been separated from one another. Correspondingly, the second label section is that which, after opening the container, remains or is attached to its second container part as intended. Which area of the label base area belongs to the first or second label section depends largely on the course of the dividing lines or weakening lines within the base area of the label, along which the label is torn open and severed when the container for which the label is intended to be labeled is opened will. This creates at least two separate label sections that were previously combined in the same material layer. The second label section thus includes everything that remains on the second container part after a labeled container has been opened as intended.

According to this application, the second label section comprises a supply label which is formed in the same material web as the first label section and also like a remaining part of the second label section, if present depending on the embodiment. Already in this way the label according to the invention differs from conventional labels which, if they contain a supply label, are usually designed so that the supply label remains on the main body of the medicament container after it is opened until it is manually removed from it. In contrast, a label is proposed in this application, the supply label of which, as intended, does not remain on the main body of the container, but rather on the container closure or the second container part when it is separated from the first container part.

Such a label design may seem rather absurd at first glance, because the container closure usually has a much smaller dimension than the actual vessel and therefore seems far less suitable for accommodating a label part that can be labeled or otherwise used, even if it is just a smaller receipt label than the much larger, first container part. The handling of a label whose supply label does not remain on the first container part or the main body that is filled with the drug, the liquid or the other container contents also appears remote at first glance; not only because of the often larger circumferential surface of this first container part for accommodating a supply label, but also because the filled first container part is used, but the closure part can be disposed of or relocated beforehand.

According to this application it is provided that the supply label is arranged partly in a base area of the label which is intended for wrapping around the first container part, and partly in a second base area which is intended for wrapping around the second container part. The commercially available and standardized drug containers used in medicine, such as syringes, injection pens, vials, and ampoules, etc., are usually containers that can be wrapped with a label, for example containers with a cylindrical and, in particular, circular-cylindrical, but often also conical or otherwise Way shaped peripheral surface. The circumferential surface of at least the main body, ie the actual container part, which is referred to here as the first container part, has the axis of symmetry along a first, axial direction of the container part and, if necessary, its circumferential surface, forms a constant or at least hardly varying diameter over a large part of its height. Alternatively, the circumferential surface can be conical or otherwise shaped over a large part of its height, specifically in such a way that the circumferential surface can be wrapped by a label. The container or other object thus has a labelable, in particular a circumferential surface that can be wrapped around by an all-round label. The cap for the syringe or the injection pen or the other container closure, however, often has a different radius, which is, for example, smaller than that of the main body or which has an even greater conical inclination.

The container closure is usually offset in the axial direction with respect to the circumferential surface of the actual, first container part; In the simplest case, the circumferential surfaces of the first and second container parts abut one another or are separated from one another by an end face extending approximately transversely to the axial direction, possibly also by an air gap or a constriction in between. Commercially available labels are therefore matched to the circumferential surfaces of standardized medicament containers or at least their main body, which are uniformly dimensioned in terms of radius, circumference and height.

As a result of the radial symmetry of practically all drug containers such as syringes, ampoules, vials, injection pens, etc., the labels intended for their labeling not only have certain minimum dimensions, for example in order to cover the circumferential surface of a first container part as completely as possible in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction, which is reflected in the shape of minimum dimensions of the label along two directions corresponding to the axial direction and the circumferential direction.

In addition, the rotational symmetry of practically all conventional medication containers means that the label base area, if the label is to be stuck not only on the first but also on the second container part, naturally changes into a first base area for wrapping around the first container part and a second Subdivided base area for wrapping around the second container part. For example, if the circumferential surface of a first container part has a certain height in the axial direction Direction, the label intended for it also has a comparably large dimension in a first direction, which corresponds to the axial direction of the object, so that the available labeling area on the circumference of the first container part is used as completely as possible, ie is glued over. In the case of a label that is even higher than this dimension of the first container part, the lower part of the label, for example, forms this first base area, which is intended for gluing and wrapping around the first container part, while the remaining area of the label arranged above it then forms the other, forms second base area for wrapping or gluing around the second container part. This division of the label surface into a first and a second base area, which results naturally from the rotationally symmetrical outer circumferential surface of common medicament containers, is usually also marked by a dividing line running between them. Conventionally, the dividing line or line of weakness usually crosses the base area of the label completely from one label edge to the opposite label edge and runs between the two edges as a straight line or a substantially straight line. At least the overall course of the dividing line, if you only connect the perforations, holes or the like lined up along the dividing line, usually results in a straight line between the two opposite edges of the label base, so that this dividing line on the dispensed label surrounds the transition between the two container parts as a ring-shaped line . With such labels there is therefore no difference in terms of the area distribution within the base area of the label between the base area areas of the label which are intended to be attached to a respective container part and those base area areas which are intended to be wrapped around the respective container part, namely a partial section a first label section which surrounds a first container part is normally also attached to the latter and remains on this first container part even after the container has been opened.

According to this application, however, it is provided that a supply label, which belongs to the second label section and is therefore intended to be attached to the container part of a container (even before opening, but in particular also after opening the container), has two sections, with the second section is intended to cover the second container part, whereas the first section of the Supply label is intended to cover the first container part. The supply label thus comprises a first and a second section, the first section being arranged in a first base area which is used to wrap around the first container part instead of the second container part. In the case of the label proposed here, the course of the weakening line or lines for separating the label into the first and second label sections does not follow the geometry of the connection point between the vessel body and vessel cover of commercially available rotationally symmetrical medicament containers, but deviates from it. In particular, the supply label is a part of the overall label, which is positioned within the label base area in such a way that the course of the weakening line or lines arranged between the two label sections deviates from the course of the boundary between the peripheral surfaces of both container parts. The supply label positioned and / or dimensioned in this way within the overall label "displaces" the dividing line, which is normally straight in the label base area or circular after dispensing, which surrounds the annular transition between the main body and the closure part of common rotationally symmetrical drug containers and along which the label is otherwise normally separated takes place in two parts or label sections because, at least conventionally, a supply label is usually only arranged on one side of such a separating or weakening line, which is intended to serve as a later predetermined tear line. However, the supply label of the label proposed here is intentionally designed so that the supply label intended to remain on the second container part comes to lie partially, namely with its first section, over the circumferential surface of the first container part instead of the second container part. At the same time, the entire supply label belongs to the second label section, i.e. it is delimited from the first label section by one or more suitably designed dividing or weakening lines so that when the entire label is torn apart while the two-part container is opened, it remains attached to or attached to the second container part remains, ie is then separated from the first container part at the latest. The first part or surface section of the supply label previously located on or at least above the circumferential surface of the first container part is then detached from the first container part and protrudes in the axial direction over the separated second container part.

This first part of the supply label can then be used as a grip tab. On the unopened container, however, it cannot be grasped beforehand on the inside of the base area of the overall label.

Depending on which winding area is glued on first, the first section of the supply label on the unopened container is initially visibly arranged over the first label section or covered, i.e. hidden, by the first label section. When the vessel is opened, the first section is not only separated from the first label section by tearing open corresponding lines of weakness, but it is also pulled out of the first label section or is pulled off it in the axial direction at the same time. Since the first section of the supply label, preferably the entire first section, of the supply label protrudes into the first label section or is arranged in the first base area of the overall label for wrapping around the first container part, this first section is inevitably removed from the first container part when the container closure is pulled off pulled off or pulled out of the first label section. In the case of the label proposed here, this happens without any additional effort and without additional hand movements, ie automatically during the unavoidable pulling or other movement that is required to pull off or at least separate the second container part (closure) from the first container part (main body), for example when a protective cap is pulled off a syringe or an injection pen. In order to expose the first section of the supply label that can be used as a gripping tab, no additional, separate handling step on the part of the user of the labeled container is required.

The exposed or in any case peeled off first section of the supply label forms a protruding projection on the second container part; this overhang is preferably dimensioned so that it, like the second section of the supply label, can also carry suitable inscription parts or information that make the supply label usable as a voucher or documentation section. The first section of the supply label thus serves as a gripping tab in order to pull the supply label off from the second container part or from a remaining part of the second label section adhering to it and to use it for other purposes. The supply label can then, for example, be stuck to a medical file or other documentation, for example to document the initial administration of the medication liquid and, if applicable, the time of administration, the type, composition and / or concentration of the medication administered, a serial number or other information .

By separating out the first section of the supply label when opening the container, a recess or recess is created in the indentation of the first label section, which is already indicated in the unseparated label by the weakening line between the two label sections. As soon as the container is opened and the label or its material layer is torn apart, the surface area of the first label section located underneath, which was previously covered, becomes visible at the previous position of the separated first section of the supply label. This part is preferably designed as a functional area, for example as a clearly visible proof of first opening or at least a display field for the open state of the container.

The once opened medication container is easy to distinguish from brand-new, unopened containers, even if it is closed again later, since after removing the supply label its first label section is missing from the first container part and instead the surface of the functional area is exposed there. At least if the container was taped around in such a way that the functional area was initially covered by the supply label, there is a noticeable change in the labeled container circumference. In this way, the present application combines a new type of placement of a supply label with improved protection against product counterfeiting and against confusion between used and unused medicament containers even more effectively.

The label is designed as an all-round label in which at least the first container part is completely circulated more than once and thus the label overlaps itself on its outer circumference, ie comes to rest on itself. The first section of the supply label and the functional area are therefore accommodated in the two overlapping surface sections. The functional area can be designed, for example, as a tamper evidence means, as a sensor area for a parameter or merely as a label or colored marking for easy distinguishing of the already opened container. The container can also be glued around in such a way that, conversely, the functional area covers the first section of the supply label so that the latter is pulled out from under the functional area when the container is opened. In both cases, opening the two-part vessel results in an unexpected one Change in the appearance of the label attached to it or its visible individual parts.

The label proposed in this application has the further advantage that it can be produced from just a single layer of material. This material layer may indeed be a material composite which, in addition to a plastic film, possibly composed of several film layers, also includes adhesive layers, adhesive neutralization layers or other non-stick layers, printed layers - in particular colored layers and / or printed or otherwise applied labels - or sensor layers with suitable chemicals. However, a single, uniform punching pattern is sufficient for the label in order to punch out the entire label from the single material layer or material web. In particular, it is not necessary for the supply label or for one of the two label sections to punch out flat pieces from different webs of material and to glue them to one another. The label therefore preferably consists of exactly one web of material and is therefore single-ply. Further preferred embodiments are contained in the remaining claims, in the figures and in the following description of the figures. The features already dealt with up to this point can be transferred both individually and in combination with one another to each of the exemplary embodiments of the figures and claims described below.

Specifically shows Figure 1 a schematic plan view of a label 10 according to a first embodiment. The top or outside 10a of the label is shown. It is also exposed on the outside after being applied to a container. As in all embodiments of this application, the label 10 can be produced from just a single material web 100, ie it has in particular only a single plastic film 101 or, alternatively, only a single paper web, this plastic film 101 or paper web being partially with adhesive layers, non-stick layers and / or printing as well as other coatings designed as a functional area. The entire label 10 can nevertheless be punched out of a material web in a single punching process and thus has a uniform punching pattern; only one background layer below the carrier web or the label can, as is usual with any label, additionally be provided, from which the label 10 is lifted when it is dispensed. The background layer, however, does not belong to the actual label 10. The in Figure 1 shown outside 10a of the Label 10 at the same time reproduces the base area G of the label, that is to say of the punched-out piece of material web. The label 10 is in Figure 1 shown oriented so that it can be wrapped around the outer surface of a horizontally lying, multi-part and, in particular, two-part container (cf. Figure 2 ). Such a container, as it is used in medicine for pharmaceuticals, medicament solutions or other liquids, has an axial main direction a and, due to its rotational symmetry, a respective circumferential surface on its first and second container part. The first container part can, for example, be a main body surrounding the container contents; for example a syringe, an injection pen or a vial. In principle, however, any suitable container or other object can be glued around with such a label. The second container part can be a cap, a lid or some other closure element for the first container part. The single material web 100 of the label can alternatively also be a paper web instead of a plastic film 101; this also applies to all other figures and other exemplary embodiments of this application.

The first direction x, along which the label 10 extends, corresponds to the axial direction a and the second direction y, along which the label 10 extends, corresponds to the circumferential direction of the outer surface of the object. By means of the label according to any embodiment of this application, in particular the transition between two container parts is glued over and the original closed state of the container is thereby secured until it is opened for the first time. In principle, applications of the labels described here are also conceivable for non-rotationally symmetrical, but for example cuboid-shaped containers, but the label according to the embodiments of this application is preferably intended for containers that are rotationally symmetrical on their outer surface or their outer circumference, in particular for containers for storage, administration, removal and / or intake of a drug or a drug solution or other liquid.

In Figure 1 the label 10 is positioned in such a way that the border line or edge of the label 10 runs at the position x1 and pastes the transition between the first container part and the second container part on the container. Syringes, vials, injection pens and other medication containers often have approximately the same outer radius or outer diameter on both container parts at this transition, with a change in radius or there may be a constriction in places at the transition between the two container parts, which is bridged by the label. In the case of one-piece containers that are intended to be divided into two container parts, such as breakable ampoules, the diameter is naturally identical on both sides of the predetermined breaking point.

Between the positions x1 and x3 extends in Figure 1 a first base area G1 which is intended for wrapping around a first container part, for example a main body of one of the above-mentioned medicament containers. At least in this first base area G1, the label is designed as an all-round label, specifically for completely taping around a first container part more than once. Along the second direction y, which corresponds to the wrapping direction or circumferential direction U, the label 10 has at least one first winding area U1 in the first base area G1 for the first, complete wrapping of at least the first container part with the label, as well as a second winding area U2 for the second Wrapping that no longer needs to run completely around the container part, ie over 360 °. As a result of the second winding area U2, the label comes to rest on itself again in the area of the first container part or overlaps with itself.

The second base area G2 is located between the positions x0 and x1 and is intended to be wrapped around, but at least partially encircled and covered, the second container part; for example for sticking on a cap, a lid or some other container closure. The first and the second base area G1, G2 are predetermined by the design of commercially available cylindrical or circularly symmetrical, conical or otherwise shaped, intended to be wrapped around by an all-round label and therefore by a straight line running at x1 (vertical in Figure 1 ) separated from each other.

In the case of a conventional label, the predetermined tear line along which the label is severed would also run at the boundary between the two base areas G1, G2; in Figure 1 this would be at the height of position x1. In a departure from this, however, the label 10 proposed in the exemplary embodiments of this application is designed in such a way that, when the sealed container is opened, it is instead divided into two label sections 1, 2 whose limit, at least in the area of the supply label, does not just follow the transition between the two container parts.

The first label section 1 is arranged within the first base area G1, which is also a wrapping strip 3 for wrapping around the first container part. The label contains a first dividing line or line of weakness S1, which leads into the first base area G1. The dividing line S1 comprises according to Figure 1 For example, two axially extending dividing lines between the positions x1 and x2, which are spaced from each other and in Figure 1 run horizontally. In practice, the distance between the two lines will decrease as the distance from the coordinate x1 increases, ie the two dividing lines or dividing line sections approach each other in the direction of x2. The first sub-section 21 lying in between, which serves as a gripping tab 36 for a supply label 20, tapers or thus narrows from x1 to x2. The same preferably applies to the exemplary embodiments of all the other figures of the application, regardless of the parallel lines shown. According to FIG. 1, the dividing line S1 further comprises a third dividing line at the level of the position x2, which connects the two above dividing line sections. This course of the weakening line is only an example; likewise, the surface section surrounded by the dividing line S1 can have rounded corners or, for example, a U-shaped or V-shaped or some other shape. In any case, the area encircled by the first weakening line S1 clearly leads into the first base area G1 and takes up a portion of the base area of the first base area G1. In this base area G1, the boundary between the first and the second label section runs along the weakening line S1, which at the same time represents a predetermined tear line when the labeled container is opened, the second label section 2 occupying the remaining area of the label 10. In the embodiment of Figure 1 the second label section 2 at the same time forms the supply label 20 and here does not include any other surface areas apart from the supply label 20. The same applies to the label Figure 5 . In the embodiments of Figures 3 and 6th on the other hand, the second label section 2 also has further surface areas, in particular a second wrapping strip 4, with which the second container part, for example a container closure in the form of a cap or a lid, can also be completely wrapped more than once.

The first line of weakness S1 in Figure 1 divides the total area of the label 10 or its material web 100 into two label sections 1, 2. The first and second label sections 1, 2 are thus those pieces of the label or its material web 100 into which the label 10 is intended when the labeled container is opened is divided. As a result of the first line of weakness S1, a first section 21 of the supply label 20, which protrudes into an indentation of the first label section 1 on the undamaged label, is torn out of this indentation, which subsequently creates a recess or gap. The second sub-section 22 of the supply label 20 is arranged in the second base area G2 and is therefore glued onto the peripheral surface of the second container part when the label is dispensed onto the peripheral surface of a container.

The supply label 20 is in one piece and free of lines of weakness within its base area. In particular, there is no weakening line, predetermined tear line or other interruption along the border between the first and second base area of the supply label 20 in or on the supply label 20 The plastic film 101 or alternatively the paper web, which forms the main component of the material web 100, is not interrupted between the subsections 21, 22 of the supply label 20 and is not weakened in any other way, but has an undiminished layer thickness there. The two subsections 21, 22 of the supply label 20 differ only in their arrangement relative to the position x1, which corresponds to the position of the edge or edges of the first label section 1 leading outside the supply label to the supply label.

When the required tensile force is applied to pull off the second container part, the first partial section 21 is pulled out of the first label section 1 in the axial direction a. The entire supply label 20 is then initially on the second container part and can then be peeled off for use, the first section 21 of the supply label 20 forming a gripping tab 26 or gripping tab after exposure, i.e. pulling out of or at least peeling off from the first label section 1 . In particular, the first partial section 21 of the supply label 20 forms a protrusion after the two label sections 1, 2 have been pulled apart or separated from one another, ie a protruding part of the second label section 2. The first section 21 of the supply label 20 thus protrudes over the remaining part of the second label section 2 and / or over the container to which it is glued or possibly. The supply label 20 can be used as a receipt label for the medical file or other documentation, a syringe or some other further object. In addition, the supply label can also be passed on or temporarily stored on the second container part while the medicament is already being administered with the first container part. This creates further handling advantages for the medical staff.

The underside of the second supply label section 22 is provided with an adhesive layer 19 which can be further used after it has been peeled off from the second container part. The weakening line S1, which is formed as a perforation, punching or in some other suitable manner, is designed so that it reliably tears or tears when the container is opened, whereby the label 10 along the weakening line S1 into the first label section 1 and the second label section 2 is severed. The label 10 is non-adhesive on the underside of the first surface section 21 of the supply label 20. As a result, the first partial section 21 of the supply label 20 can be pulled out of the surrounding first label section 1 in the axial direction a, i.e. tangential to the circumferential surface of the labeled object. The adhesive layer 19 on the underside of the second section 22 of the supply label 20, which is arranged outside the first base area G1, only needs to be sufficiently adhesive for the label 10 to tear reliably and precisely in the first base area G1 along the first line of weakness S1.

Since the label according to Figure 1 is designed as an all-round wrap-around label for wrapping at least the first container part more than once through the base area G1, when dispensing the first section 21 of the supply label comes to lie on or under a section of the first label section 1 or its wrapping strip 3; depending on whether the upper or lower end of the in Figure 1 The label shown is first glued to the outer circumference of the first container part. The surface section of the first label section 1 that overlaps with the first partial section 21 of the supply label 20 can therefore be designed as a functional area 5; especially on its outside in the event that the label is first assigned to the functional area 5 or to the this surrounding winding area U1 is dispensed and only then does the first section 21 of the supply label 20 located in the winding area U2 come to rest on this functional area 5. The mutually facing surfaces of the functional area 5 and of the first supply label section 21 are preferably non-adhesive in order not to hinder the tangential pulling off or pulling out of the first partial section 21. At most, VOID areas 32, for example in the form of inscriptions using lettering such as "VOID", which are only visible in the functional area 5 below when the supply label is peeled off, can be used there in the functional area 5 or between it and the first section 21 of the supply label as adhesive or adhesive partial areas or lettering can be formed.

By pulling the supply label out of the first label section 1, the functional area 5 becomes visible on the open container or, during the same manipulation with which the container is opened, the first section 21 of the supply label 20 is also accessible as a gripping tab 26. The functional area 5, which is exposed at the same time, can be used for a large number of purposes. It can for example be provided with an inscription 31 or with another colored layer 34, the latter also being a dye layer serving as a sensor layer 36 for the detection or measurement and / or display of a parameter. The lettering, color layer or sensor layer can serve, for example, to indicate that the container has already been opened and / or used or that its contents may no longer be in the original guaranteed quality and / or sterility state.

Suitable inscriptions can also be provided on the outer surface of the supply label - both its first and its second subsections 21, 22. For example, an inscription can be provided on the supply label 20 which indicates the direction in which the second container part is to be removed from the first or that the container is still unopened. After the supply label has been removed from the labeled item, it can no longer be easily replaced. Furthermore, the lettering 31 or at least the surface of the functional area 5 is now visible on the circumference of the first container part, which for example indicates the used condition of the container and / or its contents. In particular in the area of the functional area 5, any First opening detection means 33 can be formed, for example a color layer 34 or a sensor layer 36 to detect if the temperature has been exceeded or fallen below the shelf life or usability of the drug during previous storage, to detect contact with the outside air, to detect irradiation of light or UV radiation on the surface of the functional area 5 or to display a specific pH value or other parameter. The functional area 5 can also have raised areas 35 or other elevations that generate an audible noise when the first section 21 of the supply label 20 slides over, in order to also acoustically indicate the opened state to the medical staff, for example to avoid injuries caused by unnecessarily reaching for a protective cap that has long been removed avoid a syringe needle. The above list of possible applications of the functional area 5, be it below or above the first subsection 21 of the supply label 20 on the labeled container, is not exhaustive, but merely exemplary.

The in the previous statements about Figure 1 The features mentioned can, individually or in combination with one another, also be transferred to any other embodiment of the figures, the claims or the rest of the description.

Figure 2 shows to the embodiment from Figure 1 Another schematic plan view of the inside 10b or rear side of the label 10 and, in a schematic cross-sectional view, a container 50, the circumferential surface of which is wrapped or glued with the label. Here, for example, an injection pen 58 is shown as the container 50; However, the container can also be an ampoule, a vial or injection bottle, a syringe or some other one, two or more-part container for a pharmaceutical, a liquid or any other content that is intended to be separated into at least two container parts assembled together in which two container parts are to be separated from one another as intended. The container 50 comprises two container parts 51 and 52 or can in any case be split or separated into them, for example into a main body 61 in which the container contents are arranged and a container closure 62, for example in the form of a cap, a lid or the like. In particular, it is a standardized pharmaceutical container in which the transition 60 between the two Container parts extends annularly and along the circumference each has a constant position x1 along the axial direction a and x. This axial direction a is, for example, the direction of symmetry of the standardized, largely rotationally symmetrical container or other object. The label 10 is printed with the in Figure 2 The rear side 10b shown is glued to the circumferential surface of the first container part 51 in such a way that the in Figure 2 left-facing edge of the first label section 1, that is to say of the winding section 3, at position x1, runs around the transition 60 between the two container parts 51, 52. This transition 60 is the externally visible border between the two container parts, at which they are moved apart when the container is opened. The label 10 is, for example, with the in Figure 2 The edge of the first label section 1 shown above is first glued on. After the first container part 1 has been circled by the first winding section U1 for the first winding, the label comes to rest on itself. The second label section 2 located within the second winding section U2 for the second, here incomplete wrapping, namely the supply label 20 with its second label section 22, comes to rest on the second container part 52. At the same time, the first section 21 of the supply label 20 comes to rest on a base surface 15, which is preferably designed as a functional area 5.

On the bottom 10b of the label 10 in Figure 2 the areas of the base area G shown without hatching are designed to be adhesive, that is to say covered, for example, with an adhesive layer. However, at least the first section 21 of the supply label 20 is non-adhesive on the underside, that is to say formed on the underside, for example, without an adhesive layer or in any case covered with an adhesive cover or non-stick layer 18. The first label section 1, ie the winding section 3, is thus attached to the first container part 51, whereas the supply label 20 is only glued with its second section 22, namely onto the second container part 52. The second section 22 of the supply label 20 only surrounds a part of the circumference of the second container part 52, which means that differences in radii between the two container parts 51, 52, be it directly at the transition at x1 or at a distance from it in the axial direction, can be bridged more easily without creating a disruptive drapery in the label 10. In the second supply label section 22, notches can also be formed at the edges in order to prevent the formation of creases even in the case of particularly large differences in radii between the container parts.

When the two container parts are pulled apart, the first line of weakness S1 on the first section 21 around the supply label 20 is torn and the section 21, which previously rested on the outside of the functional area 5, is stripped off in the axial direction. The area section below with the functional area 5 serves here as a base area 15 for the first sub-section 21 of the supply label 20.

If provided, the label alternatively with its in Figure 2 To first glue the edge of the winding section 3 shown below, the first partial section 21 is also designed to be non-adhesive on the underside and on the top; in addition, however, the underside of the functional area 5 (and of course also its exposed upper side) is then non-adhesive. In this second case, when the container closure 62 is pulled off, only the first supply label section 21 is exposed; in the first case, however, the functional area 5 is exposed; depending on whether the first functional area 5 or the first section 21 of the supply label 20 is on the outside.

The in Figure 2 The winding section U2 shown below for the second, incomplete wrapping does not need to protrude further down than the supply label itself, but the label can alternatively also with the supply label 2 or its in Figure 2 end at the bottom edge and at the same height in the first label section 1. Its wrapping strip 3 then does not extend beyond the first section 21 in the circumferential direction at least at one edge - here at the lower edge. In this way, any other embodiment of the figures, the claims and the description can be modified, ie the supply label can be arranged on an edge or an end region of the label 10 located in the circumferential direction of the container.

The features of the first embodiment described up to this point can also be transferred to the embodiments of the other figures; in this respect, repetitions are not made in the following text.

Figure 3 shows a second embodiment, in which the second label section 2, in addition to the supply label 20, also has a wrapping strip 4; This is connected to the wrapping strip 3 of the first label section 1 by a main weakening line S0. The main weakening line S0 extends at least on one side of the supply label 20, specifically at least in the direction of the functional area 5, which is referred to as the first functional area in the following text. Opposite it is on the other side of the main weakening line S0, another functional area 7 which, when the second label section 2 is wrapped around the second container part 52, coincides with the second subsection 22 of the supply label 20. The further functional area 7 serves in particular as a base for the second subsection 22 of the supply label, which is adhesive on the underside and which is removably glued onto the further functional area 7. In addition, the second supply label section 22 is also connected to the second wrapping strip 4 or its partial sections on both sides by further weakening lines S2. When the supply label 20 is peeled off by means of the exposed tab 26, the further weakening lines S2 are severed. The remaining lines of weakness S0 and S1 are already severed as soon as the two-part container is opened; as a result, the first section 21 is exposed.

In the area between positions x1 and x2, the first section 21 of the supply label 20, which forms the projection of the second label section 2 protruding into the first label section 1, is surrounded on both sides by the first label section 1 in the circumferential direction U or the second direction y . In the area between the coordinates or positions x0 and x1 only the second label section 2 is arranged and in the area between the positions x2 and x3 only the first label section 1. In the middle area between these two end areas is the area within which both label sections 1, 2 interlock. The supply label 20 engages with its first section 21 between two sections of the first label section 1, between which the indentation or the part of the first label section 1 set back in the direction of x3 lies.

The supply label is a label area which, as intended, is to be separated from the first label section 1 and furthermore to be used for sticking to another object, ie as a receipt label. For this purpose, the supply label must also be separated from the remaining part of the second label section 2, at least provided that the latter includes more parts than the supply label. The first sub-section 21 of the supply label is a sub-area of the overall label which has a sufficiently large area to be able to serve as a gripping tab or gripping tab, ie to be grasped by hand as intended and / or by hand from the second label section 2 and / or is to be withdrawn from the second container part 52. The first partial section 21 of the supply label is also a partial area of the overall label that is large enough to be able to serve as a carrier for an inscription as intended. The first sub-section 21 and its inscription can, depending on the direction of wrapping, be immediately visible on the container when the entire label is being dispensed, or only appear when the container is opened, that is to say it is severed. The comments in these last two paragraphs apply accordingly to the other figures and other embodiments of this application.

Figure 3 shows an underside non-stick layer 18 or adhesive neutralization layer, which is provided in particular under the first section 21 of the supply label 20 and along a strip of a certain tolerance width T along the main weakening line S0. The strip of width T is used to compensate for manufacturing tolerances when taping the object in relation to position x1. A silicone varnish can be used for the non-stick layer 18; likewise on the underside of the tear-off strip or the gripping tab 26 of the supply label 20. Each of the functional elements or features already listed up to now or described later can be considered as a functional feature or functional element for the first functional area 5; the same applies to the Figures 5 and 6th . In the Figure 3 The non-stick layer 18 shown on the underside or its subregions under the respective surface sections can also be transferred to the other figures; even if not shown there.

The graphically shorter line sections of the two further weakening lines S2 indicate that the further weakening lines S2 are more tear-resistant than the weakening lines S0 and S1 and therefore only tear when a great deal of force is exerted or only when the supply label is pulled off manually, but not when the label parts are simply pulled apart 1, 2 from each other when the container is opened. The perforations along S0 and S1 therefore have fewer and / or narrower ones per length section Bridging areas or, depending on the embodiment, longer punch line sections between the bridging areas than the perforations along S2.

Figure 4A FIG. 13 shows a cross-sectional view through one with the label according to FIG Figure 3 or according to the Figures 1 and 2 wrapped two-part object (cf. Figure 2 ), namely in the cutting plane between the positions x1 and x2. The object or its outer or circumferential surface can be cylindrical, in particular circular cylindrical, or conical or otherwise shaped, in particular in such a way that the circumferential surface can be wrapped with an all-round label, ie can be labeled all around. In Figure 4A the first label section 1 or its wrapping strip 3, which is wrapped around the first container part 51 and stuck on, and the first section 21 of the supply label protruding into this from the axial direction can be seen. If the entire underside of the label is provided with an adhesive layer, the latter is also provided with a non-stick layer 18 underneath, which is shown hatched. The first section 21 of the supply label rests on the first functional area 5 serving as a support surface 15 and is tangentially stripped from it in the axial direction as soon as the container is opened and the first weakening lines S1 tear.

Figure 4B FIG. 13 shows a cross-sectional view of one with the label of FIG Figure 3 glued-around object in the area of the second container part 52 between the positions x0 and x1. The second sub-section 22 of the supply label is arranged there on the further functional area 7 and is glued on at least in places by an adhesive layer 9 so that it can be removed at the common interface. On the mutually facing boundary surfaces, the label is designed in such a way that the supply label can be detached from the further functional area 7 and can be stuck to a further object by means of the adhesive layer 9 on the underside. A non-stick layer 8 is preferably provided on top of the further functional area 7. The other lines of weakness S2 are such that they do not tear when the container is opened. They thus remain as intended tear lines for the manual tearing of the supply label from the wrapping strip 4 of the second label section 2 (or according to FIGS Figures 1 and 2 on the second container part 52) initially received intact.

For the embodiment of Figures 1 and 2 were Figure 4B to the effect that the wrapping strip 4 is missing and the second supply label section 22 rests directly on the second container part 52. at Figure 4A there is, however, no change.

The non-stick layer 8, for example a printed silicone varnish, can optionally be formed over the entire surface or partially, i.e. on the entire upper surface of the further functional area 7 or on a part thereof.

The upper side of the further functional area 7 becomes visible only after the supply label has been pulled off the wrapping strip 4 or the second container part 52 glued around it. The second functional area 7, like the first functional area 5, can be labeled. However, the first functional area 5 is exposed at the latest when the two-part container is opened, if the supply label 20 as a whole, i.e. including its first partial section 21, detaches from the first label section 1 as an inevitable consequence of the axial pulling movement or the other handling step for opening the container. The first functional area 5 is thus exposed as soon as the projection of the second label section 2 located above it, which can be used as a gripping tab, is pulled away to the side; the second sub-section 22, on the other hand, only when the supply label is manually peeled off from the second container part 52.

The supply label expediently runs around only a relatively small angular range in the circumferential direction U in order not to hinder the lifting of its label part 22 and the tearing of the further weakening lines S2 by too great an overall curvature and consequently excessive torsional rigidity of the supply label. The supply label encompasses, for example, an angular range of between 30 ° and 120 ° of the entire outer circumference of 360 °, preferably an angular range of 45 ° to 90 °.

The two container parts are held together in the delivery state or at least after labeling by the label 10, and the first functional area 5 covers the first sub-section 21 and blocks the view of the first functional area 5 - in any case, as far as the film 101 of the material layer 100 is non-transparent or at least one nontransparent printing is provided on its outside in the area of the gripping surface 26 is or as far as the material layer is an already opaque paper web. When the container is opened, the lower layer, here in particular the first functional area 5, is exposed. In the first functional area 5, for each of the exemplary embodiments shown in the figures, a notice of cancellation or notice of first opening can be accommodated; for example in the form of a suitable lettering 31, a VOID film area 32, a dye or color layer 34, a sensor layer 36 or some other first opening detection means 33. The further functional area 7 can also have one of the above functional elements 31 to 36, in particular lettering 31 or a dye layer 34.

The underside of the first partial section 21 of the supply label, which comes to lie on the first functional area 5, should preferably be non-adhesive, i.e. free of adhesive on the underside and, for example, have a non-stick layer, adhesive cover or adhesive neutralization layer on the underside. Nevertheless, partial areas of the first partial section 21 can optionally also be adhesive or at least adhesive on the underside, as long as the lateral sliding of the partial section 21 as a whole over the first functional area 5 and the tearing of the weakening lines S1 when the two container parts 51, 52 are pulled apart is not impaired. For example, lettering such as "VOID" or other irreversible first opening instructions with the aid of local adhesive areas or adhesive applications or other double-sided adhesive intermediate layers can be formed on the underside of the first section 21 and / or on the upper side of the first functional area 5. After the two-part container, taped around with the label, has been opened and the supply label 20 has been removed from the second container part 52 as intended and used for other purposes, the previous cover is missing on the first functional area 5 and, depending on the embodiment, also on the further functional area 7, even if the two-part container is later closed again, that is, is reassembled.

All of the above comments on the Figures 3 to 4B apply in the same way to the exemplary embodiments of the other figures, claims and parts of the description.

Figure 5 shows a third embodiment of a label for wrapping around at least a first container part more than twice. The base area G accordingly of the label 10, two winding areas U1, U2 for each complete wrapping of the entire circumference of 360 ° of the container and a third winding area U3 for a further, preferably only partial, wrapping of the container.

A second functional area 6 is accommodated in the third winding area U3, the first partial section 21 of the supply label 20, which can be used as a gripping tab 26, is now arranged within the label base area G between the first functional area 5 and the second functional area 6. When the first container part 51 is wrapped, the first functional area 5, the first sub-section 21 and the second functional area 6 come to rest on one another - in this order or in the reverse order; depending on whether the label is attached to the container first, starting with section U1 or U3.

Figure 5 FIG. 11 shows the top view of the outside 10a of the label 10. The second functional area 6, however, whose position is within the base area G of the label 10 in FIG Figure 5 is also shown, is located on the opposite inside 10b or underside of the label 10. The first functional area 5, however, is arranged on the outside 10a. In the dispensed label, both functional areas 5, 6 therefore face the first section 21 of the supply label 20 (and each other after it has been pulled out). If, as an alternative, the label is designed for wrapping beginning with the winding area U3 surrounding the second functional area 6 first, the second functional area 6 is arranged on the outside and the functional area 5 on the inside. In both alternative cases, however, the functional areas 5, 6 are located on opposite surfaces 10a, 10b of the label 10 or the material web 100.

In the first functional area 5 features or elements 31 to 36 can be provided, as they are already in the functional area 5 of Figures 1 to 4B have been enumerated. The design of the label 10 with three wrapping sections U1, U2, U3 and consequently with two functional areas 5, 6 stacked on top of each other, however, offers further possibilities with regard to the design of the functional areas 5 and 6.If the container is opened and the first section 21 of the supply label 20 is opened Pulled out between the functional areas 5, 6, these are no longer separated from one another and / or come into contact with one another. Two-component indicator systems can therefore be formed in the label 10, with the first functional area 5 a first indicator component K1 and the second functional area 6 has a second indicator component K2. Furthermore, it is also possible to design the second functional area 6 or the entire winding area U3 as a transparent viewing window for viewing the first, lower functional area 5. In addition, because of the additional third winding area U3 of the material web in the area of the second functional area 6, the once pulled out section 21 of the supply label 20 can no longer be easily inserted into the slot between the wrapping areas U1 and U3 without creating visible tear marks or upsets caused by the possibly the transparent functional area 6 or the transparent wrapping section U3 remain visible therethrough. This creates an even more difficult to circumvent tamper evidence. Incidentally, too Figure 5 on all explanations to the Figures 1 and 2 referenced, especially since the label of the first embodiment also has the wrapping sections U1 and U2 and the supply label 20.

Figure 6 shows a fourth embodiment of a label that not only includes the third winding area U3, but also - as in the second embodiment from FIG Figure 3 The second label section 2 serving for application to the second container part 52 also comprises a second winding section 4 in addition to the supply label 20. To that extent are on Figure 6 not only the features and explanations of the first and third exemplary embodiment ( Figures 1 and 2 as well as 5) transferable, but also those of the second embodiment ( Figure 3 ). In contrast to Figure 3 however, the second winding area U2 is sufficiently long for a complete winding; at least in the area of the first label section 1. A third winding area U3 is also provided. The second sub-section 22 of the supply label 20 is not covered by a third winding area U3, if it should later not be able to be pulled off axially between the further weakening lines S2 but to the outside. Still is Figure 6 can also be modified to the effect that the winding area 4 of the second label section 2 also includes a third winding area which comes to lie on the second supply label section 22. The covered supply label must then be pulled out in the axial direction or pulled off the second container part parallel to the weakening lines S2.

Deviating from Figure 6 the second winding section 4 in the area of the first winding area U1 can be omitted without a specially designed further functional area 7 or omitted entirely. In addition, the border lines indicated in the previous figures between the winding areas U1, U2 and partly also U3 are not necessarily specially marked on the label 10; however, they result from the tailor-made production of the pharmaceutical label for the respective standardized pharmaceutical container 50, such as the ampoule 55, the vial 56, the syringe 57 or the injection pen 58.

Figure 7 FIG. 11 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a label 10 glued to the outer circumference of a container 50 (here for example according to FIG Figure 6 ), which is provided for more than two wraps of the container 50. The sectional view or partial view shown runs parallel to the axial direction a. In Figure 7 to the right of or on one side of the position x1, which corresponds to the position of the transition 60 between the two container parts 51, 52, the winding areas U1, U2 and U3 of the first label section 1 or, respectively, lying on the outer circumference of the first container part 51 are shown in cross section . of the first wrapping strip 3 and also - in the middle winding area U2 - the first section 21 of the supply label 20 extending between positions x1 and x2 Label section 2, which is peeled off when the container is opened and then remains on the cap, the lid or the other second container part 52. The first section 21 of the supply label 20, which is arranged between the winding areas U1 and U3, is pulled out by the inevitable forced movement when the container is opened.

The embodiments of FIG. 3 intended for three wraps of a medicament container Figures 5 and 6th can be used, for example, to accommodate sensors or other detection systems with two different components in the label 10, for example by providing a first indicator component K1 on the top in the first functional area 5 and a second indicator component K2 that reacts or is capable of reacting with it on the bottom in the second functional area 6. Between the facing surface areas of the covered with the indicator components K1, K2 Functional areas 5, 6, the first section 21 of the supply label is arranged, which separates the two components from one another as long as the labeled product or the container 50 is still unopened. Optionally, the subsection 21 can be provided with additional layers on the top and bottom, as in FIG Figure 7 is shown; for example with a coating 11 on the underside and / or a coating on the top 12. The coating 11 on the underside can be, for example, an adhesive-neutralizing layer or an adhesive cover or some other non-stick layer, for example made of silicone or a silicone-containing material. The top-side coating 12 can also be a non-stick layer or at least a friction-reducing layer made of silicone or a silicone-containing material in order to make the non-adhesive top of the first section 21 even smoother and to further reduce the friction when the first label section 21 is pulled out. In addition, the second functional area 6 is also non-adhesive on the underside.

Alternatively, however, it can also be provided that one of the layers 11, 12 or both of them are designed so that its surface has a greater roughness than the film 101 or the paper of the supply label or than the remaining material layer 100 of the label 10. For example A chemical reaction between the two indicator components K1, K2 can be initiated by a brief temperature increase that occurs when the first label section 21 is pulled out due to the frictional heat. In this case, the surfaces of the first section 21 of the supply label 20 serve as friction, heating or ignition surfaces. Instead of or in addition to a temperature-increasing effect, the mere mechanical friction when pulling out the supply label can also be used to set a reaction between components K1, K2 in motion, for example by adding color pigments or substances of one or both components K1, K2, encapsulated in protective capsules. K2 can be released by the friction generated when pulling out the first section 21 in that the protective capsules are crushed and / or torn out. This means that both components K1, K2 can even be arranged in the same functional area, for example the lower functional area 5, since it is only the friction when pulling out the capsule shells between the two components K1, K2 that damages, destroys or at least opens. The third winding area U3 is then only used to ensure a sufficiently strong compression between the lower-side friction surface 11 of the supply label 20 and the upper-side functional area 5 below.

So that after removal of the supply label section 21 there is no immediate reaction that is already completed after a few seconds or minutes, the indicator components K1, K2 or one of them can be provided with thin barrier layers or cover layers, which dissolve on contact with the other component and so only gradually allow a chemical or other reaction between the two components K1, K2. Furthermore, an indicator component can be coated with a barrier layer which influences the time- and / or temperature-dependent reaction with the second indicator component after contact is made. Such barrier layers for time and / or temperature indicators are for example in WO 91/06853 described. For example, through the selection and thickness of the material for the barrier layer, the start and time course of the reaction of both indicator components can be controlled relatively precisely.

Furthermore, the functional areas 5, 6 or one of them provided with the indicator components K1, K2 can be designed as layers with a temperature behavior similar to that of wax, i.e. H. as a layer which only melts or becomes liquid or flowable above a certain limit temperature or in any case only above room temperature and which only then allow a reaction between the indicator components. Possible chemical reactions for the alternatives for two-component indicator systems mentioned in this application are, for example, acid-base reactions, in particular those that are associated with a color change. For example, phenolphthalein and sodium hydrogen carbonate can be used as indicator components K1 and K2, for example to produce a color change from colorless to red.

The indicator components K1 and K2 can also be designed as follows. The first indicator component can be a metal layer or a metal-containing layer or a metallized film layer, preferably made of a polymer film. Metal can do one thing the metals aluminum, copper, silver, iron, magnesium, tin, chromium, zinc, nickel, titanium or an alloy of these aforementioned metals. The thickness of the metal layer is 1 nm to 1 mm, preferably 5 nm to 0.5 mm.

The second indicator component can be a doped polymer layer, the dopant being an acid, a base or a salt. The polymer can also be functionalized with an acidic or basic group or be functionalized with latently acidic or latent basic groups, for example with photolatent acids or photolatent bases which release the acid or base when irradiated with light.

Such indicator components are known and for example in WO 2008/083926 described. The activation of the time and / or temperature indicator takes place by two-dimensional contact between the first indicator component and the second indicator component after the supply label section 21 has been removed. After the two indicator components have come into contact, the two reaction components react chemically with one another. For example, according to one embodiment, a metal layer of the first indicator component, which can in particular be a shiny metal layer, is dissolved by the acid of the second indicator component as a function of time and / or temperature, which is achieved by detecting the changing optical (absorption, transmission, reflection) and / or electrical properties (electrical resistance) recorded by measurement, but can also be followed visually with the naked eye without additional aids.

All of the features and configurations listed above with regard to the two components or one of them are not included Figure 7 but are also limited to the other figures and exemplary embodiments, in particular to those of the Figures 5 , 6th and 8 to 10 transferable.

Finally, an acoustic effect can also be generated by optionally providing the first section 21 of the supply label 20, the first functional area 5 and / or the second functional area 6 with geometric unevenness, for example punching or raised areas in individual film areas or surface areas. For example, alternately top and bottom punchings or other corrugations can be provided in the subsection 21 of the supply label, which are transverse to the axial Direction a and through which the section 21 has a slightly undulating shape - at least in the stress-free state, if it is not yet squeezed into the narrow space between the winding areas U1 and U3. When pulling out, ie sliding over corresponding unevenness of the first and / or second functional area 5, 6, an audible noise then arises which gives acoustic feedback about the opening and thus the readiness for use of the medicament in the container.

The coatings 11, 12 of the supply label section 21 can also be designed in such a way that they give it a different curvature than is possible in the dispensed state between the functional areas 5, 6 or winding areas U1, U3. When the subsection 21 is pulled out of the first label section 1 on the first container part 51, the subsection 21 audibly snaps into its tension-free or less tension-free shape, whereby an audible opening noise can also be generated.

According to yet another variant, the layers 11, 12 or one of them can also contain magnetic substances, in particular those which are already premagnetized, i.e. have a spontaneous magnetization. Structured conductor tracks or other conductive and / or magnetic structures can also be printed or otherwise provided on the subsection 21 of the supply label and / or on one or both functional areas 5, 6. When the supply label section 21 is pulled out, a brief induction current is generated, which can be detected, for example, by a small sensor on the sealed container and, for example, indicated by an LCD display, a diode or other display means of the object itself or read out in some other way. For example, an injection pen can have a sensor below the circumferential surface area to be pasted over by the first supply label section 1.

Instead of two-component sensor systems, one-component sensors can also be used, for example as a sensor layer only in the first, lower functional area 5, whereas the second functional area 6 in the winding area U3 is only used as a transparent viewing window, possibly with its own label. Layers 6 and 12 in Figure 7 can be omitted depending on the embodiment.

In particular, they show Figures 8 to 10 a few examples of this. Shown are the areas that are arranged within the first base area and come to lie on top of one another when the first container part is taped around, namely the first functional area 5 in the winding area U1, the first section 21 of the supply label in the winding area U2 and the second functional area 6 in the winding area U3.

According to Figure 8 the material layer 100, ie the plastic film 101 is transparent, and at least in the second functional area 6 the film is free of non-transparent, full-surface printing. The second functional area 6 thus serves as a viewing window 30 for viewing the label area located underneath, wherein the second functional area 6 can optionally have an inscription 31. Below it, on the unopened object, the first supply label section 21 is visible, which is designed, for example, in a first color (such as green). As soon as this is pulled out, the first functional area 5 becomes visible underneath, which is designed in a different color (for example red) than the first supply label section 21 and / or can contain further inscription 31; for example a strikethrough, which optically overlays the text of the inscription 31 of the upper, second functional area and thus indicates that the product in the opened container is no longer sterile. For this purpose, for example, a suitable lettering such as "sterile" can be provided in the viewing window 30 or as lettering 31 in the second functional area 6 and the lettering can be crossed in the same position in the lower, first functional area 6.

Figure 9 FIG. 11 shows a schematic plan view relating to the embodiment from FIG Figure 7 . According to Figure 9 two indicator components K1, K2 are provided in the surface area of the functional areas 5 and 6 or a part thereof. Otherwise, refer to the explanation of the Figures 5 to 7 referenced.

Figure 10 shows a further example in which the viewing window 30 is unlabelled and the first functional area 5 has the actual inscription 31 for it. This can be, for example, an identification key or identification code for the label or for the product wrapped with it, for example one via the Internet or Code which can be entered and / or retrieved by e-mail and, when compared with the manufacturer's information, the authenticity of the label 10 or of the product or container 50 glued around it can be verified. Such an inscription 31 thus serves as a tamper evidence means 33; alternatively or additionally, for example, colored layers 34, a VOID film area 32 or a sensor layer 36 can be provided as further first opening detection means 33.

In the first functional area 5, any suitable tamper evident means or other means of proof, for example to indicate the shelf life, the state of aging of a medicament or the storage period or period of use that has already passed, can be provided. In this way, for example, light or UV irradiation, contact with ambient air, an excess or undershoot temperature during storage or after opening the container, or some other effect can be displayed. Depending on the embodiment, it can be useful to make the second functional area 6 transparent or non-transparent. Each of the here related to Figure 10 enumerated detection means can also be used for one of the components K1, K2 or both Figure 7 or 9 may be provided.

In all embodiments of this application, even if shown differently, the first section 21 of the supply label 20 is preferably somewhat narrower at its end at the position x2 than at the position x1, that is, the supply label section 21 tapers the further it is in the first Label section 1 protrudes. This makes it easier to pull out without damage. A trapezoidal geometry, for example, of the first supply label section 21 allows a more precise control of the strength of the friction and / or retention force that occurs when it is pulled out, without mechanical warping or even tears occurring along the first line of weakness S1. By suitably shaping the base of the supply label section 21, it can be pulled out reliably and undamaged.

Furthermore, the holding force of the weakening lines S2 is coordinated with the holding force of the weakening lines S1 and possibly also S0 and, if necessary, also coordinated with the adhesive force of the adhesive layer 9 on the underside of the second section 22 of the supply label 20. In particular, the holding force of the weakening lines S2 is such that When the second label section 2 is peeled off the first label section 1 on the wrapped container, the first weakening line S1 surrounding the first section 21 of the supply label 20 and if present ( Figures 3 , 4th and 7th ) at the same time also tears the main weakening line S1 between the respective wrapping strips 3, 4 of the label sections 1, 2, whereas the further weakening lines S2 remain undamaged. The further weakening lines S2 are therefore only severed later, namely when the supply label 20 is manually peeled off from the second container part.

Incidentally, the front is the one in the Figures 1 , 3 , 5 and 6th The labels shown are preferably provided with labeling parts, in particular in the form of printing. However, the labels are not specifically drawn in the figures.

List of reference symbols

1

first label section

2

second label section

3.4

Wrapping strips

5

first functional area

6th

second functional area

7th

further functional area

8th

Non-stick layer

9

Adhesive layer

10

label

10a

Outside

10b

inside

11th

coating on the underside

12th

top coating

15th

Pad surface

18th

Non-stick layer

19th

Adhesive layer

20th

Supply label

21

first section

22nd

second section

26th

Grip tab

30th

Viewing window

31

labeling

32

VOID foil area

33

Certificate of first opening

34

Paint layer

35

Posing

36

Sensor layer

40

drug

45

liquid

50

container

51

first container part

52

second container part

55

ampoule

56

Vial

57

syringe

58

Injection pen

60

crossing

61

Main body

62

Container closure

100

Material web

101

Plastic film

a

axial direction

G

Floor space

G1

first base area

G2

second base area

K1

first indicator component

K2

second indicator component

S0

Main line of weakness

S1

first line of weakness

S2

another line of weakness

T

Tolerance range

U

Circumferential direction

U1, U2, U3

Winding area

x

first direction

x0, x1, 2x, x3

position

y

second direction

Claims (15)

1. Label (10) for a container that is in multiple parts or can be divided into multiple parts, for storing, administering, withdrawing and/or accommodating a medication and/or a liquid,

   - wherein the label (10) has precisely one material web (100), which contains a first label section (1), which is intended to be attached to a first container part of a container, and a second label section (2),

   - wherein the label (10) is a wrap-around label to be wrapped completely around at least a first container part, more than once, wherein the first label section (1) is intended to be wrapped around the first container part,

   - wherein the second label section (2) comprises a stock label (20), which can be removed and adhesively applied to a further article, and is configured in the material web (100) and has a first sub-section (21) and a second sub-section (22),

   - wherein the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20) projects into the first label section (1), characterized in that

   - the second label section (2) is configured to be attached to a second container part of the container,

   - the second sub-section (22) of the stock label (20) and/or a remaining part of the second sub-section (2) is configured to be attached to the second container part of the container,

   - the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20) becomes accessible as a grip tab (26) for pulling the stock label (20) off a remainder of the second label section (2) and/or off the second container part,

   and the label (10) is configured in such a manner that when the first and the second label section (1, 2) are pulled apart to open a container around which the label (10) is adhesively applied, the first and the second label section (1, 2) tear apart from one another.
2. Label according to claim 1, characterized in that
   the label (10) has a first weakening line (S1) between the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20) and the first label section (1).
3. Label according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
   in a first direction (x), which predetermines an axial direction of a container around which the label (10) is to be adhesively applied, the first label section (1) ends at a first position (x1), whereas the stock label (20) possesses an expanse in the first direction (x) that extends to both sides of the first position (x1),wherein the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20) projects into the first label section (1), starting from the first position (x1),all the way to a second position (x2).
4. Label according to claim 3, characterized in that
   in the region between the first position (x1) and the second position (x2), the stock label (20) is surrounded by the first label section (1), on one side or on both sides, along a second direction (y) that faces perpendicular to the first direction (x).
5. Label according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that
   the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20) is configured to be non-adhesive on the top and the underside, and that the second label section (2) is structured in such a manner that the second sub-section (22) of the stock label (20) can be or is releasably adhesively applied to a wrap-around strip (4) of the second label section (2) or to a second container part of a multi-part container, wherein the second sub-section (22) of the stock label (20) is configured to be adhesive on the underside.
6. Label according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that
   the first label section (1) has a first surface area section (5) that is positioned and/or dimensioned within the first label section (1) in such a manner that the first surface area section (5) of the first label section (1) and the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20) come to lie on top of one another when wrapped around a container.
7. Label according to claim 6, characterized in that
   the first surface area section (5) of the first label section (1) has an inscription (31), a VOID film region (32), an ink layer (34), a means (33) of proof of first opening, punches and/or mechanical warps (35).
8. Label according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that
   the first surface area section (5) of the first label section (1) has a sensor layer (36), wherein the sensor layer (36) is a sensor layer for detecting incident light or UV radiation, contact with ambient air, for detecting that a temperature has been exceeded or has not been reached, or a sensor layer for indicating the shelf life or the aging state of a medication or a storage period or period of use that has elapsed.
9. Label according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that
   the label (10) is a wrap-around label to be wrapped more than twice around at least a first container part of a container, by means of the first label section (1), and that the first label section (1) furthermore has a second surface area section (6) that is positioned within the first label section (1) and/or dimensioned in such a manner that when it is wrapped around a container, it covers a first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20) that covers the first surface area section (5).
10. Label according to claim 9, characterized in that
    the first surface area section (5) and/or the second surface area section (6), as a whole, have two indicator components (K1, K2), which which enter into a chemical or other reaction with one another when they are brought into contact with one another and/or heated, released or otherwise activated by means of a friction movement on the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20).
11. Label according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that
    the label (10) is a wrap-around label to be wrapped around both a first container part and a second container part of a container, more than once,

    - wherein the second label section (2) has a wrap-around strip (4) to be wrapped around a second container part, and wherein the second sub-section (22) of the stock label (20) is integrated into the wrap-around strip (4) of the second label section (2),

    - wherein the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20) projects out of the wrap-around strip (4) of the second label section (2) in the direction of the first label section (1), and

    - wherein the part of the wrap-around strip (4) that is situated outside of the surface area of the stock label (20) is connected with the first label section (1) by means of a main weakening line (S0).
12. Label according to one of claims 6 to 11, characterized in that
    the second label section (2) has a further surface area section (7) that is disposed at the level of the first surface area section (5) and/or that possesses the same distance from the second sub-section (22) of the stock label (20) as the distance of the first surface area section (5) from the first sub-section (21) of the stock label (20).
13. Label according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that
    the label (10) is a single-ply or multi-ply label having precisely one material web (100), wherein the material web (100) has a plastic film (101) or paper web, in which the first label section (1) as well as the second label section (2), including the stock label (20), are configured.
14. Container (50), comprising at least a first container part (51) and a second container part (52), wherein the container (50) has a label (10) according to one of claims 1 to 13 adhesively applied around it,

    - wherein the first container part (51) of which can be filled or is filled with a liquid (45), a medication (40) and/or some other contents,

    - wherein the second container part (52) of which is a container lid, a container cap or some other container closure (62) that can be pulled off from the first container part (51) and

    - wherein the first container part (51) is glued with the first label section (1) and the second label section (2) is attached to the second container part (52), wherein the first partial section (21) of the storage label (20) is arranged in the area of the outer circumference of the first container part (51).
15. Container according to claim 14, characterized in that
    the container (50) is a vial (56), a syringe (57), an injection pen (58) or some other multi-part container for storing, administering, withdrawing and/or accommodating a medication and/or a liquid or a break-open ampoule (55) or other container that can be divided into several container parts (51, 52) as intended.

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