WO2001087722A2 - Recipients a extremite etiquetee fournissant des instructions a l'utilisateur, pour substances a administration par voie orale - Google Patents

Recipients a extremite etiquetee fournissant des instructions a l'utilisateur, pour substances a administration par voie orale Download PDF

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WO2001087722A2
WO2001087722A2 PCT/US2001/015786 US0115786W WO0187722A2 WO 2001087722 A2 WO2001087722 A2 WO 2001087722A2 US 0115786 W US0115786 W US 0115786W WO 0187722 A2 WO0187722 A2 WO 0187722A2
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transparent region
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Stuart Robins
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Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/12—Means for the attachment of smaller articles
    • B65D23/14—Means for the attachment of smaller articles of tags, labels, cards, coupons, decorations or the like
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/04—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps to be fastened or secured by the material of the label itself, e.g. by thermo-adhesion

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  • This invention is in the field of packaging for orally administered medicants, food supplements, nutritional supplements and the like, and particularly relates to consumer packaging for such substances.
  • Such substances may be in capsule, tablet, particulate, powder, or liquid form, and may include for example, prescription medicants or drugs, non-prescription/over-the-counter medicants (such as aspirin, Echinacea and St. Johns Wort), vitamins, minerals, anti- oxidants, joint enhancing substances (such as glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate), memory enhancing substances, and others. It is important in many cases that the consumer also be able to easily, and reliably, determine the prescribed dosages and times for administration of such substances.
  • the substances are provided in cylindrical, covered (or capped, preferably with a child-safe removable cover) containers having transparent sidewalls.
  • the label is an opaque sheet which is adhesively fixed to the sidewalls, often covering substantially all of the sidewalls.
  • the sidewall-covering aspect is often utilized to prevent ambient light from entering the container during storage (since such ambient light in some cases may negatively affect the stability of the contained substance over time.
  • Such conventional labelled containers are effective in providing safe storage of such substances for a consumer, providing adequate information on the identity of the contents and the prescribed or recommended dosages and administration times.
  • it is difficult for a consumer to confirm the identity of the contained substance such as from the appearance of the contained substance, e.g., capsule, color and the like. It is difficult to determine the amount of the substance remaining in the container.
  • the consumer can remove the cover and observe the contents by looking into the container from the top, and draw a conclusion as to the identity of the substance.
  • This requires a specific action by the consumer i.e., removing the cover from the container), which is sometimes difficult (for example, for persons with limited dexterity, and/or visual acuity) and tedious (where the contents of multiple containers are to be observed).
  • Such action also invites contamination of the contents, and inadvertent spilling and mixing of substances from multiple containers, particularly by consumers with limited dexterity and visual activity.
  • the prior art containers suffer from such difficulties, often posing severe and even life-threatening consequences.
  • the invention is a labelled container for medicants (prescription and non- prescription), food supplements (including vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants and others), nutritional supplements, joint enhancing substances, memory enhancing substances and others.
  • the contained substances may be in capsule, tablet, particulate powder, liquid or other form.
  • the labelled containers of the invention permit an end-user, or consumer, to visually determine the amount remaining (or at least that the amount remaining is above a threshold below which it is desired to replenish the supply.
  • the labelled container of the invention includes a container having a bottom portion and a sidewall extending therefrom to an opening at a end opposite the bottom portion.
  • the opening is adapted for receiving a removable cover (or cap).
  • the sidewall or at least a portion thereof is transparent.
  • a label bearing indicia representative of the contents of the container is disposed on the outer surface of the sidewall.
  • the label has a substantially transparent region surrounded by a substantially non-transparent region. When the label is disposed on the sidewall, the transparent region is positioned to overlap at least part of the transparent portion of the container.
  • the transparent region of the label may be a hole pressing through the label or a sheet or film which is contiguous with the non-transparent region of the label.
  • the non-transparent region of the label includes a surrounding border extending from or near the periphery of the transparent region of the label.
  • the border may fully surround the transparent region of the label, or may just extend along a portion of that non-transparent region.
  • the border has an optical reflectivity characterized by a first spectral range.
  • a portion of the non-transparent region of the label extending from points adjacent to the border has an optical reflectivity characterized by a second spectral range, where the first spectral range is different than the second spectral range.
  • FIG. 1 shows a labelled container in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows an exemplary label for use with the container of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows art alternative exemplary label for use with the container of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 1 shows a labelled container 10 according to the invention.
  • the container 10 is illustrated in an assembly 12 including container 10 and a screw-on cap (or cover) 14.
  • the container 10 includes a circular disk-shaped bottom portion 16 with a cylindrical sidewall 18 extending from the perimeter of the bottom portion to a circular opening 20 at an end opposite the bottom portion 16.
  • the sidewall 18 is in the form of a cylindrical shell extending along an axis A which is perpendicular to the nominal plane of the disk-shaped bottom portion 16.
  • the sidewall 18 has a circular cross-section.
  • the sidewall 18 may have a cross-section which is other than circular, for example, rectangular.
  • the sidewall 18 is transparent in its entirety. In alternate forms, only a portion or sub-region of the sidewall 18 is transparent.
  • a cap (or cover) 22 is adapted to screw on to a threaded region 24 which extends from the opening 20.
  • a rectangular label 30 made of a sheet material, is adhesively affixed to the exterior of sidewall 18.
  • the label covers most or all of the sidewall 18, and most of the label is opaque, so as to substantially prevent passage of ambient light through the sidewall 18 to the interior of container 10.
  • Other methods may be used to affix the label 30 to the sidewall 18.
  • the label might be a cylindrical shell, formed of a heat-shrinkable sheet material, which is positioned over the sidewall and then heat-shrunk to secure it to the sidewall 18.
  • the mostly opaque label 30 includes a transparent region 32 circumscribed by the opaque portion of label 10. Where the sidewall is transparent in its entirety, the transparent region 32 may be positioned anywhere within the outer boundaries of the label. Where only a portion of the sidewall 18 is transparent, the transparent region 32 of label 30 is positioned on that label so that when the label is affixed to the sidewall 18, the transparent region 32 is at least partially (and preferably entirely) in registration with the transparent region of the sidewall 18.
  • the transparent portion 32 of label 30 is positioned on the label so that when the label is affixed to sidewall 18, an optical path extends through the region 32 and the transparent (portion of) sidewall 18 at a position to permit visual determination of when the amount of substance within the container is below a predetermined threshold, indicating that replenishment is in order.
  • the periphery of region 32 may have any shape, such as circular (as illustrated in FIGS. 1-3), rectangular, oval, star-shaped, polygonal-shaped, or other shape.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show alternate forms of label 30.
  • region 32 is in the form of a void region, or hole.
  • region 32 is in the form of a light transmissive film.
  • the principal portion of the label (that is the portion dispersed about transparent region 32) is opaque, or substantially opaque, and is referred to below as a "non-transparent" region of label 30.
  • a subregion 34 of that non-transparent region extending from the periphery of transparent region 32 is characterized by an optical reflectivity in a first spectral range, while at least a portion of the remainder of the non-transparent region extending from the outer boundary of region 34, is characterized by a optical reflectivity in a second spectral range, where the first and second spectral ranges are different.
  • region 34 may be white, while at least the immediately surrounding portion of label 10 is a dark color.
  • the contents of the container 10 may be a substance in capsule, tablet, particulate, powder, or liquid form.
  • the substances may include medicants or drugs (prescription or non-prescription), vitamins, minerals, antioxidents, joint enhancement substances, memory enhancement substances, or other.
  • a consumer may easily and reliably determine when the amount of contained substance falls below a predetermined level (established by the position of the transparent region of the label, relative to the bottom portion of the container). This determination can be made by viewing the contents through the in- registration transparent regions of the label and the sidewall. This determination can be made without requiring a high degree of manual dexterity or visual acuity, and without danger of spillage or mixing with substances from other sources, and without risk of contamination from ambient substances (e.g., dust).

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Cette invention se rapporte à un récipient étiqueté (10), constitué par un récipient ayant une partie inférieure (16) et une paroi latérale (18) s'étendant depuis cette partie inférieure jusqu'à une ouverture (20) située à une extrémité opposée de la partie inférieure. Cette ouverture est conçue pour recevoir un couvercle (ou bouchon) amovible (22). La paroi latérale (18), ou au moins une partie de celle-ci, est transparente. Une étiquette (30) portant des indications sur le contenu du récipient est disposée sur la surface externe de la paroi latérale (18). Cette étiquette possède une région essentiellement transparente (32) entourée par une région essentiellement non transparente (34). Lorsque l'étiquette (30) est disposée sur la paroi latérale (18), la région transparente (32) se place de façon à chevaucher au moins partiellement la partie transparente du récipient (10). La région transparente (32) de l'étiquette peut être formée par un trou exerçant une pression sur l'étiquette ou une membrane ou un film constitué par une membrane contiguë à la région non transparente (34) de l'étiquette (30). La région non transparente (34) de l'étiquette (30) comporte de préférence un bord s'étendant depuis la région transparente de l'étiquette. Ce bord présente une réflectivité optique caractérisée par une première plage spectrale. Une partie de la région non transparente (34) de l'étiquette (30) s'étendant depuis des points adjacents audit bord présente une réflectivité optique caractérisée par une seconde plage spectrale, différente de la première plage spectrale.
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EP1435329A1 (fr) * 2002-12-19 2004-07-07 Fisher Clinical Services AG Récipient pour rémedes et son usage comme emballage
WO2006051170A1 (fr) * 2004-11-12 2006-05-18 Avantone Oy Systeme de reconnaissance pour des paquets utilisant des elements de diffraction optique
WO2016113183A1 (fr) * 2015-01-12 2016-07-21 Khs Gmbh Emballage comportant des récipients portant une étiquette

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DE8109005U1 (de) * 1981-03-27 1982-07-29 All Sweets Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, 2080 Pinneberg Flasche
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US2143156A (en) * 1936-12-30 1939-01-10 Angus B Kennedy Container for dispensing liquids
FR1423066A (fr) * 1964-11-19 1966-01-03 Dispositif pour l'habillage décoratif de récipients en matériau translucide, logeant des liquides transparents
DE8109005U1 (de) * 1981-03-27 1982-07-29 All Sweets Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, 2080 Pinneberg Flasche
DE19536416A1 (de) * 1995-09-29 1997-04-10 Friedr Schwarze Fa Behälter mit Etikett, eine Etikettenausstattung für Behälter und ein Verfahren zur Herstellung derselben

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EP1435329A1 (fr) * 2002-12-19 2004-07-07 Fisher Clinical Services AG Récipient pour rémedes et son usage comme emballage
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WO2006051170A1 (fr) * 2004-11-12 2006-05-18 Avantone Oy Systeme de reconnaissance pour des paquets utilisant des elements de diffraction optique
WO2016113183A1 (fr) * 2015-01-12 2016-07-21 Khs Gmbh Emballage comportant des récipients portant une étiquette
US10414544B2 (en) 2015-01-12 2019-09-17 Khs Gmbh Cluster pack comprising labelled containers

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