Labeling system with multiple designs for prescription containers
View Patent ↗A system for labels that are positioned on a pharmaceutical container. The system can vary the choices for design and size of the labeling with respect to several types of container in which pharmaceuticals are positioned. The system increases the readability of information positioned on the pharmaceutical container by coordinating a label to the type and size of the container.
1. A pharmaceutical storage system for a pharmaceutical prescription for a patient, comprising:
a prescription container supply comprising a first prescription container having a first shape and a second prescription container having a second shape, the first prescription container and the second prescription container each including a bottom, a neck, and a body having an external surface and a length measured from the neck to the bottom, the second shape differing from the first shape wherein one of the first and second prescription containers is more suitable for containing the pharmaceutical prescription than the other; and
a label system including a single substrate removably adhered to a first distinct primary prescription label configured to be applied to the first prescription container and having a first perimeter and a second distinct primary prescription label configured to be applied to the second prescription container and having a second perimeter, the first perimeter being dimensioned based at least in part on the first shape of the first container and the second perimeter being dimensioned based at least in part on the second shape of the second container, each distinct primary prescription label including substantially similar information describing the pharmaceutical prescription and the patient, the information positioned on the first distinct primary prescription label in a first orientation based at least in part on the first shape of the first container and the information positioned on the second distinct primary prescription label in a second orientation based at least in part on the second shape of the second container, the second orientation being different than the first orientation.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the single substrate of the label system further includes panel labels positioned on the substrate providing alternate information concerning the pharmaceutical prescription.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein each distinct primary prescription label is shaped to fit on the external surface of one of the containers between the neck and the bottom.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the first distinct primary prescription label is positioned adjacent the second distinct primary prescription label on the substrate.
5. The system of claim 1 further including a panel attached to the substrate wherein the panel includes information directed at consumption of the pharmaceutical prescription and sale of the pharmaceutical prescription in the container.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the first shape is cylindrical and the second shape is tubular and the first label is shaped to conform to the first shape and the second label is shaped to conform to the second shape.
7. A pharmaceutical labeling system for a pharmaceutical prescription for a patient, the pharmaceutical labeling system used with a pharmaceutical storage system including a first container and a second container having respective first and second container shapes, the pharmaceutical labeling system comprising:
a label system including a single substrate removably adhered to a first distinct primary prescription label having a first perimeter configured to be applied to the first container, the first container having a first container bottom, a first container neck, and a first container body having a first external surface and a first length measured from the first container neck to the first container bottom, and a second distinct primary prescription label having a second perimeter configured to be applied to the second container, the second container having a second container bottom, a second container neck, and a second container body having a second external surface and a second length measured from the second container neck to the second container bottom, the first perimeter being dimensioned based at least in part on the first container shape and the second perimeter being dimensioned based at least in part on the second container shape, each distinct primary prescription label including substantially similar pharmaceutical prescription information and patient information, the information positioned on the first distinct primary prescription label in a first orientation based at least in part on the first shape of the first container and the information positioned on the second distinct primary prescription label in a second orientation based at least in part on the second shape of the second container;
a plurality of secondary labels positioned on the substrate providing alternate information concerning the pharmaceutical prescription; and
a panel attached to the substrate wherein the panel includes information concerning the consumption of the pharmaceutical and the sale of the pharmaceutical in the container.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first distinct primary prescription label is positioned adjacent the second distinct primary prescription label on the substrate.