LAKE FOREST, Ill., April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — PharMEDium
Services, LLC announces that the United States Patent and Trademark
Office has issued patent number 7,918,830 for a unique safety label
for drug delivery containers. The patent covers both the
unique safety label and a drug container (such as a syringe) with
the unique safety label thereon.
The patent, entitled “Safety Device for Drug Delivery Devices
and Containers,” was issued April 5, 2011. The purpose of the
patented safety label is to make drug delivery devices or
containers safer. The patent describes various versions of
drug administration safety labels for drug delivery devices or drug
containers such as syringes. This patent also describes
methods to enable users to clearly and readily distinguish among
different drug containers having different drugs or different
concentrations of drugs in a fast and reliable manner. The
safety labels described in this patent are configured to minimize
the chances of drug administration errors potentially resulting in
harm to patients. PharMEDium has filed a U.S. continuation
patent application to seek additional patent protection on the
safety labels described in this patent.
One version of the safety label displays the drug name in three
different orientations: a drug concentration section, a variable
information section, and a gradiation viewing section. The
first, second and third orientations are different from each other,
which enable a user to readily see the drug name regardless of the
position and orientation of the drug container.
David N. Jonas, PharMEDium Chairman and CEO commented, “This
patent clearly shows PharMEDium’s commitment to provide our
customers with labels that help ensure easily recognizable drug
name and identification. Labeling is yet another important
way PharMEDium demonstrates an undistracted focus on patient
safety, efficiency and quality in all aspects of drug
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