US 10,504,387 B2Granted

Intravenous bag and line label

AssigneePharMEDium Services, LLC

InventorsJeffrey S. Nordquist, Steven M. Maraone, Daane E. Hoffman

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Abstract

A label for use with an intravenous bag having a surface and an interior volume for holding a solution in fluid communication with an intravenous line for dispensing the solution, where the label includes a back layer including an adhesive for securing the label to a surface of the intravenous bag, a front layer with a solution name including a first portion secured to the back layer, the front layer including a second portion removable from the back layer engageable with the intravenous line with the solution name on a first side and a second side. In some constructions, the solution name on the second side is inverted with respect to the solution name on the first side, and the second portion further includes an opening for viewing a portion of the intravenous line when the second portion is engaged with the intravenous line.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A method of labeling an intravenous line engaged with an intravenous bag including a surface and defining an interior volume for receiving a solution, the method comprising:

providing a label including:
a back layer including an adhesive for securing the label to a surface of the intravenous bag;
and
a front layer including:
a first portion secured to the back layer and including a solution name, and
a second portion removable from the back layer and engageable with the intravenous line, the second portion including the solution name on a first side and a second side, the solution name on the second side inverted with respect to the solution name on the first side, and an opening for viewing a portion of the intravenous line when the second portion is engaged with the intravenous line,
engaging the label with the surface of the intravenous bag;
detaching the second portion of the label from the first portion of the label;
aligning the opening of the second portion along the intravenous line;
and
folding the second portion about the intravenous line to secure the second side to the first side so that the first side and the second side display the name of the solution.

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Facts

Application: 16/451,578Filed 25 Jun 2019 · division
Priority: 31 Jul 2017
Published: US 2019/0035310 A110 Oct 2019
Granted: 10 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification33 codes

G09F 3/10
Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself: by an adhesive layer
A61J 1/10
For collecting, storing or administering blood, plasma or medical fluids ; Infusion or perfusion containers: bag-type containers
A61J 1/1475
Details; Accessories therefor: inlet or outlet ports
A61M 5/14
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning…:…

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Application62/539,199Us provisional application · filed 31 Jul 2017
Application16/053,091Parent of this division · filed 2 Aug 2018
US 2019/0311655 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Oct 2019
US 10,373,530 B2Parent of this division
US 2019/0035310 A1Published application
US 10,504,387 B2This patent

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