Patent ID: 9463138
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: A61J,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A packaging system comprising: a glass vial including a wall defining a lower closed end and an upper open end, the wall having an outer surface, an inner surface defining a receptacle, a flange-like rim disposed about the open end, and a neck of reduced diameter between the closed end and the rim below the rim; a pharmaceutical product disposed in the receptacle, the product selected from the group of pharmaceutical products consisting of adrenergic agontists, adrenergic antagonists, anesthetic agents, antiarrhythmics, antithrombotic agents, chemotherapeutic agents, hypoglycemics, inotropic medications, sedation agents, opiates, neuromuscular blocking agents, and radiocontrast agents; a valve disposed over the open end and a crimp ring with a first upper end disposed over a portion of the valve and having an opening to define an access port, and a second lower end disposed over a portion of the flange-like rim; a detachable cap disposed over the access port, the cap terminating in a downturned edge about the circumference of the cap; and a single tubular label disposed about the perimeter of the vial, the tubular label extending only from a first lower edge aligned with the closed end of the vial to a second upper edge at the cap, the label having a first lower section and a second upper section separated by a single circumferential perforated boundary aligned with the neck of the vial below the rim, the first section of the label backed at least in part with an adhesive, attached at least in part to the outer surface of the vial and extending between the closed end of the vial and the perforated boundary, and the second section extending at least between the perforated boundary and the cap.