Patent ID: 9114660
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B41F,B42D,B65C,B65D,G09F

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a label for a prescription pharmaceutical storage container for holding and dispensing a pharmaceutical for a patient, whereby a pharmacy may reduce a number of distinct labels required for labeling containers having different sizes for saving the pharmacy money, reducing the pharmacy workflow requirements, reducing inventory, and enhancing productivity, the method including the steps of: providing a supply of prescription pharmaceutical storage containers, the supply including a first container and a second container, the first container having a circumference greater than a circumference of the second container; providing a label system having at least a first distinct label panel, a second distinct label panel, and a third distinct label panel positioned in horizontal alignment on a single rectangular label, the first label panel, the second label panel, and the third label panel providing a first prescription label configuration having a length greater than the circumference of the second container, and the first label panel and the second label panel being operable to be separated from the third label panel for providing a second prescription label configuration having a length corresponding to the circumference of the second container; printing indicia providing critical prescription information on the first label panel, the critical prescription information including at least instructions for taking the pharmaceutical and an identification of the pharmaceutical; determining whether a length of the critical prescription information fits on the first label panel; printing indicia providing one of a continuation of the critical prescription information and warning information on the second label panel based on the determination of whether the length of the critical prescription information fits on the first label panel, the continuation of the critical prescription information being printed on the second label panel when the length of the critical prescription information is determined to be too long to fit on the first label panel and the warning information being printed on the second label panel when the length of the critical prescription information is determined to fit on the first label panel; printing indicia providing the warning information on the third label panel when the second label panel includes the continuation of the critical prescription information; separating the first and second label panels from the third label panel when the length of the critical prescription information fits on the first label panel; and applying one of the first prescription label configuration and the second prescription label configuration to one of the first container and the second container, the second prescription label configuration being applied to the second container when the length of the critical prescription information fits on the first label panel and the third label panel is separated from the first and second label panels, the first prescription label configuration being applied to the first container when the length of the critical prescription information is too long to fit on the first label panel.