Patent ID: 7994382

Claim:
An application system for an active ingredient release system, said application system comprising a carrier film strip, an active ingredient-containing plaster detachably affixed to said strip, and an active ingredient release regulator also detachably affixed to said strip, said release regulator being separate from the active ingredient-containing plaster; said carrier film strip having a fold line across the width thereof between the active ingredient containing plaster and the active ingredient release regulator and having a width at least as wide as the active ingredient-containing plaster and at least as wide as a peelable protective film which covers an adhesive surface of the active ingredient-containing plaster, and said carrier film strip having a length which is a multiple of the length of the active ingredient-containing plaster; wherein: after removal of a peelable cover film from the active ingredient release regulator and of the protective film which covers the adhesive surface of the active ingredient-containing plaster, the active ingredient release regulator is permanently positionable on the adhesive surface of the active ingredient-containing plaster by folding the strip together along the fold line, and then the plaster provided with the active ingredient release regulator can be applied directly to the skin of a user with detachment of the strip from the plaster; and wherein: the active ingredient release regulator is impermeable to active ingredient or retards active ingredient release and has the following layer structure: a′) an outer, detachable protective layer; b′) an adhesive layer optionally retarding active ingredient release; c′) optionally a layer optionally further retarding active ingredient release, and d′) a further adhesive layer bonded detachably to the strip.