Syringe labeling device

• US 10,220,974 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2017
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Co
• Original Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Co
• Inventors: McKinnon, Austin Jason, Gisler, Scott William, McNeill, Philip C., Khurana, Rahul, Davidock, Drew, Graf, Robert Nicholas, Verma, Kaushal, Stacey, Gary, Rogers, Mark, Ridley, Mark, Stocks, David, Ward, Alistair, Scholan, Andrew, Marshall, Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Sing P
• Application Number:
  US15/689,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20170361970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 553 Days
• Field of Search: 156384
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3125 specific display means, e.g. to indicate dose setting
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2207/00 Methods of manufacture, assembly or production
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/178 Syringes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31 Details
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 3/16 by rolling the labels onto cylindrical containers, e.g. bottles
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 9/06 Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 9/30 Rollers
• CPC Class Codes: B65C 9/46 Applying date marks, code marks, or the like, to the label during labelling manually-controlled or operable apparatus having printing equipment B65C11/02; ticket printing and issuing G07B1/00 ; apparatus for ticket validating or cancelling G07B11/00

Abstract

A labeling device for a syringe that includes a first labeling subsystem adapted to print a first label having machine readable information and a second labeling subsystem adapted to print a second label having human readable information is disclosed. The first labeling subsystem includes a label applicator adapted to automatically apply the first label to a portion of the syringe. The first labeling subsystem includes a syringe clamp assembly that securely holds the syringe while the label applicator automatically applies a first label to the syringe. The second labeling subsystem includes a removal device adapted to automatically remove a backing material from the second label.

Claims

1. A labeling subsystem for a labeling device for a syringe, comprising:

a clamp assembly adapted to hold the syringe;

a printer adapted to print a first label comprising machine readable information; and

a label applicator assembly adapted to automatically apply the first label to a portion of the syringe,

wherein the clamp assembly includes a groove adapted to receive the syringe,

wherein the clamp assembly includes an arm moveable between an open position, in which the arm does not contact the syringe, and a closed position, in which the arm contacts the syringe and the syringe is held between the arm and the groove, and

wherein the clamp assembly includes a roller rotatably connected to the arm.

2. The labeling subsystem of claim 1, wherein the arm is movably connected to a base portion via a pin connection at the base portion.

3. A labeling subsystem for a labeling device for a syringe, comprising:

a clamp assembly adapted to hold the syringe;

a printer adapted to print a first label comprising machine readable information; and

a label applicator assembly adapted to automatically apply the first label to a portion of the syringe, wherein the clamp assembly includes a roller rotatably connected to an arm moveable between an open position, in which the roller does not contact the syringe, and a closed position, in which the roller contacts the syringe.

4. The labeling subsystem of claim 3, wherein with the arm in the closed position, the roller is configured to rotate the syringe about an axis of the syringe.

5. The labeling subsystem of claim 4, wherein the roller is orientated at an angle to the axis of rotation of the syringe to force the syringe to move axially until a luer tip of the syringe rests against a reference surface.