The development of the Dissolvable Labels for Medvantage® Machine fulfills this need. The Dissolvable Labels for Medvantage® Machine, as its name implies, is a line of dissolvable labels for use on a specific brand of printer. The labels would be used in a wide variety of applications including healthcare, foodservice, sterile processing, and other similar applications. They would be made available in a wide variety of sizes including but not limited to 2½″ square, ⅞″ by 1⅝″, ⅞″ by 2¼″, and similar sizes. Also, in addition to various colors, the invention would be made in various finishes such as synthetic and matte. The invention is specifically designed for use in printers manufactured by MedVantage®, although they could be adapted for use with different manufacturers as well. The use of the Dissolvable Labels for Medvantage® Machine allows for the production of labels that can be removed at a later time in a manner which is not only quick, easy, and effective, but ecologically and economically friendly as well.

A cold chain system with thermosensitive labels linked to an online traceability portal is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of human a machine readable code labels having irreversible thermosensitive inks placed on various products. The labels optionally having multiple codes paired with various predefined discrete images or strings detected using optical methods or text-based transmission and communication protocols. The system can enhance cold chain quality and security by allowing real time validation and traceability from factory to end users through an online platform compatible with mobile devices. The system can also enhance both manual and technological cold chain security methods for countries that have varying degrees of technological capability to ultimately improve vulnerable supply chains.

A method for ablating a label having a topcoat layer and a sacrificial layer includes irradiating at least one target region on the topcoat layer with a laser beam and further includes removing the topcoat layer and at least a portion of the sacrificial layer in the at least one target region.

The marker of the degree of release of elements that are difficultly or slowly biodegradable (harmful elements) into the environment for objects consisting of an element (1, 1′, 1″) with a structure which ostensibly modifies the appearance thereof at a rate in accordance with the wear of the fabric of the article (2) for which it is intended, warning the user about it. Said element consists of a button (1) or a label (1′) comprising two layers that are different in appearance, a surface one (11) and a central or lower one (12), the outer one (11) being “able to be worn out” until it disappears at a rate in accordance with the fabric of the article (2). In another variant, the element is a seam (1″) consisting of a thread that is “able to be worn out” until it disappears at the rate in accordance with the deterioration of the fabric of the article (2) for which it is intended.

The present invention relates to an information storage medium and a method for long-term storage of information.

A time-expiring label system is provided that includes a release liner having a first label part, a second label part, and a third label part releasably secured thereto with an adhesive. The system further includes a first time-expiring component on the first label part and a second time-expiring component on the second label part. The first and second time-expiring components are configured so that, upon removal of the second label part from the release liner and placement onto the first label part, a time-expiring reaction commences. The third label part has textual and/or visual instructions for removing the second label part from the release liner and placing of the second label part onto the first label part.

A data protector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a data layer configured to record confidential information as a visible image; and one or a plurality of cover layers disposed at least one of above or below the data layer and configured to transition between a color-developed state and a decolored state in a visible wavelength region.

A recording paper includes: a laminated resin film including a substrate composed of a thermoplastic resin film and an underlayer disposed on at least one side of the substrate and composed of a thermoplastic resin composition; and a resin coating disposed facing the underlayer of the laminated resin film, wherein the underlayer has an indentation modulus of 50 to 1200 MPa, the resin coating contains a resin that is a reaction product of a cationic water-soluble polymer and a silane coupling agent, a content of a silane coupling agent component is 15 to 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cationic water-soluble polymer component in the resin coating, the resin coating is free from thermoplastic resin particles, and a content of an inorganic filler is 9 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cationic water-soluble polymer component in the resin coating.

The invention relates to the use of one or more compounds of the 4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene family for the preparation of a security element for a product, in particular a document, said security element comprising a polymer and said compound(s) being incorporated in said polymer, and to a method for ensuring the security of a product, in particular that of a document.

Disclosed herein are single use indicators and methods for employing the same. Such indicators and their uses are directed towards identifying the discharge status of single procedure devices, which are typically, but not limited to, medical devices.