How to give clinicians a clean, reliable open while proving the package hasn’t been touched — with Sealstrip features built for medical overwrap, device kits, and pre-filled syringes.

Medical and pharmaceutical packaging carries two demands at once. It has to open cleanly and reliably in a clinical setting — often with gloved hands, under time pressure — and it has to show at a glance that the package hasn’t been opened or tampered with before it reaches the patient. Those aren’t competing goals: the right easy-open feature is also your tamper evidence. Here’s how to think about it, and which Sealstrip features fit.

Why easy-open and tamper evidence go together

In consumer food, easy-open is mostly about convenience. In medical and pharma, it’s about safety and speed: a clinician needs to reach a sterile device or a dose without fumbling, and needs immediate visual proof that the package is intact. A well-designed tear feature does both — it gives a clean, controlled opening, and once it’s used it can’t be reset. So an intact feature signals “untouched,” while a torn or missing one signals “opened.” One feature, two jobs.

Sealstrip features for medical and pharma

Teartape is Sealstrip’s go-to for pre-filled syringes and overwrap — a hermetic, color-coded easy-open tear that helps prevent misuse and gives a clear first-open. It’s typically 2mm wide, available in a range of colors and widths, and supplied in long-length rolls for high-volume production. The color options let you code by product or dose so the right package is easy to identify.

Peelwrap suits device kits and shrink or non-shrink overwrap: a wide grip area over a perforation that removes most of the film in one clean pull — good for trays and kits where you want the whole overwrap off quickly.

Shrinktape adds an inexpensive, recognizable pull-tab to shrink-wrapped products, tearing the film cleanly along the tab. It’s common on medical devices and OTC pharmaceuticals.

Color-coding and misuse prevention

In clinical environments, color carries information. Teartape’s color options let you code packages by product, dose, or line, which reduces the chance of misuse and makes the correct package quick to grab — a small design choice with real safety value.

Materials, compliance, and documentation

Medical and pharma buyers need the paper trail. Sealstrip’s convenience-feature materials are FDA compliant and made in the USA in a facility certified under the GFSI-recognized IFS PACsecure standard, and a recycle-ready, mono-material VerdeSeal option is available. Because these features are applied to overwrap and secondary packaging with retrofit applicators, they integrate into your existing line without redesigning the primary package.

Adding it to your line

Each feature is applied with a Sealstrip retrofit applicator that mounts to your existing wrapper or bagger -and Sealstrip is the only easy-open materials manufacturer that also designs and builds the applicators, custom-fit to your specific machine. Every applicator can be bypassed when you need to run without the feature.

Frequently asked questions

What’s the best easy-open feature for pre-filled syringes?

Sealstrip uses Teartape for pre-filled syringes — a hermetic, color-coded tear tape that provides an easy open and helps prevent misuse, with a clear first-open indication.

How does an easy-open feature provide tamper evidence?

The tear feature can’t be re-created once it’s been opened. An intact tape means the package hasn’t been opened; a torn or missing tape is immediate visual proof that it has — so the same feature delivers both easy opening and tamper evidence.

Can the tamper-evident feature be color-coded?

Yes. Teartape is available in a range of colors, so you can code packages by product or dose for quick identification and misuse prevention.

Are Sealstrip’s medical materials FDA compliant?

Yes. Sealstrip’s convenience-feature materials are FDA compliant and made in the USA in a GFSI-recognized IFS PACsecure–certified facility, with a recyclable-ready VerdeSeal option available.

Do I need new packaging equipment?

No. These features are added with retrofit applicators that Sealstrip custom-builds to fit your existing wrapper, and they can be bypassed to run product without the feature.

About Sealstrip

Sealstrip Corporation has spent decades engineering easy-open and resealable convenience features for flexible packaging — pairing pressure-sensitive tapes with retrofit applicators built to fit the line you already run. Sealstrip is a WBENC-certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), a member of the Flexible Packaging Association, and manufactures in the USA in a facility certified under the GFSI-recognized IFS PACsecure standard.

Packaging a medical device or pharmaceutical product? Sealstrip can add a hermetic, tamper-evident easy-open feature to a sample of your own packaging so you can evaluate it. Call 1-888-658-7997.