Information Storage Tag System for Use and Method
First Claim
1. An information storage tag to be carried on a person to provide medical information about the bearer, comprisinga support base for carrying coded information,separate data storage devices on the base each with its own data reader or reader writer interface, providing one storage device capable of prerecording and storing emergency data in a read only form and another data storage device capable of prerecording medical history and recording new data while in the field or having existing data amended, deleted or otherwise modified, such that permanent data essential to identifying the individual and providing vital medical information required for emergency treatment can be accessed by a data reader from the read only area and detailed information relating to the individual'"'"'s medical history can be accessed and added to as needed to provide for continuing and future treatment of the individual.
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Abstract
Medical information storage tags to be carried on a person have two separate data storage devices on a base. Each has a data reader or reader/writer interface. Read only data storage identifies the bearer and provides vital medical information required for emergency treatment; it can be accessed by a data reader only, preferably with a printer. A read and write data storage area prerecords encrypted medical history data using industry standard formats that can be amended or deleted. Access to the read and write data storage is restricted to designated users by security means. Both data areas provide personal identification of the bearer name and address, a photo of the bearer, name and contact information to reach the bearer'"'"'s doctors and next of kin. Both areas may also include financial and insurance information. Means is provided for forwarding data from ambulance to a designated receiving hospital, such as a radio link.
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19 Claims
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1. An information storage tag to be carried on a person to provide medical information about the bearer, comprising
a support base for carrying coded information, separate data storage devices on the base each with its own data reader or reader writer interface, providing one storage device capable of prerecording and storing emergency data in a read only form and another data storage device capable of prerecording medical history and recording new data while in the field or having existing data amended, deleted or otherwise modified, such that permanent data essential to identifying the individual and providing vital medical information required for emergency treatment can be accessed by a data reader from the read only area and detailed information relating to the individual'"'"'s medical history can be accessed and added to as needed to provide for continuing and future treatment of the individual.
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10. An information storage and access system comprising a plurality of individual medical information storage tags, each on a support base designed to be conveniently carried and each support base having at least two identifiable data storage devices, one data storage device capable of receiving and storing emergency treatment data in a read only form, and the other data storage device being capable of reading recorded data, and at least for designated kinds of data, receiving and recording new data or having existing data amended, deleted or otherwise modified, but such that more detailed data helpful to further identifying the individual and providing vital medical information for treatment of that person can be accessed only with a data reader and writer designed to process it,
a plurality of data readers for the read only data storage device provided in ambulances and other types of receiving stations where a person bearing a data storage tag and who may or may not be able to help identify himself or his problems may be received and his storage devices read to permit identification of the individual and provide basic information limiting, or special precautions required in, emergency treatment of that individual, and a plurality of data readers under the control of physicians or other pre-approved personnel for accessing the other data storage device to permit reading therefrom a more complete medical history of the individual.
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19. A method of providing medical information for emergency treatment comprising
providing personal identification and emergency medical data relating to each of a plurality of people on personal small, lightweight data storage tags for each person, each tag having at least two data storage devices, one a read only storage device and the other a read and write storage area, so that the data stored in the read and write area are capable of not only being read but also being deleted, modified and/or added, providing installations in emergency receiving stations, such as ambulances, hospital emergency rooms and other facilities for receiving and treating persons in need of urgent treatment, said installations including at least a reader capable of reading from the read only data storage area of the standard lightweight data tags, and an output display to produce a readable output for the emergency personnel, providing read and write devices for installation in follow up medical facilities where doctors and their staffs can use them to access more comprehensive medical history information from a data tag, such that so that the medical history data can be read and produce a readable output for aid in diagnosis and treatment of the patient and those authorized can delete or change parts in need of correction or updating or add current data to the history, and security means limiting access to authorized personnel after identification.
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