PROVIDING AN ID-VERIFIED BLOOD TEST

• US 20140002235A1
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Baughman, Aaron K., Malkin, Peter K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,934,682 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/22 Motor vehicles operators, e.g. drivers, pilots, captains
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1172 using fingerprinting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14503 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors A61B5/1459, A61B5/1464, A61B5/1473, A61B5/1482, A61B5/14865 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150022 for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150358 Strips for collecting blood, e.g. absorbent optical reagent test strips G01N21/8483; chemical reagent test strips G01N33/4875, G01N33/52
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150389 Hollow piercing elements, e.g. canulas, needles, for piercing the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150503 Single-ended needles hollow piercing element tip design A61B5/150396, needle sets for catheters A61M25/06, needles for bringing media into the body A61M5/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150786 Optical identification systems, e.g. bar codes, colour codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150862 intermediate range, e.g. within room or building
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/151 Devices specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood, e.g. by lancets , needles or blades
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/157 Devices characterised by integrated means for measuring characteristics of blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4845 Toxicology, e.g. by detection of alcohol, drug or toxic products A61B5/4848 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints

Abstract

Providing an ID-verified blood test, in one aspect, may include enabling a user to press a finger against a fingerprint-reading panel and reading a fingerprint of the user. A blood sampling device coupled to the fingerprint-reading panel may be activated while the user has the finger against the fingerprint-reading panel to sample blood from the finger. Blood may be sampled from the user via the blood sampling device while the user has the finger against the fingerprint-reading panel. A test may be performed on the sampled blood to determine a level of specified chemical in the blood. User identification may be determined based on the fingerprint. The determined user identification and the level of the specified chemical may be returned.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing an ID-verified blood test, comprising:

a fingerprint-reading panel operable to read a fingerprint of a user in response to the user pressing a finger on the fingerprint-reading panel;

a blood sampling device coupled to the fingerprint-reading panel, the blood sampling device operable to sample blood from a user'"'"'s finger while the user'"'"'s finger is pressed against the fingerprint-reading panel; and

a processing element operable to determine user identification based on the fingerprint and further operable to perform a test on the sampled blood to determine a level of specified chemical in the blood.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operable to activate a machine only if the determined user identification matches a pre-stored identification and the determined level of alcohol meets a threshold criterion.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the machine includes an automobile, a heavy machinery equipment, or a transportation vehicle, or combinations thereof.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the specified chemical includes alcohol.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the specified chemical includes sugar.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the specified chemical includes a drug.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the blood sampling device includes a hypodermic needle.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the blood sampling device includes an infrared detector.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user is required to continue to keep the finger pressed against the fingerprint reading panel until the sampling of the blood is completed.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operable as a key for activating a machine.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the key is associated with a single user.

12. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of providing an ID-verified blood test, comprising:

enabling a user to press a finger against a fingerprint-reading panel;

reading a fingerprint of the user;

activating a blood sampling device coupled to the fingerprint-reading panel while the user has the finger against the fingerprint-reading panel to sample blood from the finger after the fingerprint is read;

sampling blood from the user via the blood sampling device while the user has the finger against the fingerprint-reading panel;

performing a test on the sampled blood to determine a level of specified chemical in the blood;

determining user identification based on the fingerprint; and

returning the determined user identification and the level of the specified chemical.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, further including:

activating a machine only if the determined user identification matches a previously stored user'"'"'s identification and the determined level of alcohol meets a threshold criterion.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the machine includes an automobile, a heavy machinery equipment, or a transportation vehicle, or combinations thereof.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the specified chemical includes alcohol.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the specified chemical includes sugar.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the specified chemical includes a drug.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the blood sampling device includes a hypodermic needle.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the blood sampling device includes an infrared detector.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the user is required to continue to keep the finger pressed against the fingerprint reading panel until the sampling of the blood is completed.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the fingerprint-reading panel coupled to the blood sampling device is incorporated into a key for activating a machine.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the key is associated with a single user.

23. An apparatus for providing an ID-verified specimen sample test, comprising:

a scanner operable to read an identification print from a body portion of a user in response to the user pressing the body portion on the scanner;

a specimen sampling device coupled to the scanner, the specimen sampling device operable to sample specimen from the body portion while the user has the body portion pressed against the scanner; and

a processing element operable to determine user identification based on the scanned identification print and further operable to perform a test on the sampled specimen to determine a level of specified chemical in the specimen sample.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the apparatus is coupled to a machine and wherein the machine is actuated in response to determining that the identification print matches a pre-stored identification and the level of specified chemical in the specimen meets a threshold criterion.