Medical Quick Response Codes and Information Storage and Retrieval System

• US 20140142979A1
• Filed: 11/21/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: QRMed Co.
• Original Assignee: QRMed Co.
• Inventors: Mitsunaga, Tracy
• Application Number:
  US13/684,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20140142979A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Abstract

The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a medical quick response code comprising a barcode. The code is configured to be read by a barcode reader. The barcode reader can be an app on a mobile device such as an iPhone or Blackberry app. By scanning the code using the app, the mobile device displays critical person medical data. The critical person medical data can include emergency information such as the person'"'"'s name, emergency contacts, allergies, and insurance information.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a code;

a barcode reader configured to read the code;

a person'"'"'s medical data linked to the code; and

an alert icon indicating the existence of the code.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the person'"'"'s medical data comprises emergency person medical data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the emergency person medical data comprises a person'"'"'s name, an emergency contact, allergies, or insurance information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the barcode reader comprises an app.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the app comprises a quick response reader app on a mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the code corresponds to one person.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the code comprises a barcode.

8. A method comprising:

locating a code using an alert icon;

scanning the code using a barcode reader on a mobile device; and

accessing a person'"'"'s medical data on the mobile device.

9. A device comprising:

a code configured to be read by a barcode reader on a mobile device; and

a person'"'"'s emergency medical data linked to the code.