Patient bracelet having catheter capture integrally formed therewith and methods of making the same
First Claim
1. In a bracelet adapted to be worn about a portion of an appendage of a patient said bracelet having means to secure said bracelet about said appendage, the improvement wherein said means to secure said bracelet comprises a plurality of projections having spaces therebetween, said plurality of projections extending from at least one surface of a first end of said bracelet and along said at least one surface in serial fashion thereof, and a plurality of grooves in an end opposite said first end, said grooves having teeth therebetween, said plurality of projections having a distance therebetween approximately twice the distance between each of said grooves, wherein at least one of said grooves is adapted to receive at least one of said plurality of projections therein.
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Abstract
A patient bracelet system is provided having at least one bracelet adapted to be worn about a portion of the lower arm of a patient wherein the bracelet has means to secure the bracelet about the arm. The securing means comprises a plurality of bulbous projections extending from one surface of one end of the bracelet and a plurality of grooves adapted for receiving the bulbous projections therein in at least one surface of the bracelet in an end opposite the first end, the grooves additionally being adapted to receive a portion of a medicant delivery system therein. In one embodiment, at least two bracelets are secured about the forearm in spaced relation one to the other by stay means, each of the stay means being adapted to be secured in at least one of the plurality of grooves in each of the bracelets.
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20 Claims
- 1. In a bracelet adapted to be worn about a portion of an appendage of a patient said bracelet having means to secure said bracelet about said appendage, the improvement wherein said means to secure said bracelet comprises a plurality of projections having spaces therebetween, said plurality of projections extending from at least one surface of a first end of said bracelet and along said at least one surface in serial fashion thereof, and a plurality of grooves in an end opposite said first end, said grooves having teeth therebetween, said plurality of projections having a distance therebetween approximately twice the distance between each of said grooves, wherein at least one of said grooves is adapted to receive at least one of said plurality of projections therein.
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18. In a patient bracelet system comprising at least two bracelets each adapted to be worn about a portion of an appendage of a patient, each of the bracelets having means to secure the bracelet about the appendage, the improvement wherein said means to secure each bracelet comprises a plurality of projections extending from at least one surface of a first end of the bracelet, said projections having spaces therebetween;
- a plurality of grooves in an end opposite said first end, said grooves having teeth therebetween, at least one of said grooves adapted to receive at least one of said plurality of projections therein, and wherein said bracelets are disposed in spaced relation one from the other and secured in said spaced relation by stay means, each said stay means being adapted to be secured in one of said plurality of grooves in each bracelet.
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20. In a means for securing a portion of a medicant delivery system to an appendage of a patient to prevent accidental removal of the system from the patient, the improvement comprising an elongate member of given width having a first end and a second end, said first end having a plurality of projections extending from a first surface of said elongate member and said second end having a plurality of grooves in a second surface opposite said first surface, said grooves being of a shape complementary to said projections wherein said elongate member is adapted to encircle a portion of the appendage of the patient with at least two of said projections being received in at least two of said grooves wherein said plurality of projections extend along said first surface of said first end in serial fashion and said grooves extend along said second surface in serial fashion wherein the distance between each of said projections is approximately twice the distance between each of said grooves.
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