Identification bracelet with electronics information
First Claim
1. An identification assembly for identifying an object, the assembly comprising:
- (A) a strap assembly including;
(1) a strap having first and second end segments and capable of assuming a secured configuration wherein the first and second end segments are adjacent and the strap forms a loop around the object;
(2) an electronic memory means integrally secured to the strap such that the memory means cannot be removed from the strap without damaging the strap, the memory means including at least one memory contact through which data stored in the memory means can be accessed;
(B) a transmitter assembly including;
(1) at least one transmitter contact;
(2) a powersource;
(3) a data transmitter;
(4) a processor linked to the transmitter contact for receiving data from the transmitter contact and linked to the transmitter for transmitting data received from the transmitter contact; and
(C) a fastener for releasibly fastening the transmitter assembly to the strap assembly such that the transmitter contact and memory contact are linked and data in the memory can be accessed by the transmitter.
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Abstract
An identification assembly for identifying a patient including a strap which can be secured around a patient'"'"'s wrists or the like which cannot be removed thereafter without destroying the strap, an electronic memory means which is integrally secured to the strap and cannot be removed therefrom without destroying the memory means and a removably attachable transmitter assembly which can be attached to the strap for communication with the memory means or removed from the strap, the transmitter assembly including a processor for reading information from the memory means and a transmitter for transmitting information read from the memory means, the transmitter and processor also capable of cooperating to receive signals and provide data to the memory means.
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Citations
32 Claims
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1. An identification assembly for identifying an object, the assembly comprising:
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(A) a strap assembly including; (1) a strap having first and second end segments and capable of assuming a secured configuration wherein the first and second end segments are adjacent and the strap forms a loop around the object; (2) an electronic memory means integrally secured to the strap such that the memory means cannot be removed from the strap without damaging the strap, the memory means including at least one memory contact through which data stored in the memory means can be accessed; (B) a transmitter assembly including; (1) at least one transmitter contact; (2) a powersource; (3) a data transmitter; (4) a processor linked to the transmitter contact for receiving data from the transmitter contact and linked to the transmitter for transmitting data received from the transmitter contact; and (C) a fastener for releasibly fastening the transmitter assembly to the strap assembly such that the transmitter contact and memory contact are linked and data in the memory can be accessed by the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An identification assembly for identifying an object, the assembly comprising:
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(1) a strap having first and second end segments and capable of assuming a secured configuration wherein the first and second end segments are adjacent and the strap forms a loop around the object; (2) an electronic memory means integrally secured to the strap such that the memory means cannot be removed from the strap without damaging the strap; (3) at least one transmitter circuit linked to the memory means for receiving data from the memory means, when the circuit is excited, the circuit transmitting information stored in the memory means; and (4) a conductive loop having first and second ends and a midsection, the first and second ends linked to the transmitter circuit, the loop configured such that when placed within a signature magnetic field, a current is generated in the loop which excites the transmitter circuit, the loop traversing essentially the entire length of the strap such that the strap essentially cannot be cut without cutting the loop. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. An identification apparatus for identifying a patient having a wrist, the apparatus for use with a transmitter assembly including at least one transmitter contact, a power source, a data transmitter, a processor linked to the transmitter contact for receiving data from the transmitter contact and linked to the transmitter for transmitting data received from the transmitter contact and a first fastener means, the apparatus comprising:
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a strap having first and second end segments and capable of assuming a secured configuration wherein the first and second end segments are adjacent and the strap forms a loop around the patient'"'"'s wrist; an electronic memory means integrally secured to the strap such that the memory means cannot be removed from the strap without damaging the strap, the memory means including at least one memory contact through which data stored in the memory means can be accessed; and a second fastener means which is capable of cooperating with the first fastener means to releasibly secure the transmitter assembly to the strap assembly such that the transmitter contact and memory contact are linked and data in the memory can be accessed by the transmitter.
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29. A method to be used with a bracelet assembly for rendering the assembly capable or incapable of remote communication, the assembly including a strap, a transmitter assembly, a power source and a data transmitter, the strap having first and second end segments and capable of assuming a secured configuration wherein the first and second end segments are adjacent and the strap forms a loop around the object, an electronic memory means linked to the strap and including a memory contact, the transmitter assembly including a transmitter contact and a processor linked to the transmitter contact for receiving data from the transmitter contact, the power source and data transmitter linked to either the strap or the transmitter assembly, the transmitter assembly releasibly linkable to the strap such that the transmitter contact and memory contact are linked and the processor can retrieve information from, or provide information to, the memory, when the transmitter is linked to the strap, the processor linked to the power source and the data transmitter such that the processor can transmit information via, or receive information via, the transmitter, the method comprising the steps of:
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securing the strap in a loop about the object; to render the bracelet assembly capable of remote communication, securing the transmitter assembly to the strap such that the memory and transmitter contacts are linked; and to render the bracelet assembly incapable of remote communication, delinking the memory and transmitter contacts. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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Specification