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Bar coded wristband

  • US 7,849,620 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2005
  • Issued: 12/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A patient wristband for identifying a patient wearing the wristband comprising:

  • a substrate bendable strip, the strip bendable into a wristband, the substrate bendable strip comprising a plurality of linear bar code lines and spaces distributed along the strip, the lines and spaces substantially aligned parallel to a long narrow direction of the strip, the lines and spaces forming a 1 D bar code wherein an aspect ratio of height to width of the 1 D bar code is greater than 1;

    a closing mechanism, the closing mechanism to create a closed wristband from the bendable strip, wherein the plurality of linear bar code lines and spaces distributed along the strip can be read by a bar code reader from substantially any direction around the wristband to identify the patient wearing the wristband.

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