Bar coded wristband
First Claim
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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Abstract
A bar coded patient wristband identifies a patient wearing the wristband. The system comprises a bar code reader to read the bar coded wristband. A host computer is connected to the digital link to receive the segment of data from the bar code reader. A database correlates the segment of data to a patient to identify the patient. The patient wristband comprises a plurality of bar code symbols. A computer then retrieves a patient record from the database to identify the patient wearing the wristband. In one embodiment, a patient wristband for identifying a patient accepts a plurality of markings of 2 D bar codes distributed along the strip. In another embodiment, the wristband comprises a plurality of linear bar code lines and spaces distributed along the strip. The lines and spaces form a 1 D bar code.
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11 Claims
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1. A patient wristband for identifying a patient wearing the wristband comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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