Recipient verification systems and methods of use, including patient identification

• US 8,099,889 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Typenex Medical LLC
• Original Assignee: Typenex Medical LLC
• Inventors: Landsman, Kelly M., Kalyankar, Varsha G., Harris, Christa L., Sandy, Michael LaVern
• Primary Examiner(s): Silbermann, Joanne
• Assistant Examiner(s): JUNGE, KRISTINA N S
• Application Number:
  US12/465,449
• Publication Number:
  US 20110042933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 406/33
• US Class Current: 40/633
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A recipient verification system including a strap, a pocket, a tether, and a label strip. The strap is configured for placement about a wearer'"'"'s appendage (e.g., wrist, ankle, etc.). The pocket is coupled to the strap and forms an interior region that is exteriorly accessible via an open end. A portion of the tether is permanently captured at the pocket. The label strip is attached to the tether. The tether and the attached label strip are repeatedly transitionable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the tether and at least a majority of the label strip is within the pocket, and thus protected. In the second state, at least a majority of the label strip is outside of the interior region of the pocket, and available for use by a user.

Claims

1. A recipient verification system comprising:

a strap for placement about a wearer'"'"'s appendage;

a pocket coupled to the strap and forming an interior region that is exteriorly accessible via a first, open end of the pocket;

a tether having a leading side and a trailing side, wherein a portion of the tether is permanently captured at the pocket; and

a label strip attached to the leading side of the tether;

wherein the tether and the attached label strip are repeatedly transitionable between a first state in which at least a majority of the tether and at least a majority of the label strip are within the interior region, and a second state in which at least a majority of the label strip is outside of the interior region;

wherein the trailing side of the tether includes a label and further wherein upon final assembly, the label is permanently attached to the pocket.

2. The recipient verification system of claim 1, wherein the pocket is defined by a cover layer bonded to the strap.

3. The recipient verification system of claim 1, wherein the pocket further defines a second end opposite the first end, and further wherein the trailing end of the tether is fixed to the second end.

4. The recipient verification system of claim 3, wherein the leading side is slidable through the first end in transitioning between the first and second states.

5. The recipient verification system of claim 1, wherein the tether further includes an intermediate segment immediately adjacent the leading side, and further wherein the leading side forms a head for receiving the label strip, the head having a width greater than a width of the intermediate segment.

6. The recipient verification system of claim 5, wherein the leading side further forms a tab opposite the intermediate segment, the tab having a width that is less than a width of the head.

7. The recipient verification system of claim 1, wherein the trailing side of the tether is slidably captured within the interior region such that an entirety of the tether is slidable relative to the strap between the first and second states.

8. The recipient verification system of claim 1, wherein the trailing side of the tether is fixed to the first end of the pocket.

9. The recipient verification system of claim 1, wherein the tether and the label strip are integrally connected by a continuous carrier web.

10. The recipient verification system of claim 9, wherein the label strip carries a plurality of removable, adhesive-backed labels.

11. The recipient verification system of claim 9, wherein the continuous carrier web includes a first section defining the trailing side of the tether, a second section extending from the first section, and a third section extending from the second section opposite the first section at which the label strip is provided, the second section having a width that is less than a width of the first section.

12. The recipient verification system of claim 9, wherein the continuous carrier web includes a first segment forming a cover layer of the pocket and a second segment forming the tether, and further wherein the first segment is folded over the second segment.

13. The recipient verification system of claim 9, wherein the continuous carrier web includes a first segment forming the strap and a second segment forming the tether, and further wherein the second segment is folded over the first segment.

14. The recipient verification system of claim 1, wherein the first state includes the tether being folded upon itself within the interior region.

15. A recipient verification system comprising:

a strap for placement about a wearer'"'"'s appendage;

a pocket coupled to the strap and forming an interior region that is exteriorly accessible via a first, open end of the pocket;

a tether having a leading side and a trailing side, wherein a portion of the tether is permanently captured at the pocket; and

a label strip attached to the leading side of the tether, wherein the tether and the label strip are integrally connected by a continuous carrier web;

wherein the tether and the attached label strip are repeatedly transitionable between a first state in which at least a majority of the tether and at least a majority of the label strip are within the interior region, and a second state in which at least a majority of the label strip is outside of the interior region;

wherein the continuous carrier web includes a first section defining the trailing side of the tether, a second section extending from the first section, and a third section extending from the second section opposite the first section at which the label strip is provided, the second section having a width that is less than a width of the first section.

16. A recipient verification system comprising:

a strap for placement about a wearer'"'"'s appendage;

a pocket coupled to the strap and forming an interior region that is exteriorly accessible via a first, open end of the pocket;

a tether having a leading side and a trailing side, wherein a portion of the tether is permanently captured at the pocket; and

a label strip attached to the leading side of the tether, wherein the tether and the label strip are connected by a continuous carrier web;

wherein the tether and the attached label strip are repeatedly transitionable between a first state in which at least a majority of the tether and at least a majority of the label strip are within the interior region, and a second state in which at least a majority of the label strip is outside of the interior region;

wherein the continuous carrier web includes a first segment forming a cover layer of the pocket and a second segment forming the tether, and further wherein the first segment is folded over the second segment.