Apparatus for cutting electronic monitoring bracelet straps

• US 9,796,100 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2017
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Attenti Electronic Monitoring Ltd.
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Landau, Eitan, Zeltser, Sagiv, Burlo, Ilan, Sakat, Benny
• Primary Examiner(s): MICHALSKI, SEAN M
• Application Number:
  US15/432,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20170157785A1
• Time in Patent Office: 252 Days
• Field of Search: 83 13
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/06 Children, e.g. for attention deficit diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0257 Proximity sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 17/006 having cutting edges parallel to a pivot axis
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 27/00 Hand cutting tools not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. finger rings for cutting string, devices for cutting by means of wires
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 29/04 Guards or sheaths for scissors, e.g. combined with manicuring appliances manicuring implements per se A45D29/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/0405 With preparatory or simultaneous ancillary treatment of work

Abstract

The present disclosure includes a cutting apparatus for cutting a strap to a desired length. The cutting apparatus includes a handle body with first and second handles and a head affixed to the handle body. The head includes an attachment mechanism to allow a strap to be cut to be releasably secured to a first end the head. The cutting apparatus further includes a blade disposed proximate to a second end of the head. The length of the head or the distance between the first end of the head and the blade approximates a device body length. The present disclosure further includes a method of using a handheld cutting apparatus for cutting a strap to a desired length, such that the combined length of the strap and a device to be attached to an object, approximates the circumference of the object.

Claims

1. A method of using a handheld cutting apparatus for cutting a strap to a desired length, such that the combined length of the strap and a device to be attached to an object, approximates the circumference of the object, the method comprising:

securing a first end of the strap to a first end of a head, the head having a length approximating the length of the device to be attached to the strap, the head being attached to a handle body;

wrapping the strap around the circumference of the object;

inserting a second end of the strap into a cutting slot in the handle body proximate to a second end of the head;

cutting the strap by squeezing the first handle and the second handle toward each other.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising attaching a clip to the first end of the strap prior to securing the first end of the strap to the first end of the head.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the clip is configured to mate with a receive opening in the device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is an electronic monitoring device and wherein the object is a limb of an individual being monitored.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising attaching the first end of the strap to a first end of the device;

wrapping the strap around the circumference of the object, and attaching the second end of the strap to a second end of the device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the strap includes a tamper mechanism.