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Method and apparatus for identifying a patient

  • US 7,151,435 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2002
  • Issued: 12/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable device for displaying information relating to a patient having a unique signal associated therewith, comprising:

  • control logic that generates a control signal in response to a user actuated stimulus;

    a wireless signal detection unit capable of detecting the unique signal when the patient is in proximity to the wireless signal detection unit; and

    a display unit that displays information in response to the control signal, the information displayed associated with the signal detected by the wireless signal detection unit, wherein the display unit is configured such that the display unit can be associated with a particular user and the display unit can be configured to allow varying levels of access to information depending on the user,and the display unit further configured to display an alarm relating to the patient and that new information has become available since a medical record was checked.

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