Claims
- 1. In a patient-container correlation system in which a patient is provided with identification means having machine readable data identifying the patient thereon and containers for receiving samples from the patient or for holding drugs or the like to be administered to the patient are provided with means attached thereto for receiving machine readable data identifying the patient, the combination comprising: patient identification card means for delivery to a patient service ordering station, said card means having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track; a wristband member for attachment to a patient, said member having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track; coding mechanism means having an orbiting magnetic writing head for coding machine readable patient identification data onto said patient identification card means and onto said wristband member, and means associated with said coding mechanism means for printing man readable labels for attachment to said patient identification card means; data receiving means to be attached to a patient related item, said means having a magnetizable coating thereon disposed on a flat surface so that machine readable patient identification data can be coded thereon along an annular track; magnetic read/write means for a patient service ordering station having orbiting magnetic head means for reading patient identification coded data from said patient identification card means and writing said coded data onto said data receiving means, and means associated with said magnetic read/write means for printing man readable labels for attachment to said data means; and comparator means for comparing patient identification data coded onto said data receiving means with patient identification data coded on said wristband member.
- 2. The system according to claim 1 wherein said data receiving means is a label having space thereon for man readable data and including means for attaching the label to a container or other patient related item.
- 3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said data receiving means is a medical procedure other having space thereon for man readable data.
- 4. The system according to claim 1 wherein said data receiving means is a blood bag tag having space thereon for man readable data.
- 5. The system according to claim 1 wherein said magnetic read/write means includes keying means for magnetically coding information on said data receiving means in addition to the patient identification data transferred thereto from said patient identification card means.
- 6. The system according to claim 5 wherein said magnetic read/write means includes means for printing man readable labels for attachment to patient related items along with said data receiving means.
- 7. The system according to claim 1 wherein said data receiving means comprises a collar member having a longitudinal aperture through which a test tube or the like projects in frictional engagement therewith.
- 8. The system according to claim 7 wherein the longitudinal aperture in said member comprises an aperture having a first diameter substantially equal to the diameter of a test tube or the like for which said member is provided and a tandem aperture concentric with said first diameter aperture having a second diameter greater than said first diameter and sufficient to accommodate a stopper placed in the test tube or the like.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 509,413 filed Sept. 26, 1974 now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (5)
Continuations (1)
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