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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Colin Weaver, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Martin Joseph Crnkovich, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
David Yuds, Antioch, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 10/65 (2018.01); G08B 21/20 (2006.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); A61M 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00006 (2013.01); G06K 9/00885 (2013.01); G08B 21/20 (2013.01); G16H 10/65 (2018.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61M 1/14 (2013.01); A61M 2205/15 (2013.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01);
Abstract
A device that allows for patient identification comprising a housing, a biometric sensor, coupled to the housing. the biometric sensor is configured to detect a biometric feature of a patient. The device further comprises a signal transmitter configured to transmit data related to the detected biometric feature to a medical treatment machine for carrying out a medical treatment on the patient. The patient identification device is configured to be secured to the patient during the dialysis treatment.