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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:
Aug. 14, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carlos A Irazoqui, New York, NY (US);
Emil A Scordato, Bronxville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Medical Laboratory Automation, Inc., Mount Vernon, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06K / ; G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235375 ; 235382 ; 235449 ; 235493 ;
Abstract
An element suitable for attachment to a hospital wristband or patient specimen container such as test tubes or the like is disclosed which element has a coating of magnetizable material that is encoded along a circular track with patient identification and other desired information relating to the patient and the system employing such elements. The element is used to associate positively a patient with a specimen taken from him, or with medicine or treatment to be given him.