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EP0071933A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Identification member

Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1982-07-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-07-31
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Abstract

Abstract An identification bracelet for use in patient identification systems is described in which the bracelet is imprintable both by thermal techniques as well as conventional ink type printing. The characters formed thereby are readable by optical character recognition readers. The bracelet is a laminate of a first film coated with a thermally sensitive coating with an opaque backing of a spun-bonded polyester or like material having the spectral background reflectivity to facilitate OCR reading. The resulting laminate is resistant to abrasion, nor. mal solvents used in hospitals and yet has sufficient strength to maintain the shape of the characters formed thereon.

Inventors

  • 👤 George Robinson Long

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 10:41
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/005

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 86 words
An identification member adapted to be secured to an article to be identified, said member being a laminate and having first and second opposite major, flat surfaces, the improvement wherein said laminate includes: a first transparent sheet of a temperature sensitive material capable of having characters formed thereon by a thermal printer, a second opaque sheet, adapted to be imprinted with ink, forming a print contrast ratio between the second sheet and characters formed on the first sheet that facilitates recognition by an optical character reader.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 86 words
An identification member adapted to be secured to an article to be identified, said member being a laminate and having first and second opposite major, flat surfaces, the improvement wherein said laminate includes: a first transparent sheet of a temperature sensitive material capable of having characters formed thereon by a thermal printer, a second opaque sheet, adapted to be imprinted with ink, forming a print contrast ratio between the second sheet and characters formed on the first sheet that facilitates recognition by an optical character reader.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
A member according to claim 1 wherein said laminate is flexible and substantially unaffected by water and alcohol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 29 words
A member according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said laminate is sufficiently stretch resistant to maintain the shape of said characters when used as a patient identification bracelet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 20 words
A member according to claim 1 wherein said first sheet is a polyester film coated with a thermally sensitive coating.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 16 words
A member according to claim 1 or 4 wherein said second sheet is a spun-bonded polyester.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 21 words
-. 6. A member according to claim 1 or 4 wherein said second sheet is an ink receptive white polyester film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
A member according to claim 6 wherein said second sheet has an ink receptive matte coating.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 27 words
A member according to claim 1 or 4 wherein said laminate is in the form of a strip adapted to be used as a patient identification bracelet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 16 words
A member according to claim 1 or 4 wherein said second sheet is a spun-bonded polyethylene.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

FR1258457A Cited
US3147134A Cited
FR2142825A2 Cited
FR2344919A1 Cited
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