Abstract In an identification assembly of the type having an elongated flexible band with fastening means for locking to the limb of a patient wherein the improvement comprises the addition thereto of an identification label dispenser holding a plurality of patient identification labels, with the dispenser including means for holding the labels so that no label can be added without resultant indication thereof. All but one of the labels are removably held and removal thereof requires a pulling force which results in tearing of the label (in the vicinity of the holding means), with the securing of the pulling force insuring that no tampering has occurred. A method of correlating the identity between the patient and specimens taken therefrom sets forth the dispenser-attaching, specimen-drawing, label-removing and labelattaching steps required in carrying out this method.
Inventors
👤 W Smith
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-29 12:12
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
An improved method for correlating the identity between a patient and specimens taken from said patient, including the steps of permanently securing to a limb of a patient dispensing means having label assemblies which include a label holding portion and an identification label removably attached to said label holding portion, drawing a specimen from said patient into a specimen container, detaching an identification label from one of said label assemblies within said dispensing means, and attaching said label to said container, wherein the improvement comprises the step or irreversibly securing a label holding portion of each of said label assemblies within said dispensing means with each label holding portion removably attached to an identification label to insure that no tampering, in the form of adding a foreign label to said dispensing means, has occurred.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
An improved method for correlating the identity between a patient and specimens taken from said patient, including the steps of permanently securing to a limb of a patient dispensing means having label assemblies which include a label holding portion and an identification label removably attached to said label holding portion, drawing a specimen from said patient into a specimen container, detaching an identification label from one of said label assemblies within said dispensing means, and attaching said label to said container, wherein the improvement comprises the step or irreversibly securing a label holding portion of each of said label assemblies within said dispensing means with each label holding portion removably attached to an identification label to insure that no tampering, in the form of adding a foreign label to said dispensing means, has occurred.