Patient care system
Patent 4835372 Issued on May 30, 1989. Estimated Expiration Date: 
July 24, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
July 24, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3439320 3685723 3715570 3803571 3826900 3831006 3848112 3891980 3898619 Controlled battery charger system Inventors
AssigneeApplicationNo. 07/078195 filed on 07/24/1987US Classes:235/375, SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS235/462.15, Programming or computer interface feature379/106.02Patient monitoringExaminersPrimary: Trafton, David L.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 19/00 (20060101)G06F 1/16 (20060101) G07C 9/00 (20060101) H04B 3/54 (20060101) A61B 5/117 (20060101) G06K 17/00 (20060101) G06K 7/10 (20060101) AbstractA patient identification system for relating items with patients and ensuring that an identified item corresponds to an identified patient. The patient identification system includes a computer system (42) interconnected to a plurality of remote terminals (62) by conventional telephone wiring (66, 70). The patient identification system further including a portable bar code reading device (48) including a bar code wand (120), an LCD display (116) and a key pad (114). The portable bar code reading device (48) communicates via RF transmission with an RF/PLC modem (60). The bar code reading device (48) is utilized to read a patient's unique bar code (50) on a patient's identification bracelet (52), bar codes (51) on labels (53) attached to various items in the hospital relating the item to a specific patient and bar codes (49) on item labels (47) whereby such items can be automatically correlated to a specific patient and checks performed at the computer system (42) to ensure that the item properly corresponds to the identified patient.Other References
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