Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
An identification device for hospital patients including, in combination: (a) a holder having a receiving surface on its top side for receiving a patient's identification card which card has been perforated with a patient identifying number; (b) means for securing said holder to the patient whose identification number is carried by the holder; (c) light emitting means on said holder for passing light through the perforations defining said identification number; and (d) registration means on said holder for receiving and effecting registration of at least a portion of an order blank which has been perforated with a patient's identifying number whereby when said latter mentioned identifying number is the same as the identifying number on the patient's identifying card carried by the holder, said light will pass through both numbers so that proper identity of the order with the patient is assured, whereas if the numbers are different, such will be immediately indicated by a blocking of at least a portion of the light so that it is known that the order is not for the particular patient in question.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
An identification device for hospital patients including, in combination: (a) a holder having a receiving surface on its top side for receiving a patient's identification card which card has been perforated with a patient identifying number; (b) means for securing said holder to the patient whose identification number is carried by the holder; (c) light emitting means on said holder for passing light through the perforations defining said identification number; and (d) registration means on said holder for receiving and effecting registration of at least a portion of an order blank which has been perforated with a patient's identifying number whereby when said latter mentioned identifying number is the same as the identifying number on the patient's identifying card carried by the holder, said light will pass through both numbers so that proper identity of the order with the patient is assured, whereas if the numbers are different, such will be immediately indicated by a blocking of at least a portion of the light so that it is known that the order is not for the particular patient in question.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
A device according to claim 1, in which said means for securing said holder to said patient comprises a band adapted to be secured about the patient's wrist; and channel means formed in the bottom portion of the holder receiving said band so that said holder can be worn in the manner of a wristwatch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 1, in which said light emitting means comprises a fluorescent coating on said top receiving surface over which said identification card is positioned.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A device according to claim 1, in which said registration means includes at least two stops at adjacent marginal edges of said top receiving surface for indexing said portion of said order on the surface to be in registration with said identification card.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
88 words
A device according to claim 1, including a marker guide on said holder positioned such that when a pointed object is passed through the guide it will make an identification mark at a given position on said portion of said order blank only if said order blank has been properly registered on said surface by said registration means so that there is provided a means for hospital personnel to indicate on said order blank that it has been properly positioned on said holder for making the card identification.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 1, including adhesive means on said holder for holding said identification card in proper position overlying said light emitting means on said surface.