System of medical indicators having multisensory, multipurpose and multifunctional features

US11077292B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Star Luminal LLC · US

Inventors

• David J. Friedman · San Antonio, US
• Elizabeth S. Friedman · San Antonio, US
• Daniel O. Hogenauer · Helotes, US
• Eric A. Haddad · Boerne, US
• Bryce G. Rutter · Chesterfield, US
• Max W. Ryan · Chesterfield, US
• Tucker P. Brown · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09F3/205
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system including a plurality of indicator tags, each of which includes a body having a first end, a second end, a first surface extending from the first end to the second end, a second surface extending from the first end to the second end, and an aperture sized and shaped to receive a corresponding intravenous tube extending from the first end to the second end intermediate the first surface and the second surface, at least one of the first and second surfaces including a haptic signature, wherein the plurality of indicator tags includes at least one tag of a first type and at least one tag of a second type, wherein the haptic signature of the at least one tag of the first type corresponds to a first medication, wherein the haptic signature of the at least one tag of the second type corresponds to a second medication.