Patient bracelet having catheter capture integrally formed therewith and methods of making the same
US5643216A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/26
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A patient bracelet system is provided having at least one bracelet adapted to be worn about a portion of the lower arm of a patient wherein the bracelet has means to secure the bracelet about the arm. The securing means comprises a plurality of bulbous projections extending from one surface of one end of the bracelet and a plurality of grooves adapted for receiving the bulbous projections therein in at least one surface of the bracelet in an end opposite the first end, the grooves additionally being adapted to receive a portion of a medicant delivery system therein. In one embodiment, at least two bracelets are secured about the forearm in spaced relation one to the other by stay means, each of the stay means being adapted to be secured in at least one of the plurality of grooves in each of the bracelets.
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