Patient identification system
CA 2008243 C · Owner: Shamos, Morris H. · Inventors: Shamos, Morris H.
Overview
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Disclosed is a method of confirming the identity of a patient with an individual to receive a treatment intended for said patient by (a) obtaining , a print, identification characteristic of said patient; (b) obtaining a print identification, characteristic of said individual to whom said treatment is intended to be administered; (c) confirming the identity of the print identification characteristic, obtained from the patient with the print identification characteristic obtained from, the individual. Also disclosed are an associated device and system. The device can have information identifying one or more than one patient.
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- Filed January 22, 1990 and granted May 28, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 22, 2010.
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