Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag – Identification bracelet
Patent
1995-02-15
1997-07-22
Silbermann, Joanne
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Check, label, or tag
Identification bracelet
368281, A44C 500
Patent
active
056493819
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention concerns a personal object for an individual to wear, specifically a watch, a medal or a bracelet, including indicating means showing medical information about that person.
In many accident cases it is found that the injured person often does not carry current emergency medical information, or that emergency personnel cannot locate the information. This situation is caused by that fact that emergency instructions which people carry are often not readily accessible. As a result, an injured person risks receiving inappropriate or even dangerous medical treatment.
There have been various proposals for supplying personal medical information on a personal object to be worn at all times, such as a wristwatch, a piece of jewelry, a medal, etc., perhaps in combination with a symbol to attract attention and/or an inscription showing the individual's identity. Such objects are described in publications FR-A-1 272 870, FR-A-1 513 675, FR-A-2 372 479 and DE-A-2 619 419. However, all these objects have disadvantages and shortcomings which have discouraged widespread use. In order for such an information system to be reliable and effective, it must be widely used and well known to emergency workers responding to accidents. To become well known, the objects in question must be worn by many people; that is, they must meet criteria such as convenience, effectiveness, appearance and cost. The objects must be clearly recognizable as indicators of personal medical information, but since the information is confidential, it should not be visible when the object is worn.
Certain of these conditions are fulfilled, for example, by the jewelry described in document FR-A-2 372 479. Medical information such as blood type, allergies, infections requiring precautions, as well as the wearer's identity, are inscribed on a hidden surface, while a generally visible surface of the jewelry has a symbol for attracting attention, such as a red cross or the SOS sign. For example, the hidden surface may be concealed by a pivoting cover with the exterior symbol. The hidden surface may simply be the inside surface of a bracelet, with the symbol on the outer surface. However, this type of jewelry is not in common use, except for blood type identification. Apart from esthetics, there are also various technical reasons for this. Engraving the user's identity and medical information requires space and is also costly. In addition, if the wearer's health condition changes, it is difficult to change the information. Finally, there is presently no standardized medical information system and even if it were to exist, such an object could not readily adapt to it.
Several of the documents cited above provide for engraving medical information and a person's identity on a wristwatch, for example, on the base or on plates affixed to either the watch or the bracelet. Document FR-A-1 272 870 proposes a medal or a watch with a covered housing which holds a document providing useful emergency information. It also has a distinctive visible symbol indicating that the object contains this information. But such an object also has the disadvantages mentioned above.
The present invention proposes an object such as that defined in the preamble, which can be worn at all times and which is designed so that emergency personnel can clearly, readily identify necessary information, while the information remains confidential. It is also desirable to be able to modify the information easily and without incurring additional cost. A specific aim of the invention is to provide a compact watch of current design, particularly a wristwatch, to furnish such information.
According to a basic principle of the present invention, the subject is a personal object of the type described above, characterized in that the information indicators consist of an indication surface having a series of fields with graphics representing respective medical conditions, and an individual identification plate which at least partially covers the indication surface and furnishes the ident
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Presmatec S.A.
Silbermann Joanne
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