Four sided flash card
OwnerL. Calvin Hargisinventor
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Abstract
Permanent identification of patient information including facility where x-rays are performed, the facilities' address, the patients' name, the number of the x-ray and the date of the x-ray, are imprinted on x-ray film using a flash marking system and a special four-sided flash card. The four-sided flash card is so designed that a single card may be used to imprint information regarding four patients. The information written on the flash card with a dark graphite pencil is thus transferred to the x-ray film by means of a light flash which passes thru the card in the area imprinted with patient information and on to the unexposed x-ray film which overlays the imprinted information on the card. Thus the x-ray film is permanently inscribed with the foregoing information.
Claims6
A rectangular card for flash-marking exposed film:
- said card having a first preprinted area at one edge thereof;
- said area comprising first and second indentification indicia for indentifying the film;
- said first indicia being of a general nature;
- said second indicia designating at least one/blank space for receiving specific information related to the subject matter recorded on the film;
- wherein the improvement comprises at least one additional preprinted area at another edge of said card, said at least one additional area being a duplicate of said first area whereby said card may be reused.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.