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US 4,730,846 AGranted
Patient medication record system
AssigneeJudith Sheehan
InventorsJudith M. Sheehan, Peter J. Engelman
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Abstract
A hospital patient medication record card system which includes a medication card mounted to a back support that in turn has a guide member affixed to its bottom edge. The guide member has markings, generally hour numerals, which generally indicate times related to the administration of medication for the patient. A marker member slidably mounted to the guide member can be selectively positioned over the numeral which indicates the time of the administration of the medication.
Claims11
A hospital patient data record card system, comprising, in combination,
- a flat card member including a front face having a printed design and data associated with said design relating to a particular patient and patient treatment instructions including type of treatment and time of adminstration of such treatment, said card member including opposed generally horizontal top and bottom edges and having opposed generally vertical side edges,
- means for supporting said card member extending between said horizontal top and bottom edges and said vertical side edges and including horizontal upper and lower portions generally aligned with said horizontal top and bottom edges and vertical side portions generally aligned with said vertical side edges, said means for supporting being a transparent flat support member having reverse front and rear faces, said card member being positioned flat against said rear face of said support member, said support member including gripping means for holding said card member,
- guide means connected to said front face of said support member and extending along one of said horizontal upper and lower portions between said vertical side portions,
- markings associated with said guide means visible to a person viewing said front face of said card member, said markings indicating general times for administrating said treatment, said markings extending along said one of said horizontal top and bottom edges between said vertical edges of said card member,
- marker means for indicating selected markings of said markings designating a particular time for administrating said treatment, said guide means being for slidably mounting said marker means between said vertical side portions, said marker means including viewing means for observing any of said selected markings through said marker means,
- holding means associated with said marker means and with said guide means for releasably positioning said marker means to said guide means at one of said selected markings, and
- means connected to said means for supporting for removably attaching said means for supporting to a general file of patient treatment record cards.
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