248 results about "Business forms" patented technology

A business form particularly adapted for use during medical emergencies includes in a first embodiment a wristband/label assembly that is readily separable from a carrier, with the wristband including a single end for looping around a victim's appendage through a cinch and a tab carrying a plurality of labels with the wristband and each label having an identifying indicia such as a bar code printed thereon. The wristband bar code thus becomes associated with the victim and the labels are used to identify items associated with the patient such as his possessions, medical charts, medicines, etc. The wristband may be color coded so that as the medical personnel triage victims they are categorized by color as to their need for medical care, with the color coding thus being readily ascertainable by others as multiple victims are processed. A second embodiment includes a pre-printed form having a tab portion with the bar code labels as in the first embodiment and also a series of tear off tabs for indicating the medical condition of the patient. Additionally, the medical condition tabs may also be bar coded so that the patient's ID and medical condition may both be “swiped” into a data base using bar code information. Once the data is collected, it is conveniently input into a computer with the computer then transmitting the information to a server for display at a web site. The server and related software is fully capable of handling input from multiple computers in real time so that victim information is made available over the internet almost immediately as the victims are processed.

A business form particularly adapted for generalized use, although it may be used in a medical or hospital environment includes in a first embodiment a wristband that is provided with a laminate backing including a tab portion at the opposite end of a free end, with the tab portion having a cinch slot through which the free end is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage. Several self adhering labels are provided inboard of the tab and may be individually separated from the wristband. The labels and the wristband may each be imprinted with identifying indicia such as bar coding. A second embodiment of the invention includes a page sized form with one or more self laminating wristbands readily separable from a carrier with each wristband comprised of a layer of face stock and a laminate, with the wristband including a printable face stock region die cut into the face stock and a strap portion, a laminating portion, and a cinch die cut into the laminate layer. The laminating portion includes two halves which fold together about a fold line to enclose the face stock, with the strap portion extending from one of said halves. The cinch comprises two slots which may both be located outboard of the face stock, or on both sides of the face stock. The free end of the strap may be adhered in place by folding over one of the slots, or by adhering a patch of adhesive carried at the tip of the free end. The face stock may be extended to the edge of the cinch slot to shield the strap from contacting adhesive. Any of the wristband constructions may be provided on a page sized sheet along with a plurality of self adhering labels, in any of a number of configurations, to suit any particular application, as desired by a user.

A chain of custody form with an associated wireless (e.g., RFID) chip results in data being monitored and filed electronically, minimizes the need for a multi-part form and results in reduced consumable costs to the customer. Samples are no longer lost in transit or within a testing laboratory, as the RFID chip allows for complete tracking of the specimen. Positive location identification is always available. All data may be tracked using the RFID chip which may prompt the collector or other custodian to correctly enter data. The chain of custody is always accurate and is never broken. All data may be shared with all parties electronically including, for example, an employer, a collection site, a medical review officer, a third party administrator, etc. No re-keying of the information is necessary, eliminating multiple steps, reducing the potential for error, and providing increased efficiencies and decreased processing time at reduced costs.

A business form particularly adapted for generalized use, although it may be used in a medical or hospital environment includes in a first embodiment a wristband that is provided with a face stock imaging area and an overlying laminate portion with each having one or more cinch slots through which the free end is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage. The labels and the wristband may each be imprinted with identifying indicia such as bar coding and the form is laid out to be arranged in a continuous, relatively narrow, web for convenient processing through a thermal printer. A second embodiment of the invention includes a self laminating wristband similar in construction to other embodiments and comprised of a layer of face stock and a laminate, with the laminating portion having its overlapping half adjoined at the end of the first lamination portion instead of at its side. In other words, the laminating portion includes two halves which fold together about a fold line to enclose the face stock as before, except that the halves fold over end-to-end. The cinch comprises two slots which may both be located outboard of the face stock, and in the laminate portion alone or in both the face stock and laminate portion. Any of the wristband constructions may be provided in any combination, with or without labels, on a sheetlet or a page sized sheet, in any of a number of configurations, to suit any particular application, as desired by a user.

A cushioned wristband includes a carrier having a multi-layered band portion and a strap sewn to the back of the band portion of the carrier. The band has a surface with loop material and the strap has a surface of hook material, the hook and loop surfaces being intended to secure the band in place as it is wrapped about a patient's appendage. The strap is appropriately sized to insert through one or both of two cinch slots of a self-laminating hang tag which may be printed with patient information and separated from a sheetlet or page sized business form processed through a printer for imaging of patient information thereon. The band portion of the carrier includes a cushioned layer of soft foamy or spongy material for contacting a patient's skin to thereby substantially eliminate any possibility for abrasion, rash, or other irritation or injury to the patient through wearing of the wristband.

A business form is provided comprising two layers of material. A first of the layers comprises a strip label layer and a second of the layers comprises a lamination layer. The strip label layer has a separation line therein defining a strip label and the lamination layer has a separation line therein defining a lamination. The layers are separated by a patterned adhesive layer so that the strip label and the lamination may be removed from the form and adhered with the patterned adhesive to another business form with the lamination overlying the strip layer to protect same.

A self laminating wristband separable from a multi-ply page form has a plurality of separated imaging areas, with one larger imaging area for receiving printed data corresponding to the wearer such as his name, i.d. number, etc., with one or more second imaging areas adapted to receive either printed information or markers which may be adhered thereto. The separated imaging areas are aligned along the length of the wristband so that the gap between them acts as a natural hinge point which allows the imaging areas to lie flatter against the wearer's wrist.

A method and system for previewing and printing customized pages, such as business forms including invoices and billing statements. An author-created template has HTML and OLE components (controls) placed on a page to define a visual representation of a class of object that is part of a database. The controls merge data from a selected current object of the database into the template, producing a visual representation of the object that is both viewable and printable. An extension to the present invention involves the use of multiple-page HTML to dynamically provide subsequent pages based on retrieved data. For example, if the data retrieved by the controls for an invoice is too large to display on a single invoice page, another HTML page, that is different from the first page of the invoice, would be automatically loaded as a template and the overflow data properly merged therewith.

The invention discloses a flexible management information system with the process and form customization function. The flexible management information system comprises a customization module, a server, a process engine, a form management module and a definition management module, wherein the customization module is used for customizing the needed form style and the needed business process, the server is used for storing data, converting formats and ensuring safety, the process engine is used for analyzing and executing the business process designed by a designer, the form management module is used for managing various resources, such as form templates and process templates, in various application systems in a unified mode, and having control over the versions and the authority of the templates, and the definition management module is used for managing staff, the authority, the resource catalogues and the like. Real business personnel can customize the business process and the business forms according to the business requirements so as to configure the specific application system, then, operation is carried out according to the customized process through driving of the process engine, data are displayed according to customized forms, the capacity of management software for meeting the individual requirements of enterprises and supporting business process reengineering is greatly improved, the success rate of execution of the software is increased, and the degree of satisfaction of a client for the flexible management information system is improved.

A preferably two ply, page sized business form particularly adapted for use in a medical or hospital environment includes a wristband that is die cut thereinto with a face stock area defined in the top or face stock ply and an overlying laminate portion defined in the underlying laminate ply with one or more cinch slots and a tab through which the strap end of the laminate portion is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage. The business form preferably also includes a plurality of “special precaution” condition labels die cut into the laminate ply for selective separation therefrom so that one or more may be adhered to the face stock imaging area either before or after lamination to warn of a “special precaution” for the wristband wearer. The laminate portion, the label, and the strap end may be color coded to provide a visual indication of this special precaution status. The business form may be provided in sheetlet size, or full page size, one or more wristbands per form. Labels and cards may be die cut into the form for separation therefrom and application to associated medical charts, or other records to provide the same special precautions indication in other parts of a patient's file/records.

An approximately page sized form comprised of a face ply and a laminate ply has a self laminating wristband with extender in one area of the form and a strip label for labeling a file folder along with a plurality of self adhering labels and an over-sized self adhering label in another area. A layer of patterned adhesive/release separates the two plies in a relatively thin construction so that the form may be printed in one pass through a laser printer for an individual being admitted to a health care facility or the like. In this one form is found the individual elements routinely needed to admit a patient including setting up an associated paper file with common information entered only once to make in-processing of a patient quicker, more accurate and more efficient.

A business form such as a wristband or label includes an imaging area of face stock overprinted with a fluorescent ink for receiving a printed bar code to enhance the scannability of the bar code. The ink may be applied by overprinting to a thickness of between about 0.2 to about 0.5 mils, and even more preferably to a thickness of about 0.2 mils. The overprint ink is also print receptive allowing a bar code to be printed onto it with no deleterious effects. The imaging area of the wristband form may be overlaminated and the bar code scannability will still be enhanced. An alternative embodiment comprises a face stock manufactured to have a finished surface exhibiting a fluorescent effect similar to that achieved by overprinting through mixing in appropriate components as the face stock is made.

A business form including a wristband is provided with a print area forming a badge, the badge having a length less than and a width greater than a width of either of two straps used to attach the wristband to the wrist, the badge thus having a greater print area to improve the readability of the indicia displayed therein. A business form including a wristband has a bulged rectangularly shaped print area to allow information to be printed transversely across the print area to improve readability of the indicia displayed in the print area. Thus, the bulged rectangularly shaped print area can accommodate one or both of bar codes printed thereon in ladder as well as picket fence fashion. A security seal is disclosed which comprises a small, adhesive coated patch of laminate for sealing the joinder of the wristband ends and which has points of weakness such as X's die cut therein so that it separates or destructs upon removal to provide an indication of tampering with the wristband. Also disclosed is an embodiment of the wristband form that is imprinted with identifying indicia for collecting, tracking and administering a patient's blood collection and blood product compatibility.

A business form comprising a face ply and a lamination ply includes a matrix of self adhering labels positioned in a label area and a self laminating wristband positioned in a wristband area, all of which are defined by die cuts therein for removal upon use. The wristband is comprised of a left edge justified, reduced length imaging area releasably adhered to a laminating portion comprising a pair of laminating panels one of which is smaller sized to merely laminate the imaging area and with self adhering tabs at opposite ends of the panels. A wristband extender is die cut into the lamination ply within the profile of the wristband. A second embodiment includes a pair of separated imaging areas in the same space as the single imaging area along with special precautions labels die cut into the lamination ply for application to the second smaller imaging area. The wristband may be provided separately in an envelope sized sheetlet or in a page size form with multiple wristbands but no labels.

For registering in a file server an image file obtained from scanning a document with an image processing apparatus, under the control of a business system which carries out management of business forms or such for specific business, meta information including information is generated at least based on information obtained from the business system, with which the document to scan can be identified in a case of search carried out afterward, and not affected by implementation of the business system and the file server. In the file server, the meta information is registered with correspondence to an image file of the scanned document, and, based on the meta information, the corresponding image file of the document registered in the file server is submitted in response to a search request given by a terminal other than the business system.