Wristband Extender Form with Adhesive Joining
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing patient identification systems in hospitals face challenges in correlating patient information across specimens, drug prescriptions, and physician orders, often leading to clerical errors, and current wristbands are limited in length and complexity of construction.
Innovation Solution
A printable form comprising a wristband and extender band with pressure-sensitive adhesive, optionally including detachable labels, allowing for easy extension and secure attachment to accommodate varying wrist sizes and applications, simplified construction, and efficient printing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an extender band is added to increase wristband length for larger patients, then the adaptability to different wrist sizes is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional components and assembly requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The wristband and extender band are merged into a single integrated form structure, where both components are printed on the same face ply and die-cut together. The adhesive areas are pre-positioned on the same sheet, allowing the two bands to be combined by simply peeling and sticking without requiring separate manufacturing or complex assembly procedures.
2Ease of manufacture
If adhesive and release coating are applied in patterns with die cutting for both face sheet and release sheet, then the wristband can be properly constructed with extender band, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive application process is merged into a single-step operation where adhesive is applied only to the face ply in the specific patterns needed for both the wristband and extender band. The release sheet serves as a universal carrier that simplifies handling during printing and die-cutting, eliminating the need for complex multi-step adhesive application processes on separate components.
3Ease of operation
If a multi-ply printable form with adhesive on back surfaces is used, then the ease of attachment to patient wrist and hospital forms is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases due to multiple plies and adhesive application
Solution Approach 1:
The multiple functional components (wristband, extender band, labels) are merged into a single multi-ply form structure where all adhesive areas are pre-positioned on the face ply. The release sheet acts as a unified carrier that simplifies the entire assembly handling, allowing all components to be attached simultaneously by simple peeling and sticking operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive areas are preliminarily positioned and prepared on the face ply during the printing and die-cutting process, before the actual attachment to the patient or hospital forms. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex assembly operations later, as all that is required is simple peeling and sticking.
4Adaptability or versatility
If patient identification information is printed on wristband and labels separately, then the information can be customized, but the time required to create identification system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The printing process is merged into a single operation where all patient identification information is printed simultaneously on the face ply, which contains both the wristband and label areas. This unified printing approach allows complete customization of all components while eliminating the need for separate printing operations, significantly reducing the time required to create the identification system.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a simple, efficient, and adaptable patient identification system that reduces clerical errors by ensuring accurate information correlation and accommodating patients of various sizes with a simplified construction process.
Implementation Method 1
pressure sensitive adhesive is provided on the lower surface
Data Source
AI summary
A form having a wristband and, optionally, detachable labels, includes a printable face ply and a liner ply. The printable face ply has an upper surface and a lower surface, and a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the lower surface. The face ply may include first and second adjacent portions, with the first portion of the face ply die cut to form a detachable wristband having first and second ends and an upper and a lower surface, with pressure sensitive adhesive on the lower surface of the detachable wristband adjacent the first and second ends, and with the second portion of the face ply die cut to form the series of detachable labels. The first portion of the face ply is also die cut to form an extender band having first and second ends and an upper and a lower surface, with pressure sensitive adhesive on the lower surface of the extender band adjacent the first and second ends. One of the extender band and the wristband defines an opening through which one of the first and second ends of the other of the extender band and the wristband can extend. As a result, the wristband and the extender band can be secured together by adhesive at their respective overlapping ends to increase effectively the length of the wristband. Variations in construction include providing adhesive at fewer than all of the wristband and extender band ends, and only having a single portion face ply.