Patent ID: 6580356
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B60R,G07C,H04B

Abstract:
A personal identification system for automatically verifying a procedure to be performed on a patient in a health care facility based upon recognition of the identity of a user as the patient on whom the procedure is to be performed, comprising a signal transmission unit adapted to be carried by the user and including a signal generator for generating a signal encoded with a selected unique descriptor of the user; said signal transmission unit including a portion configured for interaction with the body of the user when carried by the user, whereby the natural electrical conductivity of the body will serve as a communication link for transmission of said encoded signal from said signal transmission unit to an identity recognition system of the health care facility when touched by the user to initiate reception of the encoded signal for evaluation of said selected unique descriptor by the identity recognition system to positively identify the user as the patient on whom said procedure is to be performed; and a memory in said signal transmission unit for storing data pertaining to the user to be automatically downloaded for verifying the accuracy of the procedure to be performed on the user by comparison of the downloaded data with records of the health care facility after the user is identified as the patient, said memory being adapted to store updated data reflecting said procedure to replace at least some of the data previously stored therein, to conform to updated records of the health care facility.