JP2007178757A - Wrist band - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wrist band which has prescribed flexibility and toughness, enables emission of moisture sticking to the wrist band and the diffusion of the heat from a human body, can prevent or suppress occurrence of steaming and the like between itself and the human body, even with long-term use, and makes various kinds of the information printed on the surface side thereof readable. <P>SOLUTION: By focusing attention on formation of a plurality of through-holes 19 having pore size of 30 to 500 μm over the entire surface of the wrist band, the wrist band is wound around at least any one of the four limbs of the human body and personal information of the human body can be printed on it. The through-holes 19 having pore size of 300 to 500 μm are formed over the entire surface thereof. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a wristband, and more particularly to a wristband for displaying personal information by wrapping around a patient's extremities such as wrists or ankles in a ring manner in a hospital or the like.

    Recently, personal identification data such as the patient's department, name, age, blood type, etc. is printed on a wristband and displayed in a hospital, etc., and then wrapped around the patient's limbs, such as the wrist or ankle, in a circular fashion. It has been done to ensure identification.

Since this wristband is in direct contact with the patient's skin, if the hospitalization period is long, the contact area may be stuffy or rash, or contact dermatitis (skin allergy) may occur. There is a problem that there is.
As the wristband requires a certain degree of flexibility and toughness, a synthetic resin such as polyethylene is adopted as the material. Especially, patients who adhere to the wristband and stay between the patient's skin. It has been pointed out that the sweat and other waters of the skin may become sultry with the patient's body temperature, causing distant dermatitis.
However, with the current synthetic resin material, it is difficult to secure a moisture-permeable material, and countermeasures against stuffiness caused by the sweat and moisture are required.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-283996

    The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a wristband having predetermined flexibility and toughness.

    Another object of the present invention is to provide a wristband capable of preventing or suppressing the occurrence of stuffiness or the like with a human body even after long-term use.

    It is another object of the present invention to provide a wristband that can dissipate adhered water and dissipate heat from the human body.

    Another object of the present invention is to provide a wristband that can prevent stuffiness due to moisture, sweat, and the like, and that can read various information printed on the surface side.

    That is, the present invention focuses on forming a plurality of through holes having a hole diameter of 30 to 500 μm over the entire surface, and is a list that can be wound around at least one of the extremities of a human body and can print personal information of the human body. The wristband is characterized in that a plurality of through-holes having a hole diameter of 30 to 500 μm are formed over the entire surface.

    The pore diameter is preferably 30 to 100 μm.

    The pore diameter is preferably 40 to 60 μm.

    The wristband is a continuous band-shaped wristband, and the personal information can be printed by transferring the wristband. The pitch of the through holes is in the direction of the wristband transfer. In contrast, this can be as small as 10 mm.

    The pitch of the through holes can be a minimum of 2 mm with respect to the direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the wristband.

    The wristband is a continuous band-shaped wristband, and the personal information can be printed by transferring the wristband. The pitch of the through holes is in the direction of the wristband transfer. In contrast, this can be as small as 2 mm.

    The pitch of the through holes can be set to a minimum of 10 mm with respect to the direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the wristband.

    The through-hole formed in the print area where the personal information can be printed can have a smaller diameter.

    The through-hole formed in the non-printing area other than the printing area where the personal information can be printed can have a larger hole diameter.

    The density of the through-holes formed in the print area where the personal information can be printed can be increased.

    The density of the through holes formed in the non-printing area other than the printing area where the personal information can be printed can be further reduced.

    The through-hole can be processed and formed from the contact surface layer side in contact with the human body toward the information display layer side on which the personal information can be printed.

    The through-hole can be formed so as to coincide with an embossed recess region of embossing applied to the contact surface layer in contact with the human body.

    The through-hole can be processed and formed from the information display layer side capable of printing the personal information toward the contact surface layer side contacting the human body.

In the wristband according to the present invention, since a plurality of through-holes having a hole diameter of 30 to 500 μm are formed over the entire surface, sweat and other moisture and heat can be dissipated through these through-holes, and between the skin of the human body. It is possible to prevent the staying sweat and other moisture from becoming steamed together with body temperature and causing various dermatitis.

    According to the present invention, a plurality of through-holes having a hole diameter of 30 to 500 μm are formed over the entire surface thereof, so that a wristband capable of preventing stuffiness with the human skin has been realized.

Next, the wristband according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a wristband continuum 1. The wristband continuum 1 is formed by connecting an elongated rectangular wristband forming piece 2 in a longitudinal direction along a cut line 3 such as a breaking line so as to be separable. With a belt-like configuration, it can be loaded into a printer (not shown) of any type while being wound up in a roll.
Each single wristband forming piece 2 includes a wristband 4 and a scraping portion 5 thereof, and the wristband 4 is separated from the scraping portion 5 at a separation line 6 such as a break line along the outline of the wristband 4. By separating, it can be set as the usage form wound around a patient's wrist or the like.
The wristband continuum 1 can be loaded into the above-mentioned arbitrary printer, and the personal information of the patient can be printed on the front side of the wristband 4.

That is, the wristband 4 includes a display portion 7 that is relatively wide with respect to other portions, a relatively short narrow band fixing portion 8, and a relatively long narrow length adjusting portion 9.
The display unit 7 includes a printing area 10 and a non-printing area 11 other than the printing area 10. The printing area 10 includes a code printing area 12 of various types, for example, a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional code. A human character print area 13 for displaying the name of a patient's department, name, age, etc. is provided by human characters and symbols that can be visually recognized by human eyes.

    The band fixing portion 8 is formed with a band fixing locking hole 14 (for example, one), and the length adjusting portion 9 is formed with a length adjusting locking hole 15 (for example, eight) of the same size. When the wristband 4 is wound around the patient's wrist, the diameter of the ring is adjusted, and the arbitrary band fixing locking holes 14 and the length adjusting locking holes 15 are fixed by a fixing clip (not shown). It can be fixed and wrapped around the patient's wrist.

    FIG. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the wristband 4 (the wristband continuum 1, the wristband forming piece 2), and from the upper layer side, the information display layer 16, the intermediate layer 17, the contact surface layer 18, Each layer is laminated by, for example, extrusion lamination technique.

    The information display layer 16 is a layer capable of printing personal information having the above-described printing area 10 and non-printing area 11 on the surface thereof. If necessary, the information display layer 16 is a synthetic paper or the like subjected to a predetermined surface treatment. Adopt material.

    The intermediate layer 17 employs, for example, a nylon resin or other material in order to ensure the strength (toughness, bending and tensile strength, etc.) as the wristband 4.

The contact surface layer 18 is a layer that comes into direct contact with the patient's skin, and needs to maintain contact affinity with the skin. As the material thereof, for example, ethylene methacrylic acid copolymer resin is adopted.
The contact surface layer 18 is embossed, and has a surface form in which a large number of embossed concave portions 18A and embossed convex portions 18B are alternately formed. It is easy to spread.
The embossed surface side of the contact surface layer 18 is a contact surface 18C between the human skin and the embossed concave portion 18A or the embossed convex portion 18B comes into contact with the skin according to the movement of the human skin.

    The contact surface layer 18 may be formed as a contact surface 18 </ b> C with the human skin without embossing the contact surface layer 18.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of through holes 19 are formed over the entire surface of the wristband 4 through the information display layer 16, the intermediate layer 17 and the contact surface layer 18.
The hole diameter of the through hole 19 can be set to, for example, 30 to 500 μm, preferably 30 to 100 μm, and more preferably 40 to 60 μm, for example, 50 μm.
However, the formation of the through-hole 19 requires that various printing contents in the printing area 10 of the display unit 7 can be read mechanically or by human eyes. Conditions can be selected.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, when the wristband continuum 1 is transported in the longitudinal direction and a barcode is printed on the code print area 12 along the transport direction, the barcode usually has a length of Since the thing of about 10 mm is the minimum, if the pitch of the through-holes 19 is set to a minimum of 10 mm with respect to the transfer direction of the wristband continuum 1, the through-holes 19 should correspond to the position of the barcode. However, the machine reading operation of the barcode is not hindered.
In processing the through-hole 19 in the wristband 4, for example, ultrafine processing needles 21 that are protruded and planted at a predetermined pitch on the circumference of the circular processing roll 20 can be used. From the mechanical limit of implantation, the width can be set to 2 mm at the minimum with respect to the width direction of the wristband continuous body 1 (wristband 4), that is, the direction orthogonal to the transfer direction.

    Alternatively, when the bar code is printed in the code print area 12 in the width direction of the wristband 4 (a state rotated by 90 degrees from the case shown in FIG. 1), the bar code is printed in the width direction of the wristband continuous body 1. The pitch of the through holes 19 can be set to 2 mm at the minimum, and the pitch can be set to 10 mm at the minimum with respect to the width direction of the wristband continuous body 1 (the wristband 4).

    In the wristband 4 shown in FIG. 1, the through holes 19 are formed at a uniform pitch throughout the wristband continuum 1 (wristband forming piece 2), and the wristband 4 is processed as the wristband continuum 1. In this case, it is possible to use a material in which the through holes 19 are uniformly formed in advance over the entire surface of the wristband continuum 1.

The through hole 19 is made to coincide with the region of the embossed embossed recess 18A applied to the contact surface layer 18 in contact with the human body, and from the information display layer 16 side on the surface side to the contact surface layer 18 side in contact with the human body. The through-hole 19 can be processed and formed by piercing the processing needle 21 toward it.
According to this processing method, the processing burr 22 generated in the tip opening (lower part in the drawing) of the through hole 19 during processing by the processing needle 21 is limited to the inside of the embossed recess 18A (within the depth of the embossed recess 18A). And no unnecessary unpleasant contact feeling is given to the human skin.
Of course, as shown by phantom lines in FIG. 2, if the through hole 19 is processed and formed from the contact surface layer 18 side contacting the human body toward the information display layer 16 side, the processing burr 22 is formed on the surface of the wristband 4. Because it is located on the side, the influence on the human body can be eliminated.
As a processing method of the through hole 19, a spot processing method using a laser beam or any other method can be employed.

    In the illustrated example, the intermediate layer 17 and the information display layer 16 are provided above the contact surface layer 18, but the materials of the information display layer 16, the intermediate layer 17 and the contact surface layer 18 are arbitrary, and are laminated. As for the structure itself, any form of a single layer or multiple layers can be adopted.

By using wristband 4 (wristband continuum 1 and wristband forming piece 2) having such a configuration, it is possible to secure the necessary characteristics as a wristband and to use it with peace of mind, especially in hospitals, etc. over a long period of time. can do.
That is, since the wristband 4 has a large number of through-holes 19 penetrating in the thickness direction, sweat or other moisture that may stay between the wristband 4 and the human body is removed from the contact surface layer. 18 is easily diffused laterally from the embossed recess 18A and the embossed projecting portion 18B by embossing, and directly penetrates and diffuses to the surface side of the wristband 4 through the through-hole 19 to ensure the moisture in the gap portion. Can be prevented.

In the present invention, the pore size and density can be appropriately selected according to the wristband region.
For example, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a wristband 30 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the wristband 30, the through-hole 19 formed in the print area 10 capable of printing personal information has a hole diameter. Is made smaller than that of the through-hole 19 formed in the non-printing region 11, or the density is made coarser even if the diameter is the same.
The through-holes 19 formed in the non-printing area 11 other than the printing area 10 can have a larger hole diameter, or the density can be made finer even in the case of the same diameter (in the illustrated example, the density is changed). It is drawn to let you)
Therefore, in the wristband 30 shown in FIG. 3, the hole diameter of the through hole 19 is smaller or coarser in the portion of the print region 10, and the portion of the non-print region 11 and the portion of the scraping portion 5 are the same. The hole diameter is made larger or the density is made finer.

    According to the wristband 30 having such a configuration, the code printing area 12 and the human character printing area 13 in the printing area 10 can be prevented from being read, and the non-printing area 11, the band fixing unit 8, and the length adjustment can be performed. In the portion 9, since the hole diameter of the through-hole 19 is made larger or the density thereof is made finer, it is possible to further promote the dissipation of steam and body temperature, and to further improve the diffusion function in the wristband 30 as a whole. It becomes possible to raise.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a wristband 40 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the wristband 40, the wristband 40 is formed as the wristband continuum 1, and then the through-hole 19 is limited to the wristband 40. The through-hole 19 can be formed uniformly, or the hole diameter or the like according to the printing area 10 and the non-printing area 11 as in the wristband 30 according to the third embodiment described above. The density can also be changed.
Furthermore, the through hole 19 can be formed while avoiding the printing area 10 itself.

In the above description, the wristband according to the present invention has been described as the wristbands 4, 30, and 40 used for the patient in the hospital. However, the identification that enables identification of any individual including the entrance ticket is possible. It can be applied as a wristband.

It is a top view of the wristband continuum 1 of the structure with which the wristband 4 by the 1st Example of this invention was continuous. FIG. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the wristband 4 (the wristband continuum 1 and the wristband forming piece 2). It is a top view of the wristband 30 by the 2nd Example of this invention. It is a top view of the wristband 40 by the 3rd example of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Wristband continuum (Figure 1)
2 wristband forming piece 3 cutting line 4 wristband (first embodiment, FIG. 1 and FIG. 2)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 Waste removal part 6 Separation line 7 Wrist band 4 display part 8 Wrist band 4 band fixing part 9 Wrist band 4 length adjustment part 10 Print area 11 in display part 7 Non-print area 12 in display part 7 Print area 10 Code printing area 13 in human character printing area 14 in printing area 10 Band fixing locking hole 15 in band fixing part 8 Adjustment locking hole 16 in length adjusting part length 9 Information display layer (FIG. 2)
17 Intermediate layer 18 Contact surface layer 18A Embossed recess of contact surface layer 18 (FIG. 2)
18B Embossed convex portion of the contact surface layer 18 (FIG. 2)
18C Contact surface of the contact surface layer 18 with the human skin (FIG. 2)
19 Through-hole 20 Processing roll (Fig. 2)
21 Processing needle 22 Processing burr 30 Wristband (second embodiment, FIG. 3)
40 wristband (third embodiment, FIG. 4)

Claims (14)

A wristband that wraps around at least one of the extremities of the human body and prints personal information of the human body,
A wristband comprising a plurality of through-holes having a hole diameter of 30 to 500 µm over the entire surface. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the pore diameter is preferably 30 to 100 µm. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the pore diameter is preferably 40 to 60 µm. The wristband is a continuous band-shaped wristband continuous with a plurality of sheets, and the personal information can be printed by transferring it.
The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the pitch of the through holes is set to a minimum of 10 mm with respect to the transfer direction of the wristband. The wristband according to claim 4, wherein the pitch of the through holes is 2 mm at a minimum with respect to a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the wristband. The wristband is a continuous band-shaped wristband continuous with a plurality of sheets, and the personal information can be printed by transferring it.
The wristband according to claim 1, wherein a pitch of the through holes is set to 2 mm at a minimum with respect to a transfer direction of the wristband. The wristband according to claim 6, wherein a pitch of the through holes is set to a minimum of 10 mm with respect to a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the wristband. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the through-hole formed in a print area where the personal information can be printed has a smaller diameter. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the through-hole formed in a non-printing area other than a printing area where the personal information can be printed has a larger hole diameter. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the density of the through-holes formed in a print area where the personal information can be printed is made coarser. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the density of the through holes formed in the non-printing area other than the printing area where the personal information can be printed is further reduced. 2. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the through-hole is processed and formed from a contact surface layer side in contact with the human body toward an information display layer side capable of printing the personal information. The wristband according to claim 1, wherein the through hole is formed so as to coincide with an embossed recessed region of embossing provided in a contact surface layer that contacts the human body. 14. The wristband according to claim 13, wherein the through hole is formed by processing from an information display layer side capable of printing the personal information toward a contact surface layer side contacting the human body.

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