CareBand × Regis Healthcare — Patent Positioning & Technology Alignment Review

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A — Executive Review

CareBand Patent Position

CareBand is not merely a wristband or medical identification product. The patent position protects a broader data communications architecture and operational method for controlled, context-specific disclosure of information at a point of care.

Architecture elements

Request and identification

  • A request initiated by a device associated with a person at the point of care
  • A patient or resident identifier
  • Verification that the requester is at or associated with the point of care

Context of the requesting user

  • Identity
  • Role
  • Professional licence or authority
  • Purpose or intent
  • Location and point-of-care coordinates
  • Relationship to the individual
  • Facility context
  • Potentially jurisdiction

Determination and retrieval

  • A determination engine that calculates one or more relevant care categories
  • Selective retrieval of only the information permitted for that category
  • Real-time release of the minimum necessary information

Delivery and evidence

  • Secure delivery to the authorised user or system
  • Recording of the request, decision and disclosure

Operational sequence

  1. 1

    A request is initiated by a device associated with a person at the point of care.

  2. 2

    The individual is identified through a patient or resident identifier.

  3. 3

    The requesting user's identity, role, licence or authority is established.

  4. 4

    Purpose, relationship, location, facility and jurisdiction context is evaluated.

  5. 5

    A determination engine calculates one or more relevant care categories.

  6. 6

    Only the permitted information is selectively retrieved from the encrypted profile.

  7. 7

    The minimum necessary information is released in real time.

  8. 8

    The information is securely delivered to the authorised user or system.

  9. 9

    The request, decision and disclosure are recorded.

Optional operating environments

mobile devicesweb applicationswearablesNFCcloud infrastructureclinical platformsAPIsFHIR-based systemstelemetry platformsAI systems

Stated novelty

The stated novelty is not ordinary role-based access alone. It is the combination of dynamically calculated care categories, attribute-level disclosure, role, authority, purpose, relationship, location and jurisdiction, together with selective retrieval from encrypted information profiles.

The CareBand material also expressly positions the architecture for aged care, rotating care teams, emergency services, disability support and multi-agency care environments — the exact environments Regis publicly describes operating in.

Australian Provisional Patent Application No. 2025905426. Descriptions on this page summarise the CareBand position for commercial discussion and are not a substitute for the patent specification or professional legal advice.