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LaserBand

US patient identification company

LaserBand LLC was a provider of patient identification products to hospitals and emergency services and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Zebra Technologies acquired LaserBand in 2012. Prior to the acquisition, LaserBand reported sales of $24 million.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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LaserBand LLC was a provider of patient identification products to hospitals and emergency services and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Zebra Technologies acquired LaserBand in 2012. Prior to the acquisition, LaserBand reported sales of $24 million.2

How it started

History

LaserBand was founded by James Riley in 1999. The company initially patented a self-laminating, laser-printable patient wristband and later developed other laser and thermal wristbands and ancillary products, including emergency response tags.

LaserBand was awarded contracts and established partnerships with several healthcare industry companies and organizations including, but not limited to:

Access (2011)

As of 2012, LaserBand products were used more than 200 million times per year by hospitals around the world.

From Wikipedia’s article on LaserBand, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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