System and method for identifying healthcare assets
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsSridhar Nuthi, Anurag Voleti, Sanjoy Saha
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Abstract
A system for identifying healthcare assets includes a set of tags configured to communicate with one another, the set of tags including a root tag configured to transmit an asset identifier identifying the healthcare asset and a plurality of component tags each configured to transmit a component identifier identifying a component of the healthcare asset. A receiver system is configured to receive the asset identifier and the plurality of component identifiers from the set of tags and to automatically generate a bill of materials (BOM) for the healthcare asset based on the asset identifier and the plurality of component identifiers.
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A system for identifying healthcare assets, the system comprising:
- a set of tags each attached to, integrated into, or near the healthcare asset and configured to communicate with one another in a hierarchical structure, the set of tags including:
- a root tag configured to transmit an asset identifier identifying the healthcare asset;
- a plurality of component tags each configured to transmit a component identifier identifying a component of the healthcare asset and based on the hierarchical structure of the set of tags;
- a receiver system configured to receive the asset identifier and the plurality of component identifiers from the set of tags and to automatically generate a bill of materials (BOM) representative of a component structure of the healthcare asset based on the asset identifier and the plurality of component identifiers;
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- wherein the component structure of the healthcare asset is determined based on the hierarchical structure of communications between the tags.
A method of identifying a healthcare asset, the method comprising:
- providing a set of tags each attached to, integrated into, or near the healthcare asset, the set of tags configured to communicate with one another;
- configuring the set of tags to communicate in a hierarchical structure;
- operating the tags to communicate an asset identifier identifying the healthcare asset and a plurality of component identifiers identifying components of the healthcare asset, wherein the tags communicate in the hierarchical structure;
- receiving the asset identifier and the plurality of component identifiers at a receiver system;
- determining a component structure of the healthcare asset based on the hierarchical structure of communications between the tags;
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- generating, at the receiver system, a bill of materials (BOM) representative of the component structure of the healthcare asset based on the asset identifier and the plurality of component identifiers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.