# US 2019/0318137 A1 · Method for carrying out an inventory of a plurality of biological containers and associated gantry > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0318137 A1 - Document ID: US20190318137A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/314,536 - Filed: 2016-10-24 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-01 - Assignees: Biolog-Id - Applicants: Biolog-Id - Inventors: Jean-Claude MONGRENIER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190318137A1 ## CPC - G06K 7/10425: {the interrogation device being arranged for interrogation of record carriers passing by the interrogation device} - G06Q 10/0877: {by inventory control or reporting using inventory tracking or counting} - G16H 10/40: for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract Disclosed is a method for carrying out an inventory of a plurality of biological product containers, each container and/or each package including containers being provided with an identification label including a wireless communication chip. The method includes the steps of: providing a device including a gantry defining a direction of travel; providing a receptacle able to be moved, the receptacle carrying the plurality of containers; moving the receptacle in order to cross the gantry in the direction of travel; and reading the wireless communication chip of each container and/or package during the movement of the receptacle. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-10. (canceled) ### Claim 11 A method for carrying out an inventory of a plurality of biological product containers, each container and/or each package comprising containers being provided with an identification label with a wireless communication chip, the method comprising the following steps: providing a device for carrying out an inventory, the device including a gantry defining a direction of travel, the gantry comprising two reading panels, the reading panels each including at least one antenna, the antennas being capable of reading a wireless communication chip, providing a receptacle able to be moved, the receptacle bearing the plurality of containers for which an inventory is to be carried out, and reading, by at least one of the reading panels, the wireless communication chip of each container and/or package. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, comprising moving the receptacle in order to cross the gantry in the direction of travel, the reading being carried out during the movement of the receptacle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the gantry includes a floor including at least one guide member extending along the direction of travel, each guide member being associated with a respective reading panel and being arranged at a distance smaller than 20 centimeters from a respective reading panel along a direction transverse to the direction of travel, each receptacle comprising a plurality of casters, at least one caster being provided to cooperate with at least one guide member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the movement and reading steps are carried out in an enclosure with a controlled atmosphere. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the receptacle comprises at least one wall formed by a metal grating. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the reading panels each include a plurality of antennas capable of reading a wireless communication chip placed next to one another and the reading step is carried out by successive supply of the antennas with current during a predefined period of time. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein an antenna of a reading panel is associated bijectively with an antenna of another reading panel to form pairs of antennas. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the current applied in each pair of antennas respects one of the following conditions: being in phase, being phase-shifted by 90° and being phase-shifted by 180°. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein each reading panel includes only two antennas. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein each reading panel includes only one antenna, the antennas of the reading panels being associated bijectively to form a pair of antennas. ### Claim 21 A device for carrying out an inventory of a plurality of biological product containers, each container and/or each package comprising containers being provided with an identification label with a wireless communication chip, the plurality of containers for which an inventory must be carried out being part of a receptacle, the device comprising: a gantry defining a direction of travel, the gantry comprising two reading panels, the reading panels each including at least one antenna, the antennas being capable of reading a wireless communication chip, and a control terminal comprising a controller suitable for commanding the antennas to carry out a reading step by at least one of the reading panels of the wireless communication chip of each container and/or package. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The device according to claim 21, wherein the controller is suitable for commanding the antennas to carry out the reading step during the movement of the receptacle to traverse the gantry along the direction of travel. ### Claim 23 A method for conducting an inventory of a plurality of biological product containers, the method comprising the following steps: providing container(s) and/or package(s) comprising containers, the container(s) and/or the package(s) being each provided with an identification tag comprising a wireless communication chip, providing a device including a portal comprising two reading panels, the reading panels each including at least one antenna, the reading panels being capable of reading a wireless communication chip, and reading, by at least one of the reading panels, the wireless communication chip of each container and/or package.