System and method for identifying healthcare assets

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.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.