Tracking medical products with integrated circuits
AssigneeBruce H. Levin
InventorBruce H. Levin
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Abstract
A system and method of tracking medical products provides for associating a group of medical products with a group location based on a group radio frequency identification (RF ID) device signal, where the group includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit is associated with a first remote location based on a first unit RF ID device signal. The method further provides for associating the second unit with a second remote location based on a second remote location based on a second unit RF ID device signal. The signals uniquely identify the units and the group.
Claims27
An assembly of medical products, the assembly comprising:
- a first unit of a medical product including a first unit radio frequency identification (RF ID) device, the first unit RF ID device uniquely identifying the medical product and the first unit;
- a second unit of the medical product having a second unit RF ID device, the second unit RF ID device uniquely identifying the medical product and the second unit;
- a first supplemental RF ID device removably attached to the first unit, the first supplemental RF ID device uniquely identifying the first unit;
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- a second supplemental RF ID device removably attached to the second unit, the second supplemental RF ID device uniquely identifying the second unit.
An assembly of medical products, the assembly comprising:
- a first unit of a medical product including a first unit radio frequency identification (RF ID) device, the first unit RF ID device uniquely identifying the medical the product and the first unit;
- a second unit of the medical product having a second unit RF ID device, the second unit RF ID device uniquely identifying the medical product and the second unit;
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- packaging combining the first unit and the second unit into a group, the packaging having a group RF ID device, the group RF ID device uniquely identifying the medical product, the first unit and the second unit.
A method of tracking medical products, comprising:
- associating a group of medical products with a group location based on a group radio frequency identification (RF ID) device signal, the group including a first unit and a second unit;
- associating the first unit with a first remote location based on a first unit RF ID device signal;
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- associating the second unit with a second remote location based on a second unit RF ID device signal, the signals uniquely identifying the units and the group.
A method of tracking medical products, comprising:
- receiving a group RF ID device signal corresponding to a group of medical products located in a receiving area of a health care facility, the group including a first unit and a second unit, the group RF ID device signal including a group identifier, a first unit identifier and a second unit identifier;
- associating the identifiers with the receiving area in a central database;
- receiving a first unit RF ID device signal over a network, the first unit RF ID device signal including a first unit identifier and first remote location data, the first unit RF ID signal indicating that the first unit has moved to the first remote location;
- associating the first unit identifier with the first remote location in the central database in response to receiving a first unit update signal;
- receiving a second unit RF ID device signal over a network, the second unit RF ID device signal including a second unit identifier and second remote location data, the second unit RF ID device signal indicating that the second unit has moved to the second remote location;
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- associating the second unit identifier with the second remote location in the central database in response to receiving a second unit update signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.