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Management and distribution of surgical supplies within an RFID enabled network

  • US 20050280536A1
  • Filed: 06/22/2004
  • Published: 12/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for distributing and processing reusable articles adapted with RFID tags, said method including the steps of:

  • adapting each of a plurality of reusable articles with an RFID tag having a discrete identification number;

    distributing said reusable articles to at least one customer for use;

    receiving said reusable articles after use by said at least one customer;

    processing said received reusable articles to restore said articles to condition for use;

    passing each of said reusable articles in proximity to a tag reader that identifies each of said articles by automatically reading the discrete identification number associated with the attached RFID tag; and

    generating an output signal for each RFID tag read to a computer network thereby tracking the number of use cycles for each reusable article.

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