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Smart instrument tray RFID reader

  • US 20060043179A1
  • Filed: 08/27/2004
  • Published: 03/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for obtaining information concerning the contents of an instrument tray, comprising:

  • tagging one or more instruments positioned in or on an instrument tray with a radio frequency identification tag;

    positioning one or more antennas on the instrument tray;

    positioning a transceiver device on the instrument tray;

    presenting the instrument tray into a wireless radio frequency field of a reader device;

    receiving data from the radio frequency tagged instruments;

    transmitting an RF signal containing the data of the radio frequency tagged instruments by the transceiver;

    comparing the radio frequency tagged instrument data to a database that resides in the reader device.

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