Smart supplies, components and capital equipment
First Claim
1. An electronic tag for storing and providing information regarding a tagged object, comprising an electronically readable data transmitter coupled to a breakable conductive element, said data transmitter being adapted to transmit previously stored data regarding said tagged object, and said breakable conductive loop causes a first signal to be transmitted with said previously stored data when said breakable conductive material is intact and a second signal to be transmitted with said previously stored data after said breakable conductive material is broken.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to capital equipment units, such as systems for providing medical treatment, that are associated with smart supplies. The smart supplies are tagged with data carriers which may encode such information as a unique ID for the supply or component, the identification of the supply or component, the identification of the source of the supply or component, the status of whether said supply or component has been previously used, the expiration date of the supply or component, and in the case where the supply or component contains drug, the purity levels of the drug and the concentration levels of the drug. The capital equipment units or their users then utilize the information to assure quality of any procedure run with the units, by way of improved pre-use checks, certification of the supplies for use, record keeping, inventory control, and charge capture.
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- 1. An electronic tag for storing and providing information regarding a tagged object, comprising an electronically readable data transmitter coupled to a breakable conductive element, said data transmitter being adapted to transmit previously stored data regarding said tagged object, and said breakable conductive loop causes a first signal to be transmitted with said previously stored data when said breakable conductive material is intact and a second signal to be transmitted with said previously stored data after said breakable conductive material is broken.
- 12. An electronically tagged medical supply or component, said supply or component comprising at least one of a mechanical use indicator and a generic electronic data carrier tag, said tag having a first data set that represents information regarding said medical supply or component, and said tag further having a second data set having values dependent upon the physical status of said mechanical use indicator, wherein said first data set and said second data are readable by an electronic data reader or reader/writer.
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