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Automated Association of Patient Care Devices

  • US 20100001838A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2007
  • Published: 01/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for associating assets of a medical care facility, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a first data flow that indicates a first unique identifier for a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag;

    receiving a second data flow that indicates a second unique identifier for a second RFID tag;

    receiving database data that associates the first unique identifier with a first asset and associates the second unique identifier with a different second asset;

    determining whether a position of the first RFID tag is within operative distance of a position of the second RFID tag based on the first data flow and the second data flow and the associated first asset and second asset; and

    if it is determined that the position of the first RFID tag is within operative distance of the position of the second RFID tag, then associating the first asset with the second asset automatically.

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