Automated Association of Patient Care Devices
First Claim
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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Abstract
Techniques for associating assets of a medical care facility include receiving a first data flow that indicates a first unique identifier for a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and receiving a second data flow that indicates a second unique identifier for a second RFID tag. Also received is database data that associates the first unique identifier with a first asset and associates the second unique identifier with a different second asset. It is determined 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. 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 the first asset is automatically associated with the second asset.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for associating assets of a medical care facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for associating assets of a medical care facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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means for receiving a first data flow that indicates a first unique identifier for a first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag; means for receiving a second data flow that indicates a second unique identifier for the second RFID tag; means for receiving database data that associates the first unique identifier with a first asset and associates the second unique identifier with a different second asset; means for 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 means for associating the first asset with the second asset automatically, if it is determined that the position of the first RFID tag is within operative distance of the position of the second RFID tag.
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12. A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for associating assets of a medical care facility, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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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 the 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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