SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL ASSETS
First Claim
1. A system for identification, tracking and management of medical assets, comprising:
- a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tagged medical assets; and
a completely networked supply chain, including;
at least one end user location;
at least one distributor location;
an offsite data management system;
a plurality of RFID readers, each said reader being interspersed at a respective location throughout said networked supply chain and configured to electronically read data from said plurality of RFID tagged medical assets; and
at least one data network interconnecting each of said at least one end user location, said at least one distributor location, and said offsite data management system, said at least one data network providing real time information from at least one of said plurality of RFID readers to said offsite data management system concerning a current attribute associated with at least one of said RFID tagged medical assets.
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Abstract
A system for identification, tracking and management of medical assets, includes a plurality of RFID tagged medical assets, and a completely networked supply chain. The supply chain includes at least one end user location; at least one distributor location; an offsite data management system; a plurality of RFID readers; and at least one data network. Each RFID reader is interspersed at a respective location throughout the networked supply chain and configured to electronically read data from the plurality of RFID tagged medical assets. The one or more data networks interconnect each end user location, each distributor location, and the offsite data management system. The one or more data networks provide real time information from at least one of the plurality of RFID readers to the offsite data management system concerning a current attribute associated with at least one of the RFID tagged medical assets.
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1. A system for identification, tracking and management of medical assets, comprising:
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a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tagged medical assets; and a completely networked supply chain, including; at least one end user location; at least one distributor location; an offsite data management system; a plurality of RFID readers, each said reader being interspersed at a respective location throughout said networked supply chain and configured to electronically read data from said plurality of RFID tagged medical assets; and at least one data network interconnecting each of said at least one end user location, said at least one distributor location, and said offsite data management system, said at least one data network providing real time information from at least one of said plurality of RFID readers to said offsite data management system concerning a current attribute associated with at least one of said RFID tagged medical assets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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