Process and device for the monitoring and control of the flow of material in a hospital
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1. A process for the monitoring and control of the flow of material in a hospital, comprising the steps of:
- providing units generating the flow of material with their own individual identification,reading the individual identification at various transit stations in the hospital,feeding the read data of the individual identification and the transit stations to a central monitoring and control unit,at least one of storing and processing the read data at the central monitoring and control unit, andgenerating at least one of monitoring signals and control signals to control the flow of material between different transit stations as a function of the stored and/or processed data, wherein;
the central monitoring and control unit counts a number of passes of a unit in a transit station, and generates a special control or monitoring signal when a specific number is reached.
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Abstract
In order to create a process and a device for the monitoring and control of the flow of material in a hospital it is provided for the units generating the flow of material to each be provided with their own individual identification, for this individual identification to be read at various transit stations in the hospital, the read data of the individual identification and the transit stations to be fed to a central monitoring and control unit, stored and/or processed in it and for monitoring signals or control signals controlling the flow of material to be generated as a function of the stored and/or processed data.
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1. A process for the monitoring and control of the flow of material in a hospital, comprising the steps of:
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providing units generating the flow of material with their own individual identification, reading the individual identification at various transit stations in the hospital, feeding the read data of the individual identification and the transit stations to a central monitoring and control unit, at least one of storing and processing the read data at the central monitoring and control unit, and generating at least one of monitoring signals and control signals to control the flow of material between different transit stations as a function of the stored and/or processed data, wherein; the central monitoring and control unit counts a number of passes of a unit in a transit station, and generates a special control or monitoring signal when a specific number is reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A device for the monitoring and control of the flow of material in a hospital, comprising:
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a number of transit stations for units generating the flow of material, read stations for reading, at the transit stations, individual identifications that are arranged on all the units, and a central monitoring and control unit connected to all the read stations, said central monitoring and control unit comprising a memory for storing data supplied by the read stations, and an operating unit for generating, as a function of this data, control signals for controlling the flow of material between different transit stations, wherein; the central monitoring and control unit comprises a counter for determining the number of passes of a unit in a transit station, and for generating a special control or monitoring signal when a specific number is reached. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A process for the monitoring and control of the flow of material in a hospital, comprising the steps of:
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providing units generating the flow of material with their own individual identification, reading the individual identification at various transit stations in the hospital, feeding the read data of the individual identification and the transit stations to a central monitoring and control unit, at least one of storing and processing the read data at the central monitoring and control unit, generating at least one of monitoring signals and control signal to control the flow of material between different transit stations as a function of the stored and/or processed data, and measuring the time between the passes of at least one of the units in two transit stations, and generating a special monitoring signal when a specific time interval is exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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33. A device for the monitoring and control of the flow of material in a hospital, comprising:
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a number of transit stations for units generating the flow of material, read stations for reading, at the transit stations, individual identifications that are arranged on all the units, and a central monitoring and control unit connected to all the read stations, said central monitoring and control unit comprising a memory for storing data supplied by the read stations, and an operating unit for generating, as a function of this data, control signals for controlling the flow of material between different transit stations, wherein; the central monitoring and control unit measures the time between the passes of at least one of the units in two transit stations, and generates a special monitoring signal when a specific time interval is exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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