Recall system and method for RFID medical item tracking system
First Claim
1. A medical item recall system for medical items at one or more medical facilities at which the medical items are consumed and/or distributed to patients, each of the medical items having stand-off readable tags, the system comprising:
- medical facilities storage devices at the one or more medical facilities containing medical items, the medical items being identified via the stand-off readable tags and associated with individual medical facilities storage devices, wherein the stand-off readable tags encode unique serial numbers that uniquely identify corresponding medical items, the medical facilities storage devices reading the stand-off readable tags and reporting the serial numbers read from the stand-off readable tags; and
an inventory management system tracking each of the medical items according to the serial numbers of the stand-off readable tags, wherein the inventory management system receives recall information for the medical items, receives content information concerning the medical items contained in each of the medical facilities storage devices by receiving the serial numbers read by the medical facilities storage devices, searches an inventory database based on the recall information to determine locations of the medical items based on the reporting of the serial numbers from the stand-off readable tags by the medical facilities storage devices, and issues reports for locations in the medical facilities storage devices of medical items matching the recall information.
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Abstract
A medical item recall system for medical items at one or more medical facilities at which the medical items are consumed and/or distributed to patients provides each of the medical items has stand-off readable tags, such as RFID tags. The system comprises medical facilities storage devices at the one or more medical facilities containing medical items, the medical items being identified via the stand-off readable tags and associated with individual medical facilities storage devices. The system further comprises an inventory management system that receives recall information for the medical items, receives content information concerning the medical items contained in each of the medical facilities storage devices, and issues reports for locations of medical items matching the recall information.
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28 Claims
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1. A medical item recall system for medical items at one or more medical facilities at which the medical items are consumed and/or distributed to patients, each of the medical items having stand-off readable tags, the system comprising:
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medical facilities storage devices at the one or more medical facilities containing medical items, the medical items being identified via the stand-off readable tags and associated with individual medical facilities storage devices, wherein the stand-off readable tags encode unique serial numbers that uniquely identify corresponding medical items, the medical facilities storage devices reading the stand-off readable tags and reporting the serial numbers read from the stand-off readable tags; and an inventory management system tracking each of the medical items according to the serial numbers of the stand-off readable tags, wherein the inventory management system receives recall information for the medical items, receives content information concerning the medical items contained in each of the medical facilities storage devices by receiving the serial numbers read by the medical facilities storage devices, searches an inventory database based on the recall information to determine locations of the medical items based on the reporting of the serial numbers from the stand-off readable tags by the medical facilities storage devices, and issues reports for locations in the medical facilities storage devices of medical items matching the recall information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A medical item recall monitoring method for medical items at one or more medical facilities at which the medical items are consumed and/or distributed to patients, the method comprising:
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associating each of the medical items with stand-off readable tags, wherein the stand-off readable tags encode unique serial numbers that uniquely identify corresponding medical items; storing the medical items in medical facilities storage devices at the one or more medical facilities, the medical facilities storage devices reading the stand-off readable tags and reporting the serial numbers read from the stand-off readable tags; receiving recall information for the medical items; an inventory management system receiving content information including the serial numbers read from the stand-off readable tags concerning the medical items contained in each of the medical facilities storage devices to track each of the medical items uniquely according to the serial numbers of the stand-off readable tags; the inventory management system searching an inventory database for medical items matching the recall information and then determining locations of the medical items by reference to the content information that was provided by the medical facilities storage devices based on the reporting of the serial numbers from the stand-off readable tags by the medical facilities storage devices; and issuing reports for locations of medical items in the medical facilities storage devices matching the recall information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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