Container-located information transfer module
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1. A system comprising:
- a medical container having an interior surface that defines an interior volume configured to contain a medical substance;
at least one sensor that is associated with the interior surface and that is configured to detect one or more characteristics pertaining to the medical substance, the at least one sensor comprising a first sensor configured to change from a first state to a second state based on the first sensor detecting a first instance of a first characteristic of the one or more characteristics;
processing logic configured to reset the first sensor from the second state to the first state to enable the first sensor to be re-used to detect a second instance of the first characteristic at a time subsequent to the first sensor detecting the first instance of the first characteristic; and
a near field communication device that is coupled to the at least one sensor and that is configured to wirelessly transfer information, which is based on at least one of the one or more characteristics, to a near field reader in accordance with a near field communication protocol in response to receiving a wireless request signal from the near field reader.
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Abstract
Techniques are described herein that transfer information using a container-located module. The module is coupled to sensor(s) that are configured to detect characteristic(s) pertaining to a medical substance that is included in a medical container. The module wirelessly transfers information that is based on the characteristic(s) to a requesting device in response to a request from the requesting device.
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1. A system comprising:
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a medical container having an interior surface that defines an interior volume configured to contain a medical substance; at least one sensor that is associated with the interior surface and that is configured to detect one or more characteristics pertaining to the medical substance, the at least one sensor comprising a first sensor configured to change from a first state to a second state based on the first sensor detecting a first instance of a first characteristic of the one or more characteristics; processing logic configured to reset the first sensor from the second state to the first state to enable the first sensor to be re-used to detect a second instance of the first characteristic at a time subsequent to the first sensor detecting the first instance of the first characteristic; and a near field communication device that is coupled to the at least one sensor and that is configured to wirelessly transfer information, which is based on at least one of the one or more characteristics, to a near field reader in accordance with a near field communication protocol in response to receiving a wireless request signal from the near field reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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a medical container having an interior surface that defines an interior volume configured to contain a medical substance; at least one sensor that is associated with the interior surface and that is configured to detect one or more characteristics pertaining to the medical substance; an information transfer module that is coupled to the at least one sensor and that is configured to wirelessly transfer information, which is based on at least one of the one or more characteristics, to a requesting device that is external to the medical container in response to receiving a wireless request signal from the requesting device in response to the requesting device coming within a designated proximity of the information transfer module; and memory that stores designated data, the designated data including at least one of patient data regarding a patient who is associated with the medical substance, doctor data regarding a doctor who is associated with the patient, or treatment data regarding a treatment that the patient is to receive with regard to the medical substance, the information transfer module being further configured to wirelessly transfer the designated data to the requesting device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving a wireless request signal that requests information at an information transfer module, which is associated with a medical container, from a requesting device that is external to the medical container; detecting one or more characteristics that pertain to a medical substance that is included in an interior volume of the medical container using at least one sensor that is coupled to the information transfer module, the interior volume being defined by an interior surface of the medical container, the at least one sensor comprising a first sensor configured to change from a first state to a second state based on the first sensor detecting a first instance of a first characteristic of the one or more characteristics; resetting the first sensor from the second state to the first state to enable the first sensor to be re-used to detect a second instance of the first characteristic at a time subsequent to the first sensor detecting the first instance of the first characteristic; and wirelessly transferring the information, which is based on the one or more characteristics, in accordance with a near field communication protocol to the requesting device in response to detecting the one or more characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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