Fluid container resource management
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1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of oxygen tanks in a health care facility, each oxygen tank having a first circuit configured to determine a location of the oxygen tank, a second circuit configured to determine a state of the oxygen tank, and communications circuitry configured to transmit data indicative of the location and the state;
a central station coupled in a communicating relationship with each one of the plurality of oxygen tanks and receiving therefrom the data indicative of the location and the state for each one of the plurality of oxygen tanks; and
a processor configured to analyze the data from each of the plurality of oxygen tanks, to predict resource allocation needs based on a combination of received data and historical data, and to generate a resource allocation message relating to at least one of the plurality of oxygen tanks based on the predicted resource allocation needs, wherein the processor is configured to generate the resource allocation message based on a prediction of an out of range pressure condition for one of the plurality of oxygen tanks and wherein the resource allocation message includes a request to a vendor to ship one or more additional oxygen tanks to the health care facility.
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Abstract
Fluid tanks in a hospital or similar environment include sensors to detect, e.g., state and location, which can be communicated to a central station where this data can be processed to permit predictions of resource usage and enable automated management of the fluid tanks.
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of oxygen tanks in a health care facility, each oxygen tank having a first circuit configured to determine a location of the oxygen tank, a second circuit configured to determine a state of the oxygen tank, and communications circuitry configured to transmit data indicative of the location and the state; a central station coupled in a communicating relationship with each one of the plurality of oxygen tanks and receiving therefrom the data indicative of the location and the state for each one of the plurality of oxygen tanks; and a processor configured to analyze the data from each of the plurality of oxygen tanks, to predict resource allocation needs based on a combination of received data and historical data, and to generate a resource allocation message relating to at least one of the plurality of oxygen tanks based on the predicted resource allocation needs, wherein the processor is configured to generate the resource allocation message based on a prediction of an out of range pressure condition for one of the plurality of oxygen tanks and wherein the resource allocation message includes a request to a vendor to ship one or more additional oxygen tanks to the health care facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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