System and method for monitored administration of medical products to patients
First Claim
1. A system for administration of medical products to patients, comprising:
- an RFID tag article disposable on or in proximity to a patient, including a first RFID tag containing first information relevant to administration of medical product to the patient;
a medical product labeled with a second RFID tag containing second information relevant to administration of the medical product to the patient;
a reader arranged to receive signals from at least one of the first and second RFIDs; and
a controller operatively coupleable in communication with the reader to process information received by the reader and to responsively generate an output relating to treatment of the patient.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitored administration of medical products to patients. In one implementation, the system includes: an RFID tag article disposable on or in proximity to a patient, including a first RFID tag containing first information relevant to administration of medical product to the patient; a medical product labeled with a second RFID tag containing second information relevant to administration of the medical product to the patient; a reader arranged to receive signals from at least one of the first and second RFIDs; and a controller operatively coupleable in communication with the reader to process information received by the reader and to responsively generate an output relating to treatment of the patient.
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1. A system for administration of medical products to patients, comprising:
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an RFID tag article disposable on or in proximity to a patient, including a first RFID tag containing first information relevant to administration of medical product to the patient;
a medical product labeled with a second RFID tag containing second information relevant to administration of the medical product to the patient;
a reader arranged to receive signals from at least one of the first and second RFIDs; and
a controller operatively coupleable in communication with the reader to process information received by the reader and to responsively generate an output relating to treatment of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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- 45. A system for administration of medical products, comprising an RFID tag containing information relevant to treatment of a patient, a reader arranged to receive signals from the RFID tag, and a controller operatively coupleable in communication with the reader to process information received by the reader and to responsively generate an output relating to treatment of the patient.
- 48. A medical fluid bag stand, comprising an RFID antenna for reading bags labeled with RFID tags that are mounted on said stand.
- 51. A method of administering medical products to patients, comprising providing an RFID tagged patient and an RFID tagged medical product for said patient, wherein RFID tags for said patient and said medical product contain information relevant to administration of said medical product to said patient, and processing information from said RFID tags to produce an output relating to treatment of said patient.
- 55. A method of administering medical products to patients, comprising providing an RFID tag containing information relevant to treatment of a patient, reading said information with a reader, and processing the read information to produce an output relating to treatment of said patient.
- 57. A system for medical patient care, comprising one or more monitoring devices arranged to monitor a patient, said one or more monitoring devices providing patient monitoring data that is readable by an RF reader, an RF reader arranged to read patient monitoring data from said one or more monitoring devices, and a controller operatively coupleable in communication with the RF reader to receive patient monitoring data from the RF reader and to responsively generate an output relating to treatment of the patient.
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