×

Smart instrument tray RFID reader

  • US 7,118,029 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2004
  • Issued: 10/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for obtaining information concerning the contents of an instrument tray, comprising:

  • tagging one or more instruments positioned in or on an instrument tray with a radio frequency identification tag;

    positioning one or more antennas on the instrument tray;

    positioning a transceiver device on the instrument tray;

    presenting the instrument tray into a wireless radio frequency field of a reader device;

    receiving data from the radio frequency tagged instruments;

    transmitting an RF signal containing the data of the radio frequency tagged instruments by the transceiver; and

    comparing the radio frequency tagged instrument data to a database that resides in the reader device, wherein the RF signal emitted from an instrument is picked up by the internal antennas and routed to the wireless transceiver on the tray.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×