Bulk encoding of medical items using RFID tags

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9684766
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15241026

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A system and method for bulk encoding medical items in a tracking system in a healthcare facility comprises attaching to each of a plurality of identical medical items a blank RFID tag. When activated simultaneously, the serial numbers of all RFID tags on all the identical medical items are read and their serial numbers are associated with the pre-stored characteristics of the medical item in a data base. The RFID tags are blank in that they include no human-readable data concerning the medical article to which the RFID tag is attached. A data mining system and method are provided for mining the database.

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MEPS REAL-TIME INC6451 EL CAMINO REAL SUITE C CARLSBAD CA 92009

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Caputo, Jimmy C San Diego, US 37 4282

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