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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
Deroyal Industries, Inc., Powell, TN (US);
Brian C. DeBusk, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mary E. Kaylor, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Gerald T. Griffith, Knoxville, TN (US);
Timothy J. Waggoner, Ringgold, GA (US);
Jeffrey D. Griffith, Knoxville, TN (US);
Angela M. Sewell, Knoxville, TN (US);
John G. Jacobs, Knoxville, TN (US);
Rex A. Hurd, Knoxville, TN (US);
DeRoyal Industries, Inc., Powell, TN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus tracks medical items through various transition points in a medical facility and maintains a chain of custody for each item through each transition point, indicating who is responsible for each item at any particular time. The apparatus also generates messages directed to various medical facility personnel who are responsible for the medical items at the various transition points, which messages prompt the personnel to take appropriate action with regard to the medical items depending on the particular transition point.