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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2018
Meps Real-time, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Shariq Hussain, Vista, CA (US);
Paul M. Elizondo, II, Escondido, CA (US);
MEPS Real-Time, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A retrofit self-contained RFID-enabling module for automatically identifying and tracking medical articles having RF tags located in a container having electrically-conductive walls includes a base having a probe mounted to the base for injecting activating rf energy into the container in which the module has been mounted. The base also includes a reader board that controls the probe between an injection mode, in which it injects RFID tag activation energy into the container to activate the tags on the medical articles, and a non-injecting mode during which the identification signals of the activated RFID tags on the medical articles can be read. The module is self-contained in that only power is needed to operate. The size of the module, including its components, is selected in relation to the size of the container so that the module may be 'dropped into' the container.