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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
A Plus International Inc., Chino, CA (US);
Edward V Koh, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
William M Adams, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Wayne W Lin, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
A Plus International Inc., Chino, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system that uses ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) for counting and identifying a variety of objects during medical or surgical operations. The method includes passive UHF RFID tag, a RFID scanner to communicate with host equipment and storage in a database cloud. The method includes a water-proof antenna and microchip supported by a substrate with covering overlay materials. The invention further discloses a tracking method for counting process, with software implementation, to assist the count-in count-out function to track multiple medical devices, resulting in reduction of counting errors during surgical procedures when the current UHF RFID process is utilized.