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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Meps Real-time, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jimmy C. Caputo, San Diego, CA (US);

Shariq Hussain, Vista, CA (US);

Jeffrey Shamblin, San Marcos, CA (US);

James P. Williams, Jr., Carefree, AZ (US);

Assignee:

MEPS Real-Time, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/22 (2012.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06F 19/30 (2013.01); G06F 19/322 (2013.01); G06F 19/326 (2013.01); G06F 19/327 (2013.01); G06F 19/3462 (2013.01); G06K 7/10168 (2013.01); G06K 7/10178 (2013.01); G06K 7/10316 (2013.01); G06K 7/10356 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2216 (2013.01); G06K 2017/009 (2013.01); G06K 2017/0051 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for managing the contents of a medical storage container that has a required inventory of medical articles. A Faraday cage enclosure is used to isolate, scan, and inventory a tray or other container of medical articles each of which has an RFID tag. The enclosure having a size smaller than the size needed for a resonant frequency at the RFID frequency of operation. A robust electromagnetic field is nevertheless developed in the enclosure and a program compares the scanned present inventory of the tray to the required inventory database and indicates any differences. Expired and recalled articles are identified.


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