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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2015
Meps Real-time, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
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);
Paul M. Elizondo, II, Escondido, CA (US);
MEPS Real-Time, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring the inventory of a medical storage container that has a required inventory of medical articles. An enclosure is used to isolate, scan, and take an inventory of 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 of the tags. An injection device is used to create a robust electromagnetic field standing wave of constructive interference 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.