Patent ID: 11954551
Assignee: MEPS REAL-TIME, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. The RF module of claim 1 wherein the control unit is programmed to control the probe to inject activating energy into the container to activate identification tags of medical articles in the container, receive identification signals from the activated identification tags, process the identification signals to provide identification data, and forward the identification data through the communications unit to a server, wherein the server includes a data base that provides information about the medical articles based on the identification data obtained from their identification devices, and, based on the information about the medical articles, the server is programmed to determine at least one of the following:
inventory level of the container compared against minimum/maximum levels for reordering;
counterfeit prevention of medical articles;
ePedigree/serialization capability;
lot control;
medication error prevention;
NDC control; and
expiration control.