Patent ID: 8334768
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: G16H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for locating a medical device comprising: a device identification subsystem configured to receive a unique identifier associated with a medical device via one of a plurality of network connection points on a network; a plurality of docking stations, each of the plurality of docking stations associated with one of the plurality of network connection points, wherein the medical device is configured to be selectively coupled with and selectively decoupled from the plurality of docking stations; a device tracking subsystem configured to associate the unique identifier with the medical device and to track a last known location of the medical device; and a location subsystem configured to store a location of each of the plurality of network connection points; wherein the device tracking subsystem identifies the medical device based on the unique device identifier and updates the last known location of the medical device based on the location stored in the location subsystem of the one of the plurality of network connection points used to transmit the unique device identifier and wherein the location subsystem is configured to associate the location of the medical device with the location of the docking station in which the medical device is docked.