Patent ID: 7158030

Claim:
Apparatus for providing medical assistance relating to a medical object associated with a smart tag, the smart tag having stored therein a unique permanent identifier of the smart tag, information relating to the medical object, and a relational check number representative of the unique permanent identifier of the smart tag and the information relating to the medical object, said apparatus comprising: a decoder for at least reading the information stored in the smart tag relating to the unique permanent identifier, the medical object and the relational check number a processor including a memory for storing the information read from the smart tag, wherein said processor processes the unique permanent identifier and the relational check number to verify the information read from the smart tag and processes the information read from the smart tag to generate information concerning the medical object; display means for providing a visual display responsive to the information generated by said processor; and sound reproducing means for providing an audible sound responsive to the information generated by said processor.