System, medical item including RFID chip, data collection engine, server and method for capturing medical data
A system includes a plurality of RFID chips affixed to a medical item, a device reader such as a data collection engine device, and a server device. The data collection engine wirelessly transmits power to an RFID chips and receives first medical data from the RFID chip while the RFID chip is activated by the power receiver. The data collection engine generates a first message indicative of the first medical data to be sent to the server device. The server device can determine aspects of the medical item such as position and risk states based upon the first medical data.
1. A system comprising:
a first medical item including a first RFID tag and a second medical item including a second RFID tag, wherein each of the first and second RFID tags include:
a controller configured according to instructions in memory to generate a message including identification information; and
an antenna portion configured to transmit the message;
a mobile device communicating with the first and second RFID tags, wherein the mobile device comprises:
a transceiver configured to receive the messages from the first and second RFID tags;
a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver; and
one or more memory sources operatively coupled to the controller, the one or more memory sources including instructions for configuring the controller to generate one or more messages indicative of the identification information to be sent by the transceiver to a server device via a network connection;
wherein the server device comprises:
a transceiver configured to receive the one or more messages from the mobile device;
a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver; and
one or more memory sources operatively coupled to the controller, the one or more memory sources including instructions for configuring the controller to associate the identification information of the first RFID tag with the identification information of the second RFID tag.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second RFID tags is a passive-type RFID tag.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first medical item is a table and the second medical item is a medical accessory.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the medical accessory is one of an electron cutout, Vaclog, Bolus and Accuform.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first medical item is a patient identification and the second medical item is a medical accessory.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the transceiver of the server device receives patient information from an electronic medical records (EMR) system; and
the controller of the server device is further configured to compare the identification information from one of the first and second RFID tags with the patient information received from the EMR system.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein:
the other of the first and second RFID tags is a medical accessory; and
the controller of the server device is further configured to compare the identification information of the medical accessory with the patient information to confirm the medical accessory.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the medical accessory is a Bolus.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
at least one of the first and second RFID tags is a passive-type RFID tag;
the mobile device includes a power transmission subsystem including a power source and an antenna arranged to wirelessly transmit power from the power source to the passive-type RFID tag.
10. A device reader communicating with a plurality of RFID tags, the device reader comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive messages from a first and second RFID tags of the plurality of RFID tags and send messages to one of the first and second messages RFID tags to write data to the respective one of the first and second RFID tags;
a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver; and
a plurality of memory sources operatively coupled to the controller, the plurality of memory sources including a double data rate (DDR) and FLASH memory, and instructions for configuring the controller to generate one or more messages indicative of identification information included in the messages received from the first and second RFID tags to be sent by the transceiver to a server device via a network connection.
11. The device reader of claim 10 , wherein the controller is an ARM cortex processor running a Linux Operating System (OS).
12. The device reader of claim 10 , wherein the transceiver includes a Local Area Network (LAN) port.
13. The device reader of claim 10 , further including an RFID antenna interface having an RF output power of 0 to 31.5 dBm.
14. The device reader of claim 10 , further comprising an antenna arranged to read data from RFID tags up to 8 m separated from the device reader.
15. The device reader of claim 10 , further comprising a power transmission subsystem including a power source and an antenna arranged to wirelessly transmit power from the power source to a passive-type RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags.
16. The device reader of claim 10 , wherein the instructions include a RAINstream application.