Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Inventory management
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-19
2009-11-10
Gart, Matthew S (Department: 3687)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Inventory management
C340S539120, C340S572100, C600S424000, C606S001000, C606S130000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07617137
ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for tracking surgical items. A sensor reads RFID tags and confirms the type of surgical procedure to be performed on a patient's body. An allowable zone is determined in the patient's body that corresponds to the type of surgical procedure to be performed. When movement of a surgical item is detected outside the allowable zone in the patient's body, then an alarm is triggered to indicate the surgical item is moving towards a zone in the patient's body in which the surgical item may not be used.
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Kreiner Barrett
Reeves Jonathan
AT&T Intellectual Property I L.P.
Crawley Talia
Gart Matthew S
Scott P. Zimmerman PLLC
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