US 12,009,092 B2
Methods and apparatus for managing healthcare assets and processes
Jeffrey B. Hargrove, Bancroft, MI (US); Geoffrey A. Wilson, Canton, MI (US); and Jack Weiner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to IntraLogic Health Solutions, Inc., Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed by Acumen Business Group, LLC, Bancroft, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/196,930.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,949, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0280307 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/20 (2018.01) [G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for enabling asset units to accomplish a healthcare facility management objective, wherein each asset unit carries a durable information identifier; the method comprising the steps of:
preparing asset units in a pre-processing phase by using a computational processor to determine a first unique identifier for each asset unit, wherein each asset unit is a physical asset unit and wherein the computational processor to determine the first unique identifier is part of a computer system having the computational processor and memory;
physically transporting the prepared asset units in a removal phase, to a manufacturer location;
retrofitting the prepared asset units in a manufacturing phase at the manufacturer location by applying manufacturing processes to implement the durable information identifier on each asset unit, and by using a computational processor to determine a second unique identifier for each asset unit, wherein the computational processor to determine the second unique identifier is part of a computer system having the computational processor and memory; and
physically transporting the prepared asset units in a return phase, from the manufacturer location to a healthcare facility where the retrofitted asset units are subsequently used for a healthcare facility management objective.