Point-of-care inventory management system and method

US7263501B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• I-STAT Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jody Ann Tirinato · Plainsboro, US
• Michael P. Zelin · Plainsboro, US
• Paul Andrew Gibson · Metuchen, US
• Lyudmila Zaltsman · Princeton, US
• Graham Davis · Manalapan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99931
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inventory of a plurality of point-of-care diagnostic devices. The plurality of devices includes at least one type of device. Each device is configured to perform at least one sample analysis. Each device has a usable lifetime. The inventory includes a main inventory and at least one subinventory. The inventory control system comprises a data input interface for entering data associated with the devices and a data output interface for displaying data associated with the devices. A memory stores data associated with the devices and stores steps of a computer program to automatically update the current number of devices in the at least one subinventory in response to an occurrence of an event that causes a change in the current number of devices in the at least one subinventory. The inventory control system comprises a processor for accessing the memory to execute the computer program.