An apparatus for tracking surgical assets includes a processor, a power supply for providing power to an entirety of circuitry of the apparatus, and a communications engine coupled with the processor. The communications engine is configured to communicate with one or more mobile devices external to the apparatus. The tracking apparatus further includes a piezoelectric element for generating an audible indication in response to an activation signal supplied thereto, and a piezoelectric driver coupled with the piezoelectric element and the processor. The piezoelectric element is disposed on an exterior surface of the apparatus. The piezoelectric driver is configured to generate the activation signal supplied to the piezoelectric element as a function of a user-initiated request signal and/or a control signal generated by the processor. The tracking apparatus is adapted to withstand elevated temperatures during a sterilization process of a medical asset to which the apparatus is attached.
G01S 5/02 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
G01S 5/04 - Position of source determined by a plurality of spaced direction-finders
G01S 5/16 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
G01S 5/18 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinationsPosition-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using ultrasonic, sonic, or infrasonic waves
G01S 5/20 - Position of source determined by a plurality of spaced direction-finders
G01S 5/24 - Position of single direction-finder fixed by determining direction of a plurality of spaced sources of known location
A61B 5/103 - Measuring devices for testing the shape, pattern, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
A61B 5/107 - Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
A61B 5/11 - Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb
A61B 90/90 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
A61B 90/98 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
An apparatus for tracking surgical assets includes a processor, a power supply for providing power to an entirety of circuitry of the apparatus, and a communications engine coupled with the processor. The communications engine is configured to communicate with one or more mobile devices external to the apparatus. The tracking apparatus further includes a piezoelectric element for generating an audible indication in response to an activation signal supplied thereto, and a piezoelectric driver coupled with the piezoelectric element and the processor. The piezoelectric element is disposed on an exterior surface of the apparatus. The piezoelectric driver is configured to generate the activation signal supplied to the piezoelectric element as a function of a user-initiated request signal and/or a control signal generated by the processor. The tracking apparatus is adapted to withstand elevated temperatures during a sterilization process of a medical asset to which the apparatus is attached.
A61B 90/98 - Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
H01L 41/04 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Details thereof - Details of piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements
H04W 4/021 - Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
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