Elizabeth Ellen White

US Patent:

20120316987, Dec 13, 2012

Filed:

Apr 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/459366

Inventors:

Brian Clark DeBusk - Knoxville TN, US
Angela Michelle Sewell - Knoxville TN, US
John Garner Jacobs - Knoxville TN, US
Rex Alan Hurd - Knoxville TN, US
Elizabeth Ann White - Strawberry Plains TN, US
Jeffrey Dennis Griffith - Knoxville TN, US
Samuel Joseph Elijah Fox - Oliver Springs TN, US

Assignee:

DEROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC. - Powell TN

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G06Q 30/06

US Classification:

705 268, 705 28

Abstract:

An inventory data management system manages information related to items, such as implants, used during a medical procedure. The inventory data management system includes multiple sensing devices for reading set identification information from a container in which the set of items is disposed. The sensing devices are connected to a communication network and are placed in multiple locations, where each location is associated with a particular status of the set of items. The system also includes an inventory management computer that executes an inventory management application for receiving the set identification information from the communication network, and associating the set identification information with set status information based on the location of the sensing device that read the set identification information. An item inventory database stores the set identification information in association with the set status information.

US Patent:

20120317001, Dec 13, 2012

Filed:

Jun 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/154880

Inventors:

Brian C. DeBusk - Knoxville TN, US
Angela M. Sewell - Knoxville TN, US
John G. Jacobs - Knoxville TN, US
Rex A. Hurd - Knoxville TN, US
Elizabeth A. White - Strawberry Plains TN, US
Jeffrey D. Griffith - Knoxville TN, US
Samuel J. E. Fox - Oliver Springs TN, US

Assignee:

DEROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC. - Powell TN

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 29, 705 28

Abstract:

An inventory management system manages information related to items, such as implants, used during a medical surgical procedure. The inventory management system includes an inventory management computer and an item inventory database. The inventory management computer executes an inventory management application to process item usage information. The item usage information includes item identification information and quantity information for each item used during performance of the medical surgical procedure. The inventory management application associates the item usage information with a particular surgical case at a particular customer surgical facility. The inventory management computer receives the item usage information from a customer computer at the customer surgical facility via a wide area network, such as the Internet. The item inventory database, which is in communication with the inventory management computer, stores item inventory information reflecting the inventory of items at the customer surgical facility.