ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,896, issued on May 27, was assigned to Wavemark Inc. (Concord, Mass.).
"Medical cabinet communication system and methods" was invented by Nathan John Wicks (Clinton, Mass.), Richard Eugene Leitermann (Arlington, Mass.), Jean-claude Jacques Saghbini (Newton, Mass.) and Lars Rohrberg (Groton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is an RFID-enabled medical item storage, organization, and/or tracking device, such as a cabinet or shelf, that includes a limited-range wireless network communication capability, such as low-energy Bluetooth or Zigbee, to communicate with nearby cabinets, shelves or mobile devices, any of which may s...