ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,676, issued on Aug. 25.
"NFC tag-based container alerting system" was invented by David G. Wolfe (Wexford, Pa.) and Spencer W. Allen (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to systems and methods for tracking transported items, particularly in hospital pneumatic tube systems for delivering medications. A key challenge in such systems is the frequent occurrence of missing or misplaced items, which disrupts workflow and compromises patient care. This invention addresses the problem by incorporating an alarm device on a transport container, alongside arming and disarming devices at loading and unlo...