Active RFID: Radianse Active-RFID Technology to Power Real-Time Asset ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... clinical engineering software for asset management, announced today a non-exclusive development partnership to integrate Radianse active-RFID technology into ...

Radianse, Inc. provides Indoor Positioning Solutions (IPS) for healthcare demonstrated to deliver a return on investment in as little as 12-months time. An IPS is analogous to the global positioning system (GPS) but GPS is designed for outdoor use and an IPS is designed for indoor use. Founded as Sentinel Wireless in November 2000 by former managers from Hewlett-Packard/Philips Medical Systems, Radianse is solely focused on solving location problems in healthcare — knowing where people, equipment and devices are and how they interrelate.

Radianse tags are worn by people and attached to or integrated in medical devices and other assets. The use of RF allows the identification signal to be transmitted even if a hospital gown or a blanket is covering the transmitter. Radio waves can penetrate walls and other opaque materials so a Radianse IPS also uses IR, which provides additional resolution, for example, the side of a wall an asset or patient is located. The tags transmit using unique identifiers for each person or asset. Two buttons on the transmitter can be programmed for multiple functions; for example, a button on an asset can be used to notify central supply that it’s ready to be returned.