RFID in Japan

KRD Corporation developed a system for managing surgical knives and other medical equipment using RFID tags. Tools for medical operation are RFID-tagged and and the system captures the histories (e.g., records of sharpening, disinfection, etc.) of the tools. Small (diameter: 6.5mm, thickness: 2mm; 13.56MHz) RFID tags are either embedded in or attached to surgical knives, clamps, scissors, etc.

Information about past surgical operations are associated with the RFID tags. When a doctor puts a box of tens of surgical tools on an RFID reader, the computer may display warnings such as "This tool must be disposed" or "That tool is not sharpened"

via Nikkei Shimbun, February 22 (in Japanese)

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