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Reading LF Tags Through Metal with N-Metal Adapters

Roxen CSE Sàrl , Vaumarcus, Switzerland, has completed an exclusive distribution agreement for N-Metal. N-Metal is a new technology that allows standards-compliant low frequency RFID tags and readers to communicate through metal-encapsulated environments.

It is well known that metal often disrupts the flow of RF activity and can cause serious communication problems between tags and readers. N-Metal technology uses an inexpensive micro-adapter, boosting a tag’s ability to emit and receive electromagnetic signals from a standard reader, even when embedded in metal, such as in medical instruments and devices.

Tags embedded in medical equipment with N-Metal will be capable of withstanding aggressive and repeated autoclaving and cleaning. Specific sets of tagged equipment can house all of the information necessary about everything from tracing the history of manufacture, inspections and revisions, data related to specific assembly, disassembly and cleaning instructions, and usage/cleaning history. The use of RFID with this equipment can help to keep a real-time inventory of instruments and devices, as well. Visit www.n-metal.com.

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