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Bielomatik Offers HF and UHF Smart Label Converting Machines

Bielomatik Leuze GmbH + Co KG introduces an entry-level smart label converting machine, the T-100/165 Explorer. It is specifically intended to prevent disruption of current conventional label manufacturing procedures while providing a simplified means to create smart labels. The Explorer allows a converter to continue utilizing features on existing presses such as adhesive applicators and die-cutters. This avoids the need to purchase this equipment for a smart label converting machine.

Built on the same modular platform as Bielomatik’s high-end machines, the Explorer accepts rolls of blank or pre-printed labels and rolls of pressure sensitive, singulated transponders in order to produce smart labels. With high precision, a label is delaminated from its liner, a pressure sensitive transponder is placed to register on the label liner, and the label is then re-laminated on top of the transponder/liner combination. A final test is made on each smart label prior to winding. Visit www.bielomatik.com.

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Impinj’s GrandPrix™ Solution Extended to Item-Level Tagging

Impinj’s GrandPrix™ UHF Gen 2 solution has grown to include item-level tagging in response to demand from the global retail supply chain and other high-growth markets. It can be used to track pharmaceuticals, apparel, CD/DVDs, and other valuable products. It has become the first RFID system to provide a single infrastructure suitable for tagging items, cases, and pallets, so it can simplify the implementation process and reduce the costs while maintaining system performance and functionality.

The tags have a very small footprint, making them ideal for use in the pharmaceutical field to restrain drug counterfeiting. They also contain antennas that function well in environments that tend to give RFID tags difficulty, such as metals, liquids, and stacked items like CDs and DVDs.

“Impinj is the first company to bring all the benefits of Gen 2 RFID to item-level tagging with tags as small as 9.0 mm,” claims Dr. William Colleran, President and CEO of Impinj. “Retailers want to implement RFID tags using a single RFID infrastructure at all of their facilities worldwide, and we are delighted to be the first RFID systems provider to deliver the GrandPrix solution that meets all of those requirements.”

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PDC Has Wristband Solutions for Patron and Process Efficiency

Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC) introduces its PDC Smart Band® RFID Wristbands, Smart Kiosk™, and PDC Smart® Readers. These are designed for venues to install cashless point-of-sale payment systems. The Smart Kiosk is a touch-screen terminal that patrons use to load money onto the wristbands, transferring money from credit/debit cards or cash. The PDC Smart Reader does away with the need for point-of-sale systems and reduces long lines that can deter customers.

PDC also created the DR1000, an RFID/ barcode handheld reader that can read/write to Smart Band RFID Wristbands, 13.56 MHz transponders, and 1-D or 2-D barcodes, facilitating interoperability between RFID and barcode technology. Used in hospital environments, the lightweight DR1000 can reduce common manual data-entry errors, eliminate repetitive data entry into medical devices, and automatically fill in appropriate files on forms. The dual reader provides an easy migration from barcodes to RFID tags for healthcare and commercial applications.

“RFID Wristbands allow for peripheral applications, such as Smart Kiosk and DR1000, to connect and communicate accordingly with an organization’s system of choice,” says Irwin Thall, RFID Manger at PDC. “Without RFID wristbands, these systems would not be functional—wristbands are the glue that keeps everything together.”

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Optio Healthcare Has an Advanced Labeling™ Solution

Optio Healthcare now offers a solution that allows healthcare facilities to generate thermal, barcode, and RFID labels and print them on demand from PCs and mobile devices. It is called Optio Healthcare Advanced Labeling™, and it enables hospital staff to create barcoded patient identification and RFID labels for both admissions and patients.

The labels can be used to ensure positive patient identification and automate time-consuming, human-error-prone manual processes from admissions and the point of care through billing/material management and discharge. Additionally, they can track and trace pharmaceuticals between pharmacy and patient, identify lab specimens and samples, protect infants and wandering Alzheimer’s patients by tracking their locations, and manage controlled substances, pathogens, and other materials that pose public health risks.

The use of this system ultimately boils down to more efficient and accurate processes and a reduction in time spent on administrative procedures. Much of the time saved dwelling over those tasks can be redirected toward patients. Optio also offers other solutions. MedEx™ and MedForms™ are Optio’s forms automation solutions. QuickRecord® is a subscription-based electronic health record system. Optio Patient Signature Capture™ is an e-signature solution that integrates with any EHR system. Visit www.optiohealthcare.com.

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