CENTRAK USES ULTRA-LOW POWER MSP430 MCUS FROM TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TO STREAMLINE PATIENT AND EQUIPMENT TRACKING IN MEDICAL FACILITIES

CENTRAK USES ULTRA-LOW POWER MSP430 MCUS FROM TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TO STREAMLINE PATIENT AND EQUIPMENT TRACKING IN MEDICAL FACILITIES

Combining ultra-low-power control with innovative remote communications, CenTrak, Inc. (formally Remote Play) has announced the introduction of its InTouch CareTM Real Time Location System (RTLS), an advanced, easily installed system for tracking medical personnel, patients and equipment that is based on MSP430 microcontroller units (MCUs) from Texas Instruments Incorporated.

New InTouch Care™ Battery-Powered Real Time Location System Increases Efficiencies, Saves Costs, Helps Improve Patient Care The new InTouch Care RTLS employs DualTrakTM technology, a unique combination of radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) generates more accurate locations of people and equipment to room and sub-room levels, saving time and costs for hospitals while helping to improve patient care. Thanks to the extremely low power consumption of TI's MSP430 MCUs, InTouch Care's DualTrak infrastructure operates on batteries that last for several years, making the system easy to deploy and scale, as well as inexpensive to maintain.