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TempSys Announces its Fetch™ Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
06/01/11
TempSys, Inc., the leading provider of real-time wireless monitoring and tracking solutions, today announced the introduction of its Fetch™ Real-Time Location System (RTLS) to track assets and provide enterprise asset visibility, manage and reduce inventory shrinkage, enhance facility and personnel safety, and to optimize operational workflow. |
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| “This is a truly defining moment in the history of our company.” said Robert Yuan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TempSys, Inc. “We are pleased and very excited to introduce our new and unique hybrid RTLS solution. After carefully studying and evaluating available technologies that ranged from utilizing 802.11 Wi-Fi to Infrared to ZigBee standards, we designed a solution based upon our proprietary 900 MHz RF technology, combined with a unique ultrasound system that results in location accuracy to within 18 inches! Compared to competitive Wi-Fi or ZigBee systems that are incapable of achieving 100% room level accuracy, our hybrid RF and ultrasound technology sets the new standard for accuracy and performance.” |
| Fetch offers true enterprise visibility. Our user-friendly Web-based software displays real-time information, enables par level tracking and management, and captures utilization rates while trending workflow patterns. Fetch enables impactful decisions to be made based on insightful information that simply was not previously available. The enabling technology is built into each Fetch asset tag, which transmits RF and ultrasound signals in a proprietary, coded sequence. The resulting unique signature enables Fetch locators to pinpoint location with the highest level of accuracy and precision available. Built-in smart motion sensors not only optimize battery life but allow Fetch to track employee and asset egress and mitigate patient elopement risk with real-time, actionable information. |  Fetch™ Asset Tag |
 Fetch™ Hybrid RF and Ultrasound Locator |
The high accuracy and resolution of the Fetch system is achieved by our patent pending Fetch Location Engine, which utilizes our proprietary location-determining algorithms. If ultrasound is not available, the system can fall back and use only radio waves to locate and track asset tags with zone‐level accuracy. Fetch locators pinpoint asset location with unparalleled accuracy and real-time system response. |
| “The transmission speed of radio waves is much faster than sound waves. Think of it as the difference between thunder and lightning, the time difference of arrival (TDOA) provides very accurate distance information. Using the reflection and non-wall-penetrating properties of sound waves, along with the 3D-spatial positioning of our ultrasound devices, Fetch pinpoints exact location with amazing accuracy and confidence. Ultrasound also has 2-3 times the range of other technologies such as infrared, resulting in fewer receivers per hospital.” said Yuan. | |
 CheckPoint™ Wireless Sensor |
To complement Fetch and to offer a truly seamless enterprise solution, TempSys is also introducing its new fourth-generation (G4) CheckPoint™ wireless temperature and vital parameters monitoring solution. New features include 35% stronger signal strength, 80% longer battery life, three times the internal memory storage, and multi-input sensors for temperature and door open / closed status. CheckPoint is designed with leading-edge technologies to meet the unique needs of the regulatory-compliant healthcare market. The comprehensive product and sensor offering includes temperature (-200 °C to + 250 °C), humidity, CO2, Oxygen (O2), differential pressure, horizontal motion, 4-20 mA, binary (dry contact), and customized solutions. |
| Fetch and CheckPoint are designed to use the same wireless infrastructure of Access Points, Repeaters, and Wi-Fi Gateways. Hosted on a common application server, TempSys offers seamless integration with a facility’s existing infrastructure: 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, Distributed Antenna System (DAS), Apogee™, and Metasys™. Standard protocols such as HL7, Modbus, and BACnet are also seamlessly integrated and supported. Installation of Fetch and CheckPoint is very easy, modular, and highly scalable. From a manufacturing facility, to a medium-sized distribution warehouse, to a multi-hospital healthcare system, full system delivery and integration is completed in just a few days. |
 900 MHz Wireless Access Point |
About Tempsys, Inc.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, TempSys, is a leading provider of real-time enterprise monitoring and tracking solutions. Our Fetch™ RTLS and CheckPoint™ wireless monitoring systems are seamless enterprise solutions for temperature and vital parameters monitoring, cold-chain management, RFID inventory management, asset visibility and workflow optimization. Serving over 250 hospitals, laboratories, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other companies nationwide, TempSys is a recognized leader in solutions to safeguard product integrity and to protect and manage an organization’s vital assets.
For further information about Tempsys Inc. and the Checkpoint Wireless Temperature Monitoring System, please contact us at info@tempsys.net or visit us at www.tempsys.net.