The CenTrak Hybrid RTLS Technology™ outperforms legacy technologies using a combination of a patented new generation infrared – Gen2IR™ and active-RFID. Battery powered Monitors (up to 10 years battery life) transmit a unique room number using Gen2IR, which is received by any tag in that room. The tag communicates the room number and its own unique ID via RF to the Location Server using existing wired or Wi-Fi network.

From there it can be accessed in real-time by hospital personnel. Monitors can be positioned wherever location data is needed including rooms, hallways, even bays. Similar to light, Gen2IR will not pass through walls and it does not suffer from traditional infrared line-of-sight limitations. Therefore, when a tag reads a room number, there are no errors. This is certainty-based RTLS.