choice: Hospitals have been using barcodes for 10 years. There are thousands of patents in this area. I just read one that specifically tracks sponges - just sponges!
No, I think it is highly unlikely that he invested in NeoMedia because he is interesting in using NeoMedia patents. There is nothing to support the idea and plenty to show that is not reasonable.
“It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble. It’s the things we know that just ain’t so.” Henry Wheeler Shaw