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US 10,242,332 B2Granted
Intraocular lens storage cart and methods
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsMikhail Boukhny, David Thoe
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods include an intraocular lens (IOL) cart that may assist with inventory management and may help users identify an IOL for use in a particular surgical application. The IOL cart may include sensors and indicators that provide information to a user and may update IOL inventory automatically whenever the IOL cart is accessed by a user.
Claims14
An intraocular lens (IOL) cart comprising:
- a base housing configured to receive a plurality of IOL packages, the base housing being configured to detect a presence of individual IOL packages;
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- one or more sensors configured to detect a diopter power associated with each IOL and location information for each IOL;
- a computer unit associated with the base housing and configured to receive, from the one or more sensors, and store information from the base housing indicative of the diopter power and location presence of individual IOL packages disposed within the base housing, the computer unit being configured to provide information relating to one or more of the individual IOL packages to a user;
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- one or more sensors configured to detect IOL power information relating to individual IOL packages;
- a plurality of visual indicators actuatable by the computer unit;
- wherein the computer unit comprises an inventory database configured to store the IOL power information and location information within the base housing for each individual IOL package, and the computer unit is configured to receive a request from a user relating to a desired IOL, compare the stored diopter power information to the received request related to a desired IOL, select an IOL package with a diopter power associated IOL power information closest to a desired IOL power, and cause one or more of the plurality of visual indicators to actuate adjacent to the location of the IOL package with the diopter power closest to the desired IOL power.
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An intraocular lens (IOL) cart, comprising:
- a base housing configured to hold a plurality of IOL packages, each IOL package having an IOL with an associated diopter power;
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- a computer unit for tracking an inventory of the plurality of IOL packages, the computer unit configured to:
- receive IOL power information from a sensor relating to individual IOL packages;
- store the diopter power associated with each IOL and a location of the IOL package for each IOL in an IOL cart;
- receive a request from a user relating to a desired IOL;
- compare the stored diopter power information to the received request to identify an IOL in the inventory most closely matching the desired IOL;
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- actuate a visual indicator adjacent the identified IOL.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.