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US 11,883,335 B2Granted
Medical products storage device including access control
AssigneeHelmer Scientific, LLC
InventorsThomas J. Larkner, David A. Ferrer, Jesse M. Smith, Dennis H. Smith, Adam A. Cloud, Mark D. Lockwood, Mark G. Loeffelholz, James R. Edwards
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for storing medical products such as pharmaceutical and medical products in climate controlled storage devices includes climate control systems in communication with inventory access and tracking systems.
Claims12
A storage device for medical products, the storage device comprising:
- a control system;
- a cabinet enclosing a plurality of storage spaces, the cabinet having a top wall that defines a top surface that faces downwardly, a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall that defines a bottom surface that faces upwardly, and side walls that extend between and interconnect the top and bottom walls;
- and
- multiple optical units in communication with the control system, each of the multiple optical units having a field of view, each of the multiple optical units being capable of targeting, detecting, reading indicia on the medical products that are passed through the field of view thereof, and the multiple optical units including at least one optical unit of the multiple optical units coupled to the top surface of the top wall of the cabinet to face downwardly toward the bottom wall of the cabinet and at least one optical unit of the multiple optical units coupled to the bottom surface of the bottom wall to face upwardly toward the top wall of the cabinet so that the respective fields of view are in an opposing location to detect the indicia on the medical product that faces up or down,
- wherein each of the multiple optical units is configured to transfer data regarding the indicia read by the respective optical unit to the control system upon check-in or check-out of a medical product in which the medical product moves through the field of view of the respective optical unit and the control system is configured to adjust a record regarding inventory located in the storage device based on the data transferred from the at least one optical unit.
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A storage device for medical products, the storage device comprising:
- a control system;
- a cabinet enclosing a plurality of storage spaces;
- and
- multiple optical units positioned in the cabinet and in communication with the control system, each of the multiple optical units configured to detect and read indicia on medical products that are passed through a field of view thereof, and the multiple optical units including at least a first optical unit and a second optical unit positioned such that the fields of view of the first and second optical units are in opposing locations,
- wherein the first optical unit and the second optical unit are each configured to transfer data regarding the indicia to the control system upon check-in or check-out of a medical product in which the medical product moves through the field of view and the control system is configured to adjust a record regarding inventory located in the storage device based on the data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.