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US 12,379,152 B2Granted
Portable platform based product storage and expansion systems, devices and method
AssigneeFFF Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsKenneth Shay Reid, Connor Ramm
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Abstract
Systems and methods related to medical cabinets and medical cabinet systems are provided. In particular, they include structure and systems that incorporate or expand medical cabinet systems with platform-based (open access) devices that can assist with managing and stocking of medical products in controlled environments (e.g., rooms having restricted access such locks or key codes to allow authorized personnel). They also include providing convenient expansion to temperature regulated products by adapting refrigerators or freezers using specialized shelf top platform devices that operate inside the refrigerator or freezer by way of the integration of algorithms and/or hardware.
Claims10
A medical cabinet system that stores packaged medicine or other regulated healthcare related devices for stocking or dispensing using an optical scanner, comprising:
- an optical scanner that is configured to scan products;
- a camera that is configured to record a view of activity in a room to record one or more user actions,
- a cabinet adapted to be positioned in the room to allow for walk-up access by users, the cabinet comprising:
- a frame that supports the structure and contains a plurality of drawers,
- the plurality of drawers being adapted in the cabinet to secure products from open removal from the cabinet unless unlocked by the system,
- a display monitor,
- a computer that is configured to lock the plurality of drawers and unlock one or more drawers in a response to a user providing one or more credentials to authenticate the user on the medical cabinet system, and
- wherein the medical cabinet system is configured to store serial numbers for individual items stored in the drawers by loading the serial number when the item is scanned using an optical scanner and inserted in the drawers, and wherein the cabinet maintains the status of the items using the serial numbers when authorized users take items from the cabinet;
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- a plurality of portable open-top inventory trays, wherein the trays are adapted to be placed on a table top or shelf, and each of the trays comprises a planar top surface adapted to be open for access by hand of users, regardless of whether users are authenticated, to receive packaged medicine or other regulated healthcare related device for stocking or dispensing on the trays, wherein the trays are configured to be positioned in the room, wherein each of the trays comprises a weight sensor configured to detect a change in the weight of the items on the trays;
- wherein the cabinet system is configured to allow users to login to the system while in view of the cabinet to authenticate the user and record video of users that interact with the trays,
- wherein the system is configured to update the serial number of the item taken from the tray, and
- whereby the trays provide an expansion of the cabinet by providing one or more trays that provide open access to items from the top side of the tray,
- wherein when the weight sensor of the tray is activated by a weight change of the items on the tray:
- the tray switches to an active mode from a sleep mode in which operating in a lower power mode than the active mode until the weight sensor is activated,
- the tray communicates with another device via wireless communications an update including the weight change, and
- during the sleep mode, the tray maintains the time and measures time since last update was transmitted.
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A medical cabinet system comprising:
- an optical scanner that is configured to scan products;
- a camera that is configured to record a view of activity in a room to record one or more user actions;
- a cabinet adapted to be positioned in the room, the cabinet comprising:
- a plurality of drawers configured to secure products from open removal from the cabinet unless unlocked by the system,
- a display monitor,
- a computer that is configured to lock the plurality of drawers and unlock one or more drawers in response to a user providing one or more credentials to authenticate the user on the medical cabinet system, and
- wherein the medical cabinet system is configured to store serial numbers for individual items stored in the drawers by loading the serial number when the item is scanned using the optical scanner and inserted in the drawers, and wherein the cabinet maintains the status of the items using the serial numbers when authorized users take items from the cabinet;
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- a plurality of portable open-top inventory trays positioned in the room, each of the trays comprising a planar top surface adapted to be open for access by hand of users, regardless of whether users are authenticated, to receive packaged medicine or other regulated healthcare related device for stocking or dispensing on the trays,
- wherein the cabinet system is configured to allow users to login to the system while in view of the cabinet to authenticate the user and record video of users that interact with the trays,
- wherein the system is configured to update the serial number of the item taken from the tray,
- whereby the trays provide an expansion of the cabinet by providing one or more trays that provide open access to items from the top side of the tray, and
- wherein when a sensor of the tray is activated:
- the tray communicates with another device via wireless communications an update including the weight change, and
- during a sleep mode operating in a lower power mode than an active mode until the sensor is activated, the tray maintains the time and measures time since last update was transmitted.
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