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US 2009/0267772 A1Published application
Payload Aware Medical Cart, System and Method
OwnerPourya M. Dehnadiinventor
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Abstract
A payload aware medical cart, system and method utilizes a computer system to take inventory of the medical products stored in the medical cart. Each medical product carries an ID tag that provides a unique identifier when queried by an ID sensor, and the medical cart detects the contents of each compartment by reading the ID tags of the products placed in that compartment thereby producing an inventory enumerating all products and the quantity of each product per compartment.
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A payload aware medical cart comprising
- a medical cart having a plurality of designated compartments for storing medical products carrying identification tags;
- sensor means in said designated compartments for sensing said medical product identification tags to detect the presence of said medical products in said designated compartments and providing detection signals representative of said detected medical products;
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- processor means carried by said medical cart for receiving said detection signals and generating an inventory output indicating said medical products carried by said medical cart.
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A payload aware medical cart system comprising
- a medical cart having a plurality of designated compartments for storing medical products carrying identification tags, sensor means in said designated compartments for sensing said medical product identification tags to detect the presence of said medical products in said designated compartments and providing detection signals representative of said detected medical products, and processor means carried by said medical cart for receiving said detection signals and generating an inventory output indicating said medical products carried by said medical cart;
- an input device for supplying said processor means with a cart configuration policy listing of medical products;
- means for comparing said inventory output with said cart configuration policy listing of medical products;
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- output means providing an indication of whether said medical cart carries an inventory of medical products to be compliant with said cart configuration policy listing of medical products.
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A method of managing the storage of medical products in a medical cart comprising
- providing the medical products with identification tags;
- storing the medical products in designated compartments in the medical cart;
- sensing the identification tags in each designated compartment to determine the presence of required medical products in each designated compartment;
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- providing an output indicating whether the required medical products are stored in the medical cart.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.