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US 2013/0076898 A1Published application
Apparatus, systems, and methods for tracking medical products using an imaging unit
OwnerRichard Philippe, Jonathan Assouline +1inventors
InventorsRichard Philippe, Jonathan Assouline, Anders Larsson
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Abstract
According to one aspect there is an apparatus for tracking medical products. The apparatus includes a storage depot having a plurality of storage compartments, and an imaging unit having a first camera adapted to observe the storage compartments to track medical products therein.
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An apparatus for tracking medical products, comprising:
- a storage depot having a plurality of storage compartments;
- an imaging unit having a first camera adapted to observe the storage compartments to track medical products therein, the first camera mounted at a top end of the storage depot and orientated downwards so as to define a detection region for observing each storage compartment;
- and
- a second camera orientated outwardly to define a second detection region, adapted for detecting the presence or absence of a user within the second detection region for controlling the imaging unit;
- wherein the imaging unit is adapted to determine whether a particular storage compartment is empty without necessarily identifying a type of medical product therein.
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An apparatus for tracking medical products, comprising:
- a storage depot having a plurality of storage compartments;
- and
- an imaging unit having a first camera adapted to observe the storage compartments to track medical products therein.
A system for tracking medical products, comprising:
- at least one server;
- at least one storage depot, each storage depot having a plurality of storage compartments;
- and
- at least one imaging unit having a first camera adapted to observe the storage compartments of the at least one storage depot to track medical products therein;
- wherein the imaging unit is adapted to communicate data to the at least one server.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.