Computer Controlled And Monitored Medical Storage System
AssigneeOmnicell, Inc.
InventorsAkbar Paydar, Stanley Kim, Andrew Chai
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for monitoring and controlling a refrigerated medical storage unit. The system may include a control station. The control station may receive temperature information from the refrigerated medical storage unit and may cause at least a portion of the temperature information to be stored. The control station may determine whether the temperature is outside a predefined range and may causes an alarm to be generated when the temperature is outside the predefined range. The control station may receive user authentication information from a user, and upon verification of the user authentication information, send unlock instructions to the refrigerated medical storage unit.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a control station, wherein the control station:
- is located remotely from a refrigerated medical storage unit;
- receives temperature information from the refrigerated medical storage unit, wherein the temperature information includes a temperature of the refrigerated medical storage unit;
- causes at least a portion of the temperature information to be stored indicating the temperature of the refrigerated medical storage unit versus time;
- determines whether the temperature is outside a predefined range;
- and
- causes an alarm to be generated when the temperature is outside the predefined range.
A system comprising:
- a control station, wherein the control station:
- receives temperature information from a medical storage unit, wherein the temperature information includes a temperature of the medical storage unit;
- causes at least a portion of the temperature information to be stored indicating the temperature of the medical storage unit versus time;
- determine, from the stored temperature information, whether a change in the temperature over time exceeds a predefined rate;
- and
- cause an alarm to be generated when the change in the temperature over time exceeds the predefined rate.
A system comprising:
- a control station, wherein the control station:
- receives information identifying what items are stored in the medical storage unit;
- receives information identifying what items are withdrawn from the medical storage unit;
- receives temperature information from the medical storage unit, wherein the temperature information includes a temperature of the medical storage unit;
- and
- causes at least a portion of the temperature information to be stored indicating the temperature of each item in the medical storage unit versus time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.