Undercounter refrigerator with access control
AssigneeHelmer, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. LARKNER, Adam A. CLOUD, Jason L. HESSLER, Dennis H. SMITH, Kyle T. STOUT, Doug R. SANQUNETTI, Bryan T. SHANNON
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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.
Claims22
1-53. (canceled)
A storage device for medical products comprises
- a cabinet,
- a drawer assembly positioned in the cabinet, the drawer assembly including a plurality of storage spaces,
- a plurality of storage containers, each storage container associated with one of the storage spaces,
- an actuation assembly including an array of actuators, each of the actuators of the array being associated with a respective storage container, each of the actuators being independently actuable to secure or release the respective storage container with which the respective actuator is associated relative to the storage space, and
- a manual release mechanism actuable by a user to over-ride the actuation assembly and independently release the storage containers from the storage spaces.
The storage device of claim 1, wherein the storage device comprises a plurality of drawer assemblies, each drawer assembly including a plurality of storage spaces, each drawer further comprising a separate manual release mechanism to release only the storage containers or the respective drawer, and wherein each manual release mechanism is spring biased to a position that prevents the storage containers of the drawer from being manually released.
A storage device for medical products comprises
- a cabinet,
- a drawer assembly positioned in the cabinet, the drawer assembly including a plurality of storage spaces,
- a plurality of storage containers, each storage container associated with one of the storage spaces,
- an actuation assembly including an array of actuators, each of the actuators of the array being associated with a respective storage container, each of the actuators being independently actuable to secure or release the respective storage container with which the respective actuator is associated relative to the storage space, and
- a manual release mechanism actuable by a user to over-ride the actuation assembly and independently release the storage containers from the storage spaces,
- wherein the storage containers are configured to permit air to flow through the container, without permitting a user to access the contents of the storage container.
A storage device for medical products comprises
- a control system,
- a cabinet,
- a drawer assembly positioned in the cabinet, the drawer assembly including a plurality of storage spaces,
- a plurality of storage containers, each storage container associated with one of the storage spaces,
- an actuation assembly including an array of actuators, each of the actuators of the array being associated with a respective storage container, each of the actuators being independently actuable to secure or release the respective storage container with which the respective actuator is associated relative to the storage space, and
- a manual release mechanism actuable by a user to over-ride the actuation assembly and independently release the storage containers from the storage spaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.