Medical supplies cabinet
AssigneeXoria Limited
InventorsStephen Ian Mann, Peter James Montgomery, Matthew Claridge, James Wellacott
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Abstract
A medical supplies cabinet is disclosed. The cabinet comprises a housing presenting a medical supplies storage zone at where there is provided at least one medical supplies receptacle. The receptacle(s) is/are of a shape and configuration to be able to at least partly receive and hold at least one medical item. A sensor is associated with the receptacle(s). The sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of the presence and/or absence, or removal of the medical item in/from the receptacle.
Claims23
A medical supplies cabinet comprising:
- a housing presenting a medical supplies storage zone at where there is provided at least one medical supplies receptacle, the receptacle(s) being of a shape and configuration to be able to at least partly receive and hold at least one medical item, and
- a sensor associated with a or each receptacle, the sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of the presence and/or absence or removal of the medical item in/from the receptacle.
A medical supplies system that comprises:
- medical items of at least two different kinds and with which two differently configured EID tags are associated, and
- a cabinet comprising:
- a housing presenting a medical supplies storage zone at where there is provided at least two medical supplies receptacles, one for each kind of medical item to be received at a respective receptacle, and
- an EID tag reader to read the EID tags and arranged and configured to determine at least one of the following:
- if the correct medical item is located at its respective receptacle,
- the orientation of the medical item when in a respective receptacle, and
- information carried by the EID tag.
A method of reporting stock levels at least one receptacle of a medical supplies cabinet at where at least one packaged medical item is retained, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a signal from a sensor associated with the at least one receptacle, processing the received signal to determine the presence or absence or introduction/removal of a packaged medical item from the at least one receptacle;
- wherein the presence or absence or introduction/removal of a packaged medical item from the at least one receptacle is based on a sensible characteristic or identification that is of or associated with the packed medical item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.