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US 2024/0092569 A1Published application
System for the storage and automatic movement of medicines
AssigneeAntares Vision S.P.A.
InventorsAndrea PIOVANELLI, Adriano FUSCO, Andrea MARTINELLI
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Abstract
A system for the storage and automatic movement of medicines and trays containing them between central cabinets, ward cabinets and inpatient rooms in hospital environments through the joint operation with one or more ward and interchange trolley/s.
Claims15
1) A system for the storage and movement of medicines, said system comprising:
- a plurality of trays each intended to house at least one medicine to be administered to a patient,
- a ward cabinet for the storage of said plurality of trays including:
- a frame delimiting a housing compartment,
- a plurality of supports each configured to receive at least one respective tray,
- an automatic movement assembly arranged at least partly inside the housing compartment for the movement of said plurality of trays from a tray storage position towards a tray delivery position,
- a delivery opening positioned at the point where said tray delivery position is located and formed on one of the walls of the frame and intended for the passage of said trays,
- a ward trolley intended to operate in conjunction with said ward cabinet to exchange said trays and including:
- a body bounding a housing compartment for the storage/receipt of said trays,
- a worktop positioned above the housing compartment,
- an entry area and an exit area for the entry/exit of said tray from said ward trolley,
- an automatic movement assembly arranged at least partly inside said housing compartment and configured to receive said trays from said ward cabinet to store said trays inside said ward trolley and move said trays between at least said entry area and said exit area so as to make said trays available for a subsequent pickup to one or more operators,
- an entry opening arranged at the point where said entry area is located and adapted to allow the transfer of trays from said ward cabinet to said ward trolley and vice versa.
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