Medical technology station and method of use

A medical cart system, said system comprising:

• a medical cart comprising:
• a cassette frame defining, at least in part, drawer compartments;
• electronic readers, each associated with one of the drawer compartments;
• and
• a computer system;
• drawers, a first subset of which are each configured to span a respective one of the drawer compartments when installed and a second subset of which are each configured to span a respective plurality of the drawer compartments when installed, where each of the drawers comprises an electronically readable tag, which when energized is configured to provide an output including a respective identifier;
• and
• wherein said computer system comprises one or more non-transitory storage devices comprising software instructions, which when executed, configures one or more processors of the computer system to:
• receive sets of the outputs from the electronically readable tags of some or all of the drawers;
• and
• determine, for each of the sets of the outputs, a relative location and number of the drawer compartments occupied by each of the drawers for which said output is received;
• and
• an electronic display, wherein the computer system comprises additional software instructed stored at the one or more non-transitory storage devices, which when executed, configures the one or more processors to:
• cause, for each of the sets of the outputs, a display to be generated or an updated version of the display to be generated at the electronic display comprising an indication of the relative location and number of the drawer compartments occupied by each of the drawers for which said output is received in a respective one of the sets of the outputs.

A method for operating a medical cart, said method comprising:

• receive, at a computer system of the medical cart, outputs from electronically readable tags, each provided with one of a plurality of drawers, a first subset of which are each configured to span a respective one of drawer compartments defined, at least in part, by a cassette frame of the medical cart, and a second subset of which are each configured to span a respective plurality of the drawer compartments, where each of the electronically readable tag, when energized, is configured to provide one of the outputs, where each of the outputs includes a respective identifier;
• determining, at the computer system of the medical cart, a relative location and number of the drawer compartments occupied by each of the drawers;
• and
• generating, at an electronic display of the medical cart and by way of the computer system of the medical cart, a configuration map comprising a visual representation of the cart frame and the relative location and the number of the drawer compartments occupied by each of the drawers within the cart frame.