System and method for tracking medical items and supplies
US6963791B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H20/13
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The system for controlling and tracking medical items (830) includes one or more computers and associated data stores including information concerning authorized users, patients, medical items that have been prescribed for patients, medical items available, storage locations for medical items and events associated with receiving, dispensing, taking and returning medical items for patients. Authorized users taking medical items from storage locations are enabled to provide inputs through a display terminal (880) to indicate the taking of medical items for patients. Medical items are enabled to be taken from a plurality of storage cabinets (878). Storage cabinets are operative so that users may be guided to find a selected medical item for which corresponding information is input at an associated display terminal. Alternatively, users are enabled to gain access to the interior of the cabinet and indicate through appropriate inputs, the types and quantities of items that are being taken.
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