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NZ762379B2 - Medical supplies cabinet - Google Patents

Medical supplies cabinet

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NZ762379B2
NZ762379B2 NZ762379A NZ76237918A NZ762379B2 NZ 762379 B2 NZ762379 B2 NZ 762379B2 NZ 762379 A NZ762379 A NZ 762379A NZ 76237918 A NZ76237918 A NZ 76237918A NZ 762379 B2 NZ762379 B2 NZ 762379B2
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medical
item
receptacles
respective receptacle
receptacle
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NZ762379A
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NZ762379A (en
Inventor
Matthew Claridge
Stephen Ian Mann
Peter James Montgomery
James Wellacott
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Xoria Limited
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Application filed by Xoria Limited filed Critical Xoria Limited
Priority to NZ804144A priority Critical patent/NZ804144B2/en
Priority claimed from PCT/IB2018/057530 external-priority patent/WO2019064244A1/en
Publication of NZ762379A publication Critical patent/NZ762379A/en
Publication of NZ762379B2 publication Critical patent/NZ762379B2/en

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Abstract

medical supplies cabinet comprising a housing with multiple receptacles for storing medical items, each associated with sensors to detect item presence or removal. The cabinet has a pivotable door and a camera positioned to record the storage zone via a mirror on the door when near its closed position. At least one receptacle incorporates a capacitive sensor with parallel sensing elements on opposing walls to determine item presence or quantity. Additionally, RFID-enabled receptacles identify item type, orientation, and tag data for verification and tracking. A method for reporting stock based on the sensing is also claimed.

Claims (15)

1. A medical supplies cabinet comprising: a housing presenting a medical supplies storage zone at where there is provided a plurality of medical supplies receptacles, the receptacle each being of a shape and 5 configuration to be able to at least partly receive and hold at least one medical item; a plurality of sensors associated with the receptacle, the sensors configured to generate signals indicative of the presence and/or absence or removal of the medical item(s) in/from respective receptacles; and a door, the door pivotably connected to the housing and the door being 10 moveable between an open position corresponding to the medical supplies storage zone being exposed for interaction by a user and a closed position where the door covers the medical supplies storage zone thereby preventing interaction by the user, wherein the housing includes a camera to make a recording of a view facing away from the medical supplies storage zone, and the door includes a mirror that is 15 located to reflect a view of at least part of the medical supplies storage zone to the camera when the door is near its closed position such that the medical supplies storage zone is recordable by the camera when the door is near its closed position, wherein at least one of the receptacles is defined by a pair of parallel, spaced apart vertical walls and at least a base wall, a capacitive sensor disposed on or within the 20 receptacle, and the capacitive sensor comprises a pair of sensing elements, wherein each sensing element is disposed on, adjacent or within one of the vertical walls such that the sensing elements are substantially parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, wherein the capacitive sensor is one of the plurality of sensors and is configured 25 to generate a signal indicative of the presence or number of medical items located in the receptacle between the pair of sensing elements, wherein medical items of at least two different kinds are each associated with differently configured RFID tags, and wherein an RFID tag reader is provided for at least one of the receptacles, the 30 RFID tag reader being one of the plurality of sensors and arranged and configured to read the RFID tags and determine at least one of the following: if a correct medical item is located at the respective receptacle, orientation of the medical item(s) when in the respective receptacle, and information carried by the RFID tag(s). 35
2. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receptacles are discrete, at least two of the receptacles being of a shape to receive different said medical items. - 75 –
3. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the capacitive sensor is configured to sense the addition or removal of the medical item(s) to and from the respective receptacle.
4. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal indicative 5 of the presence of the medical item at the respective receptacle is proportional to the capacitance value of the capacitive sensor or a change in the capacitance of the capacitive sensor.
5. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the receptacles is shaped and configured to receive at least one of said medical item(s) or a 10 package including a plurality of the medical items, where said medical item(s) are able to be individually removed from and/or added to the respective receptacle or the package at the respective receptacle, the sensor being associated with the respective receptacle and configured to provide a signal indicative of one or more of: size of the package, 15 number of medical items in the package or number of medical items in the respective receptacle, number of medical items removed from or added to the package, medical item(s) removed from or added to the respective receptacle, and orientation of medical item(s) in the respective receptacle. 20
6. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sensors are each able to sense between at least one of: presence and absence of the medical item(s) at the respective receptacle, presence of the correct medical item and medical incorrect item at the respective receptacle, and 25 correct orientation and incorrect orientation of the medical item(s) or pack containing a plurality of said medical items at the respective receptacle.
7. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, comprising an optical sensing arrangement associated with at least one of the receptacles of the medical supplies cabinet, the optical sensing arrangement configured to generate a signal indicative of an 30 identity or number of medical items within the respective receptacle or the state of the medical item(s) within the respective receptacle.
8. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is a load sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of the medical item(s) being removed from the respective receptacle by an application of a 35 force. - 76 –
9. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, comprising a processor to receive information from the plurality of sensors, the processor being configured to determine one or more of: number of total medical items in the respective receptacles, 5 types of medical items in the respective receptacles, number of medical items added to the respective receptacles, number of medical items removed from the respective receptacles, and orientation of one or more medical items in the respective receptacles.
10. The medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the 10 receptacles is of a shape and configuration to encourage the user to put only the medical items or pack containing at least one of said medical items in the respective receptacle by a matching of the same and configuration of the respective receptacle to the shape and configuration of the medical item(s) or pack containing at least one said medical item.
11. A method of reporting stock levels in the receptacles of the medical supplies cabinet as claimed in claim 1, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the signal(s) from the sensor(s) associated with the respective receptacle, and processing the received signal(s) to determine the presence or absence 20 or introduction/removal of the medical item(s) from the respective receptacle; wherein the presence or absence or introduction/removal of the medical item(s) from the respective receptacle is based on a sensible characteristic or identification that is of or associated with the medical item(s).
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the sensible characteristic is of the weight of 25 the medical item(s).
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the or one of the signal(s) is from the capacitive sensor associated with the respective receptacle, wherein said processing of the received signal to determine the presence or absence or introduction/removal of the medical item(s) from the respective receptacle is 30 based on identifying at least one of: a dielectric value and/or change in the dielectric value of the capacitive sensor as a result of the presence or movement or absence of the medical item(s) relative to the capacitive sensor, and the relative position and/or change in the relative position of the pair of sensing 35 elements of the capacitive sensor. - 77 –
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises identifying an event based on the gradient or change in gradient of an output signal from the capacitive sensor.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the sensible characteristic is of the presence or 5 absence of the RFID tag associated with the medical item when in the proximity of the RFID tag reader.
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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
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NZ73598117 2017-09-29
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PCT/IB2018/057530 WO2019064244A1 (en) 2017-09-29 2018-09-28 Medical supplies cabinet

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NZ762379B2 true NZ762379B2 (en) 2026-02-03

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