Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interactive inventory storage device, system, and method
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Application No.: US16914186Application Date: 2020-06-26
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Publication No.: US11113661B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Michael Rahilly , Brendan John Burgess , Ramkumar Subramanian , Mustafa Yusufi , Monica Wyly
- Applicant: CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Current Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04W4/80 ; G07C9/22 ; G06K19/07 ; G06N3/08 ; G07C9/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for providing automated inventory management of medicine and healthcare items stored within bins in care facilities are disclosed. A method includes providing an interactive storage device for attaching to a bin, and outputting, via an audiovisual element, a visual representation of a local inventory of the bin, receiving a user input, determining a change to the local inventory according to the user input, updating the local inventory in a non-volatile data store according to the change, synchronizing the local inventory with one or more nodes via a communication interface, and receiving, from the one or more nodes via the communication interface, periodic updates for a local cache comprising locations and inventories of one or more remote bins.
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