US 12,223,451 B2
Systems and methods for performing load optimization of medications in an electronic medication storage cabinet
Christopher Urbanski, Zionsville, IN (US); Crystal Woodward, San Diego, CA (US); Dennis Anthony Tribble, Ormond Beach, FL (US); David D. Swenson, Encinitas, CA (US); and Francisco Jose Cuesta De Pablo, Vista, CA (US)
Assigned to CAREFUSION 303, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by CAREFUSION 303, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/520,391.
Application 18/520,391 is a continuation of application No. 17/986,808, filed on Nov. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,829,916.
Application 17/986,808 is a continuation of application No. 16/907,072, filed on Jun. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,501,230, issued on Nov. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,048, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0095631 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); A47B 67/02 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01) [A47B 67/02 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/38 (2020.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A47B 2067/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an electronic medication storage cabinet comprising at least one drawer and a plurality of storage pockets within the at least one drawer;
a non-transitory memory storing associations between patients and one or more of the plurality of storage pockets;
one or more processors configured to execute instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving an indication of a new medication to be loaded in the electronic medication storage cabinet;
determining that a specific patient associated with the new medication is associated with a first storage pocket in a first drawer of the electronic medication storage cabinet;
determining that there is insufficient space for the new medication in the first storage pocket;
generating a sequence of steps to place a new storage pocket in a contiguous space within the first drawer to load the new medication for the specific patient, the sequence of steps including moving a second storage pocket currently at a first location within the first drawer, and placing the new storage pocket at the first location;
displaying, on a display screen associated with the electronic medication storage cabinet, based on the sequence of steps, a first prompt for moving the second storage pocket;
determining, based on a signal from a sensor associated with the electronic medication storage cabinet, after displaying the first prompt, that the second storage pocket was moved; and
in response to determining that the second storage pocket was moved, displaying, via the display screen, a second prompt to place the new storage pocket at the first location for storage of the new medication.