Inventory and Patient Management System
First Claim
1. A system for managing the treatment of patients diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing and products used in their treatment, comprising:
- at least one barcode scanner that scans said products and retrieves identifying information about said products;
a product and patient database that stores said retrieved identifying product information and information about patients; and
,a software application running on a computer terminal that can access said product and patient database;
said product and patient database being updated at least when said products are received and/or dispensed;
said updates being shown in said software application.
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Abstract
A system and/or method for managing patients and products used in the treatment of their sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is provided. A barcode scanner preferably scans product data and wirelessly communicates it to a database for use in an inventory management system for tracking and generating product and patient information for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) treatment, for example, when receiving items into stock, dispensing products, returning loaned, rented, and/or defective products, etc. Custom patient reminders, notes, reports, and the like may be generated automatically based on the scanned data.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for managing the treatment of patients diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing and products used in their treatment, comprising:
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at least one barcode scanner that scans said products and retrieves identifying information about said products; a product and patient database that stores said retrieved identifying product information and information about patients; and
,a software application running on a computer terminal that can access said product and patient database; said product and patient database being updated at least when said products are received and/or dispensed; said updates being shown in said software application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing the treatment of patients diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing and products used in their treatment, said method comprising:
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scanning barcodes associated with said products to retrieve identifying information about said products; storing said retrieved identifying product information and information about patients in a product and patient database; using a software application running on a computer terminal to access said product and patient database; and
,updating said product and patient database at least when said products are received and/or dispensed, wherein said updates may be shown in said software application. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of dispensing products to be used in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing, said method comprising:
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diagnosing a patient; prescribing at least one product to be used by said patient; issuing to said patient at least a barcode indicating said at least one product; and
,scanning said at least one barcode at a place where said products may be dispensed. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of integrating a barcoded inventory system with a billing system, comprising:
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receiving at least one product into inventory by scanning at least one barcode associated with the at least one product; updating a database with information scanned in said receiving step; printing a receipt of products received into inventory after at least one product is received into inventory, said receipt including at least one human-readable serial number and at least one barcode associated with the at least one human-readable identifying serial number; and
,scanning into the billing system the at least one barcode from the receipt. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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