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Anesthesia Cart with Keyless Entry and Automatic Re-Locking

  • US 20140184038A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2014
  • Published: 07/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An anesthesia cart comprisinga cabinet having a base, a front, a rear, and a top;

  • a computer control arrangement mounted on said cabinet and including a computer processor, a data entry device, and a key code reader mounted in the cabinet and being coupled to said computer processor;

    at least one general use drawer in said cabinet including an electro-mechanical lock coupled to said computer processor;

    at least one controlled-materials drawer in said cabinet having one or more lockable compartments and having an electro-mechanical lock mechanism for locking and unlocking the one or more lockable compartments; and

    a sonic presence sensor mounted on said cabinet and capable of detecting presence or absence of a user within a given beam volume and within a predetermined range of said sensor and providing an output signal to said computer processor;

    said key code reader cooperating with said computer control arrangement to communicate with the electro-mechanical lock mechanism of said general use drawer and to communicate with the electro-mechanical lock mechanism of said one or more lockable compartments, and respond to presence of an anesthesia authorization code to unlock said at least one general use drawer to permit access to said drawer;

    to await entry of an authorized pass code on said data entry device;

    upon entry of said authorized pass code to unlock the one or more lockable compartments in said controlled-materials drawer; and

    said computer processor being adapted to maintain the at least one general use drawer in an unlocked condition so long as said sonic presence sensor provides said output indicating that the user is present within said given beam volume, and to re-lock said at least one general use drawer and to re-lock said one or more lockable compartments of said controlled materials drawer in response to the output of said sonic sensor indicating that the user is absent from said given beam volume.

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