Medical supply cabinet with lighting features

• US 9,891,658 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ArXium, Inc. (Van Humbeck Family)
• Original Assignee: ArXium, Inc. (Van Humbeck Family)
• Inventors: Michael, James A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Haughton, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US15/042,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20160161984A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 36167953, 361724-727, 16510433, 622592
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/00 Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/525 Arrangement for multi-colour printing, not covered by group B41J2/21, e.g. applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking process
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/006 the substrate being distinct from the light source holder
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0012 Furniture hospital beds F21V33/0072
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/301 for furniture
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/62 in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources

Abstract

A medical supply cabinet having improved features for user access, user control, and illumination is provided. The supply cabinet is provided with a selectively controllable illumination source, such as light-emitting diodes, that provide the operator with visual information regarding access to individual compartments of the supply cabinet.

Claims

1. A system for controlling access to medical products securely stored in a customizable cabinet comprising:

a customizable cabinet defined by a cabinet frame having a top, bottom, rear, first side and second side wall arranged to define a cabinet interior;

one or more covers attached to at least one of the top, bottom, first side and second side wall of the cabinet frame, the one or more covers defining at least a portion of the front exterior surface of the cabinet;

a mounting structure attached to the cabinet frame at a location within the cabinet interior;

a housing defining an interior and exterior of a control system, the housing comprising a mounting element configured to engage the mounting structure to mount the housing within the cabinet interior of the customizable cabinet;

a monitor defining at least a portion of a front exterior side of the housing;

wherein in a first mounting position, the housing interior is supported within the cabinet interior and the front exterior side of the housing extends along a first plane that is generally coplanar with the plane along which the one or more covers defining the front exterior of the cabinet extend; and

wherein in a second mounting position, the housing is supported by the cabinet frame such that at least a portion of the housing interior extends outwards relative to the front exterior of the cabinet and the front exterior side of the housing extends along a second plane that is displaced relative to the plane along which the one or more covers defining the front exterior of the cabinet extend;

a printer portion having a body portion defined at a first end by an output panel having a first output slot, the printer portion supported by the housing and slidable relative to the housing from a first location in which the printer body portion extends within the interior of the housing and the output panel defines a portion of the front exterior side of the housing to a second location in which the printer body portion and output panel extend outwards relative to the front exterior side of the housing;

a keyboard supported by and slidable relative to the housing between the interior and exterior of the housing; and

a processor within the control system, the processor electrically coupled to the monitor and keyboard.

2. The control system of claim 1 wherein the printer portion comprises:

a first printer behind the first output slot, the first printer electrically coupled to the processor;

a first recessed portion;

a first spool housed in the first recessed portion, the first spool configured to support materials for printing and to feed the materials to the first printer; and

wherein the first printer is configured to print information on the materials and feed the materials having the printed information through the first output slot.

3. The control system of claim 2 wherein the printer portion further comprises:

a second output slot;

a second printer behind the second output slot, the second printer electrically coupled to the processor;

a second recessed portion;

a second spool housed in the second recessed portion, the second spool configured to support materials for printing and to feed the materials to the second printer; and

wherein the second printer is configured to print information on the materials and feed the materials having the printed information through the second output slot.

4. The control system of claim 2 wherein the printer portion further comprises a tensioning member, the tensioning member configured to maintain tension of materials supported by the first spool.

5. The control system of claim 1 further comprising a handle coupled to the printer portion, the handle configured to pull the printer portion relative to the housing.

6. The control system of claim 5 wherein the handle is recessed grove on one side of the printer portion.

7. The control system of claim 1 further comprising a latch coupled to the housing and configured to secure the control system to the customizable cabinet such that access to the interior is limited to qualified personnel.

8. The control system of claim 7 wherein the latch has a pivot, the pivot configured to engage with a secure tool to rotate and lift the latch relative to a knob securing the control system to the customizable cabinet.

9. The control system of claim 8 wherein the printer portion includes an access port configured to allow the secure tool to engage the pivot when the printer portion is slid out relative to the housing.

10. The control system of claim 1 further comprising an identification card reader located proximate a slot configured to receive user credentials.

11. The control system of claim 1 wherein the printer portion includes a locking mechanism configured to secure the printer portion to the housing.

12. The control system of claim 2 wherein the printer portion further comprises indicator lights configured to provide status information about the first printer.

13. The control system of claim 1 wherein the monitor is configured to be removable from the housing.

14. A control system for controlling access to medical products securely stored in a customizable cabinet comprising:

a frame having a first plurality of slide rails, the first plurality of slide rails configured to be mountable within the structure of the customizable cabinet such that, when the frame is in a first position, a front exterior surface of the frame defines a portion of a front exterior surface of the customizable cabinet;

a monitor coupled to the frame, the monitor defining a portion of the front exterior surface of the frame;

a printer portion comprising;

a second plurality of slide rails, the second plurality of slide rails configured to be mounted to the frame;

a first output slot extending through an output surface; and

a printer located behind the first output slot;

wherein when the printer portion is in a first position, the output surface defines a portion of the front exterior surface of the frame;

a keyboard tray configured to support a keyboard, the keyboard tray being supported by and slidable relative to the frame and defining a portion of the front exterior surface of the frame when the keyboard tray is in a first position; and

a processor supported by the frame, the processor electrically coupled to the monitor, the first printer, and the keyboard;

wherein the movement of any of the frame relative to the cabinet, the movement of the second plurality of slide rails relative to the frame, and the movement of the keyboard tray relative to the frame may occur independent of the movement of any of the other of the frame relative to the cabinet, the movement of the second plurality of slide rails relative to the frame, and the movement of the keyboard tray relative to the frame.

15. The control system of claim 14 wherein the printer portion further comprises:

a first recessed portion;

a first spool housed in the first recessed portion, the first spool configured to support materials for printing and to feed the materials to the first printer; and

wherein the first printer is configured to print information on the materials and feed the materials having the printed information through the first output slot.

16. The control system of claim 15 wherein the printer portion further comprises:

a second output slot;

a second printer behind the second output slot, the second printer electrically coupled to the processor;

a second recessed portion;

a second spool housed in the second recessed portion, the second spool configured to support materials for printing and to feed the materials to the second printer; and

wherein the second printer is configured to print information on the materials and feed the materials having the printed information through the second output slot.

17. The control system of claim 14 further comprising a latch coupled to the frame and configured to secure the control system to the customizable cabinet such that access to the interior is limited to qualified personnel.

18. The control system of claim 17 wherein the latch has a pivot, the pivot configured to engage with a secure tool to rotate and lift the latch relative to a knob securing the control system to the customizable cabinet.

19. The control system of claim 18 wherein the printer portion further comprises an access port configured to allow the secure tool to engage the pivot when the printer portion is slid out relative to the frame.

20. A control system for controlling access to medical products comprising:

a medical cabinet having a support structure and at least one storage location for securing medical products, the storage location including an electric lock operable between a locked and unlocked state, wherein the medical products are inaccessible when the electric lock is in the lock state and accessible when the electric lock is in the unlocked state;

a plurality of support rails attached along an interior surface of the support structure;

a frame having a first plurality of slide rails, the first plurality of slide rails configured to engage the plurality of support rails to slidably mount the frame relative to the support structure;

a monitor coupled to the frame such that the monitor moves when the frame is moved relative to the support structure;

a keyboard supported by and slidable relative to the frame; and

a processor supported by the frame, the processor electrically coupled to the monitor, the keyboard, and the electric lock and configured to switch the state of the electric lock from locked to unlocked in response to a control command entered on the keyboard.