Portable nursing center
First Claim
1. A portable nursing center comprising:
- a) a housing having a base and a plurality of wheels attached to the base;
b) a plurality of drawers carried by the housing, each of said drawers being movable between a given position and a closed position at least some drawers sized and configured for holding pharmaceutical items which have been prescribed for a specific patient;
c) a control unit for locking at least some of said drawers to prevent access thereto, said control unit including data entry means for entry of predetermined access data and other data, wherein the data entry means is removable from the nursing center and contains a transmitter for transmitting entered data to a transmitter/receiver, locking means for locking and unlocking the at least some of said drawers and a processing unit with an associated memory for unlocking at least one drawer in response to entry of access data and recording at least a portion of the access data; and
d) a transmitter/receiver connected to the control unit for transmitting selected access data and other data from the portable nursing center to a remote receiver and for receiving data from a remote transmitter, the nursing center being sized and constructed so that when filled with pharmaceuticals and other nursing items, the nursing center can be moved through a nursing area by a single nurse.
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Abstract
A portable nursing center has a plurality of selectively locked patient drawers carried in a housing. Each of said drawers are movable between a given open position and a closed position each drawer sized and configured for holding pharmaceutical items which have been prescribed for a specific patient. A nurse enters a predetermined access data and other data, using a keyboard or bar code reader which may be removable from the nursing center. Entry of correct data causes the unit to selectively unlock the appropriate patient drawer or on demand drawer while maintaining other drawers in a locked condition. Whenever the patient is given medicine or otherwise treated the nurse enters or receives information pertinent to that treatment. The unit has a transmitter/receiver to transmit and receive such patient information.
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34 Claims
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1. A portable nursing center comprising:
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a) a housing having a base and a plurality of wheels attached to the base; b) a plurality of drawers carried by the housing, each of said drawers being movable between a given position and a closed position at least some drawers sized and configured for holding pharmaceutical items which have been prescribed for a specific patient; c) a control unit for locking at least some of said drawers to prevent access thereto, said control unit including data entry means for entry of predetermined access data and other data, wherein the data entry means is removable from the nursing center and contains a transmitter for transmitting entered data to a transmitter/receiver, locking means for locking and unlocking the at least some of said drawers and a processing unit with an associated memory for unlocking at least one drawer in response to entry of access data and recording at least a portion of the access data; and d) a transmitter/receiver connected to the control unit for transmitting selected access data and other data from the portable nursing center to a remote receiver and for receiving data from a remote transmitter, the nursing center being sized and constructed so that when filled with pharmaceuticals and other nursing items, the nursing center can be moved through a nursing area by a single nurse. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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17. A portable nursing center comprising:
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a) a housing having a base and a plurality of wheels attached to the base; b) a plurality of drawers carried by the housing, each of said drawers being movable between a given position and a closed position, at least some drawers sized and configured for holding pharmaceutical items which have been prescribed for a specific patient; c) at least one removable partition positioned between adjacent drawers, wherein the at least one removable partition is sized and positioned to permit one larger drawer to be substituted for at least two smaller drawers when the removable partition is removed; d) a control unit for locking at least some of said drawers to prevent access thereto, said control unit including data entry means for entry of predetermined access data and other data, lock means for locking and unlocking the at least some of said drawers and a processing unit with an associated memory for locking at least one drawer in response to entry of access data and recording at least a portion of the access data; and e) a transmitter connected to the control unit for transmitting selected access data and other data from the portable nursing center to a remote receiver, the nursing center being sized and constructed so that when filled with pharmaceuticals and other nursing items, the nursing center can be moved through a nursing area by a single nurse. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 22, 32, 33, 34)
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