Patent ID: 11908559
Assignee: AERO HEALTHCARE (US), LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for auditing contents of a medical supply cabinet, comprising:
a housing comprising a cabinet storage volume and a door;
a medical supply cabinet identifying radio frequency identification (RFID) tag located on the housing;
a first plurality of medical supply packages configured to be stored in the cabinet storage volume, each of the first plurality of medical supply packages containing a specific medical supply; and
a removable liner on the door, comprising:
a second plurality of medical supply packages;
a first side comprising a plurality of pouches and a plurality of pouch machine-readable codes, each pouch configured to store one of the second plurality of medical supply packages,
wherein each of the plurality of pouch machine-readable codes is located on the removable liner such that a medical supply package in a pouch of the plurality of pouches obscures a corresponding pouch machine-readable code and exposes the corresponding pouch machine-readable code when the medical supply package is removed from the pouch; and
a second side comprising a plurality of cabinet machine-readable codes corresponding to the first plurality of medical supply packages; and

a reader,
wherein each medical supply package includes a discarded portion created when the medical supply package is opened;
wherein the discarded portion of the medical supply package includes a medical supply package RFID tag identifying the specific medical supply associated with the medical supply package;
wherein the reader is configured to read the medical supply cabinet identifying RFID tag, the medical supply package RFID tags, the plurality of pouch machine-readable codes, and the plurality of cabinet machine-readable codes;
wherein the reader is configured to determine, based upon the read medical supply cabinet identifying RFID tags, the read medical supply package RFID tags, one or more exposed pouch machine-readable codes, and one or more read cabinet machine-readable codes, which specific medical supplies are in the medical supply cabinet, which specific medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet are expired, and which specific medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet are missing.