Patent ID: 8473097
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A self-sterilizing pass-through medications cabinet adapted to be mounted in a wall of a patient room, the wall separating the patient room from a hallway common to a plurality of hospital rooms; the cabinet comprising: an enclosure frame mounted in the wall and disposed at an elevated position above a floor of said room and having a room side that may be opened to the patient room and a hallway side that may be opened to said hallway; a plurality of racks supported in said frame, the racks being disposed in a stack one above another and oriented laterally in said frame; a plurality of medication bins disposed respectively in said racks; a first door located on the hallway side of the cabinet and hinged onto said enclosure frame, the first door being openable to access a plurality of said racks; a plurality of second doors located on the room side of said cabinet and each positioned over a respective one of said racks, each of said second doors being openable to access a medication bin in the respective rack; controllable door lock means associated with each of said first door and said second doors, said door lock means permitting said first door to be opened only when all of said second doors are closed, and permitting said second doors to be opened only when said first door is closed, and permitting said second doors to be opened only one door at a time; a plurality of ultraviolet germicidal illuminator devices disposed within the cabinet and each situated above a respective one of said medication bins; and associated control means sensitive to closing of said first and second doors for energizing said ultraviolet germicidal illuminator devices ON for a predetermined time when said bins have been placed in said cabinet and said doors have been closed.