16-07-2020 дата публикации
Номер: US20200223632A1
Автор:
Anthony Melanson,
Ryan List,
Spencer Allen,
Scott E. Stropkay,
Andres Chamorro, III,
Mark C. Matthews,
Ashley James Nye Legg,
MELANSON ANTHONY,
LIST RYAN,
ALLEN SPENCER,
STROPKAY SCOTT E,
CHAMORRO III ANDRES,
MATTHEWS MARK C,
NYE LEGG ASHLEY JAMES,
Melanson, Anthony,
List, Ryan,
Allen, Spencer,
Stropkay, Scott E.,
Chamorro, III, Andres,
Matthews, Mark C.,
Nye Legg, Ashley James
Принадлежит:
Disclosed are a system and a method that includes a robotic unit configured to deliver items (e.g., medicine, foodstuff, linens, equipment, etc.) to sites (e.g., rooms, offices, etc.) and/or individuals (e.g., patients, pharmacists, technician, etc.) throughout a facility (e.g., hospital, office building, mailroom, manufacturing facility, etc.). The robotic unit is a mobile unit that operates autonomously to follow predetermined or programmed routes throughout the facility to deliver the items. The system is configured to maintain a chain of custody for the items. In addition, the robotic unit is configured to only allow designated items to be delivered to designated sites and/or to authorized individuals. This can be achieved by the robotic unit having a plurality of containers that are locked within a storage space of the robotic unit, and are only accessible upon successful completion of an authorization process. 1. A delivery and chain of custody system , comprising:a robotic unit configured to follow a determined or predetermined route throughout a facility to deliver items, the robotic unit comprising a processor and a housing having an interior bottom, an interior top, an interior rear, an interior first side, and an interior second side conjoined together to form a cavity that defines a storage space, the storage space configured to receive a plurality of modular containers of different sizes;a housing door comprising a door lock, the housing door configured to selectively grant access to the storage space;a guide formed in the interior first side and the interior second side, the guide configured to slidably receive the modular containers and allow for slidable motion of the modular containers to and from the interior rear but to prevent motion of the modular containers to and from the interior bottom and the interior top; anda container lock configured to selectively permit and prevent the slidable motion of at least one of the modular containers to and ...
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