Intraocular lens storage cart and methods
Systems, apparatuses, and methods include an intraocular lens (IOL) cart that may assist with inventory management and may help users identify an IOL for use in a particular surgical application. The IOL cart may include sensors and indicators that provide information to a user and may update IOL inventory automatically whenever the IOL cart is accessed by a user.
1. An intraocular lens (IOL) housing comprising:
a base for receiving a plurality of IOL packages;
one or more RFID sensors configured to detect a presence of individual IOL packages and a diopter power associated with each IOL package;
a processor associated with the base and configured to receive, from the one or more RFID sensors, dynamic IOL inventory management information, the dynamic IOL inventory management information relating to a number of the IOL packages disposed within the base and a diopter power of each of the IOL packages disposed within the base, the processor being further configured to provide the dynamic inventory management information to an inventory database management system stored in a network-based storage location; and
a plurality of visual indicators actuatable by the processor, wherein in the IOL inventory management information further comprises a location for each of the IOL packages in the housing, and wherein the processor is further configured to receive a request from a user relating to a desired IOL, compare the IOL inventory management information to the received request related to a desired IOL, select an IOL package with a diopter power associated IOL power information closest to a desired IOL power, and cause one or more of the plurality of visual indicators to actuate adjacent to the location of the IOL package with the diopter power closest to the desired IOL power.
2. The IOL housing of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to automatically place orders with a distributor or manufacturer of a particular lens type to replenish the inventory when a specific lens type fall below a predetermined threshold.
3. The IOL housing of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to instruct the inventory database managed system to automatically place orders with a distributor or manufacturer of a particular lens type to replenish the inventory when a specific lens type fall below a predetermined threshold.
4. The IOL housing of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors are disposed in a position to scan IOL packages as they are replenished into the base.
5. The IOL housing of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of visual indicators are LED lights.
6. The IOL housing of claim 1 , further comprising a movable shelf arranged to carry the plurality of IOL packages, wherein the one or more RFID sensors are positioned above the moveable shelf to detect the IOL packages while the shelf is being closed.
7. The IOL housing of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a shelf divided into rows sized and arranged to receive individual IOL packages, wherein the shelf comprises a plurality of separators that divide the shelf into the rows, each separator having one or more visual indicators usable to identify an IOL package disposed thereon.