Granted Patent B2

US 12,354,734 · App. 17/794,096 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Inventors: Mateusz Daniol (Kozlow, PL); Matthias Henke (Villingen-Schwenningen, DE); Lukas Boehler (Furtwangen, DE)

Assignee: Aesculap AG

G16H40/20G06Q10/08

Abstract

Claims (21)

1. A storage system designed for storing medical products, the storage system comprising:

a storage area comprising storage spaces for a respective type of said medical products;

a plurality of sensors, each of which is designed as a data logger and each of which is arranged in a manner specific to a respective storage space, in order to automatically detect at least one storage space-specific ambient parameter; and

at least one reading device for reading the data loggers,

wherein the storage system is provided and designed such that a data transmission between a selected data logger of the data loggers and the at least one reading device takes place by the at least one reading device directly facing the selected data logger, wherein the at least one reading device is approached to the selected data logger by an automated traversing and positioning device and is positioned at a predetermined distance with respect to the selected data logger, and wherein the data loggers are each designed for a data communication by NFC, and wherein the at least one reading device is adapted to be positioned by means of the automated traversing and positioning device such that the at least one reading device may approach each of the storage spaces individually.

2. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one storage space-specific ambient parameter comprises temperature, brightness, UV radiation intensity, or air moisture.

3. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein each storage space comprises one of the data loggers such that one of the data loggers is arranged at each storage space.

4. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein one of the data loggers is firmly installed at each storage space, and/or one of the data loggers is arranged at a medical product stored in each storage space.

5. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage spaces are each designed such that the at least one storage space-specific ambient parameter is individually adjustable.

6. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage system is a shelf storage system or a high-bay storage system and the storage spaces are each designed as a shelf compartment.

7. The storage system according to claim 1 , further comprising a data processing unit to which storage space-specific data of the at least one storage space-specific ambient parameter detected by one of the data loggers and read by the at least one reading device is transmitted, and which is designed for evaluation and processing of said storage space-specific data.

8. The storage system according to claim 7 , wherein the data processing unit is configured to:

detect storage space-specific ambient parameters at defined time intervals; or

read storage space-specific data from the data loggers at defined time intervals.

9. The storage system according to claim 8 , wherein the data processing unit is configured to:

compare data of the at least one storage space-specific ambient parameter and a reference parameter stored in the data processing unit; and

correct or regulate the at least one storage space-specific ambient parameter based on a comparison of the at least one storage space-specific ambient parameter and the reference parameter or a trend development.

10. The storage system according to claim 8 , wherein the storage system is designed to store temperature sensitive medical products.

11. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage system is designed to store temperature sensitive and/or light sensitive and/or moisture sensitive medical products.

12. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined distance is selected to allow data communication between the at least one reading device and the selected data logger at a specific one of the storage spaces.

13. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one reading device is provided and designed to communicate by NFC with only the selected data logger when the at least one reading device is directly facing the data logger.

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