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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Omnicell, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Herbert Lawson Fisher, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Omnicell, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A relay tray for securely transporting items includes a lockable transportable container for holding items to be transported, and an electronic controller including a processor. The relay tray receives electric power through a power interface, and includes a commination interface through which the controller can communicate electronically. The relay tray includes a mechanism operable under control of the controller to make items in the locked container accessible in response to communications received via the communication interface, the mechanism operable by the controller only when power is being received through the power interface. In some implementations, the power interface includes four electrical contacts on an outside surface of the container for receiving power and a rectifier that produces voltage of a polarity suitable for powering the controller. The power interface may function as the communication interface.