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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2021
Inmar Rx Solutions, Inc., Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Matthew Lingelbach, Clemmons, NC (US);
Melissa Bube, High Point, NC (US);
Vlad A. Catlan, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Marko Milojevic, Jamestown, NC (US);
Jared O. Santibanez, Forney, TX (US);
INMAR RX SOLUTIONS, INC., Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A pharmaceutical transport system may include an authentication server for storing authorized user identifications (IDs), and a pharmaceutical transport device movable within a pneumatic network. The transport device may include a container, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to obtain a user identification (ID) based upon a user RFID transmitter being presented adjacent thereto, and wireless communications circuitry to wirelessly communicate the obtained user ID to the authentication server. The pharmaceutical transport device may also include an electronic lock configured to unlock the container responsive to an unlock command via the wireless communications circuitry and from the authentication server based upon a match between the obtained user ID and one of the plurality of authorized user IDs.