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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Matthew Chila, Doylestown, PA (US);
Jonathan Addeo Syby, Manasquan, NJ (US);
Allen Keith On, Flemington, NJ (US);
David Mickle Wade, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Matteo Josue Piedra, Gladstone, NJ (US);
Lewis Arthur Lau, Millington, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a dispenser that includes a receiving opening configured to receive a plurality of medical products into a cavity of the dispenser as an available inventory, wherein each of the plurality of medical products includes an identifier; a plurality of holders in the cavity, each of the plurality of holders configured to store at least one of the plurality of medical products in a fixed location that is associated with the one of the plurality of medical products, and each of the plurality of holders including a dispensing opening; at least two emitters and at least two sensors around a periphery of the receiving opening, wherein the at least two emitters and the at least two sensors are arranged around a periphery of the receiving opening on a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the plurality of dispensing openings; a processor; and a electronic storage device.