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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2023
Cerner Innovation, Inc., Kansas City, MO (US);
Joseph Rose, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
John Easler, Green Cove Springs, FL (US);
James Williams, Matthews, NC (US);
Jeff Raines, Harrisburg, NC (US);
Nghia Tran, Kansas City, MO (US);
Dustin Scholz, Kansas City, MO (US);
John Christopher Penrod, Kansas City, MO (US);
CERNER INNOVATION, INC., Kansas City, KS (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods provide for an intelligent laboratory lockbox. The intelligent laboratory lockbox includes a vault unit and one or more presence sensors configured to detect a presence of a specimen within the one or more compartments of the vault unit. The presence sensor(s) may generate a load status based on sensing a specimen in the vault unit, wherein the load status includes one of a loaded status or an unloaded status. A control unit is operably connected to at least the vault unit and the one or more presence sensors. The control unit is configured to modify a specimen pickup workflow based on the load status.