MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311085531 A) filed by Chandigarh Group Of Colleges, Mohali, Punjab, on Dec. 14, 2023, for 'surgical equipment inventory management system for hospitals.'
Inventor(s) include Dikshant Bhatia; Adarsh; Ansh Johri; Bhavya Singh; Aditi Swarup; Chirag Gupta; and Shikha Virk.
The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A surgical equipment inventory management system for hospitals, comprises of a cuboidal body 1 installed within a hospital, plurality of chambers 2 for storing multiple surgical equipment, a touch-enabled screen 3 for enabling medical staff to input regarding the type of medical surgery to be performed, an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader 4 for capturing radio waves of unique frequencies emitted by an RFID tag, a robotic arm 5 for gripping the equipment, a container 6 for storing the determined equipment, a motorized hinge 12 for rotating a lid 13, a motorized door 7 to open for allowing access to the container 6, a speaker 8 for notifying the medical staff to collect the container 6, a microphone 9 for enabling a medical practitioner to give voice commands for opening the lid 12, and a sensing module (10,11) for authenticating the medical practitioner."
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