Medical Resource Storage And Management Apparatus And Medical Supply Management System

Abstract

Locations of storage on a rack for arranging and storing medical resources are partitioned by a partition member, where a medical resource detecting member and a retrieval guidance member are provided in each partition on the rack, by configuring the partition member to be removable from a depression in the rack, and by providing an input for configuration in a control unit to designate whether or not the partition member is inserted, the control unit is operable to collectively process medical resource detecting members and retrieval guidance members, such that a large variety of large and small medical resources can be stored for automatic management.

1 . A medical resource storage and management apparatus comprising:
 a horizontal-bridging member which is provided with a series of hanger member fitting parts operable to hang and arrange a large number of medical resources;   a hanger member which is fitted to the hanger member fitting part and is pivotally moved depending on whether a medical resource is hung;   a medical resource detecting member which is provided in each of the hanger member fitting parts so as to detect whether a medical resource is hung in an associated location in accordance with the pivotal movement of the associated hanger member;   a retrieval guidance member for visual confirmation provided in each of the hanger member fitting parts; and   a control unit which manages the storage status of the medical resources, based on the detection by the medical resource detecting member, and which operates the retrieval guidance member in response to an input designating retrieval, wherein,   at the time of hanging a medical resource, the pivotal movement of the hanger member causes the engaging part engaged with the medical resource to be lowered, and, at the time of retrieving a medical resource, the pivotal movement causes the engaging part to be elevated and moved toward an operator.   
     
     
         2 . The medical resource storage and management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the pivotal movement of the hanger member is based on the displacement between the center of gravitation and the pivot center.