Patents by Inventor Dustin Scholz

Dustin Scholz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240164463
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph ROSE, John EASLER, James WILLIAMS, Jeff RAINES, Nghia TRAN, Dustin SCHOLZ, John Christopher PENROD
  • Patent number: 11857017
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for an intelligent laboratory lockbox. The intelligent laboratory lockbox self-regulates an internal temperature of one or more compartments, regardless of external temperatures. The one or more compartments can be individually climate controlled. The intelligent laboratory lockbox is in communication with a remote server, which is in communication with one or more remote sources including an electronic health record server, a courier server, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Rose, John Easler, James Williams, Jeff Raines, Nghia Tran, Dustin Scholz, John Christopher Penrod
  • Publication number: 20200394602
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for an intelligent laboratory lockbox. The intelligent laboratory lockbox self-regulates an internal temperature of one or more compartments, regardless of external temperatures. The one or more compartments can be individually climate controlled. The intelligent laboratory lockbox is in communication with a remote server, which is in communication with one or more remote sources including an electronic health record server, a courier server, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Rose, John Easler, James Williams, Jeff Raines, Nghia Tran, Dustin Scholz, John Christopher Penrod