MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641112315 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on September 18, 2026, for System And Method For Supply Chain Automation And Secure Drug Delivery Using Robot In A Hospital.
Inventors include Aravindkumar S; M K Vinaykrish; Jayesh C; M Navina; Shristi Swarnkar; Sachin Talan; and Chavan Shivam Sandip.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: A system 100 for hospital resource management and internal logistics includes an edge AI-enabled robotic device 200; and a microcontroller unit 104 including plurality of interconnected modules, at least one database, one or more processor to collect continuously multi-modal data 102 from hospital sources; process data to transform into structured, machine- readable formats; supply processed data 102 to a demand forecasting engine 108 and risk prediction engine 110 to analyse relationships between contextual factors and resource consumption; generate predictive demand and assigns a criticality risk score to each item; flag warning signal when shortage depletes below a predefined threshold; activate autonomous procurement process ensuring timely replenishment of resources; generates a secure transaction identifier, delivery instructions to robot 200 for physical intra-facility logistics; validate identity of receiver to release the payload and record transaction through block chain-based audit layer 116; and provide feedback 118 and prediction accuracy to improve forecasting and operational efficiency.
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