ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,488, issued on July 21, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Interactive inventory storage device, system, and method" was invented by Michael K. Rahilly (Encinitas, Calif.), Brendan John Burgess (Poway, Calif.), Ramkumar Subramanian (San Diego), Mustafa Yusufi (Escondido, Calif.) and Monica Wyly (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing automated inventory management of medicine and healthcare items stored within bins in care facilities are disclosed. A method includes providing an interactive storage device for attaching to a bin, and outputting, via an audiovisual element, a visual re...