Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Liko Research & Development Ab

Edward J Koors

Dan R Tallent

Frank E Sauser

Jonathan D Turner

Ryan S Severns

James D Voll

Brett A Knittle

Richard Henry Heimbrock

David Lance Ribble

Charles A Lachenbruch

Gavin Martin Monson

Kirsten M Emmons

Neal Wiggermann

John D Christie

Marwan E Nusair

John V Harmeyer

Yongji Fu

Joseph T Canter

Richard Joseph Schuman, Sr

Steven Alan Dixon

Michael Scott Hood

Charles A Howell

Nicholas A Mann

Brandon P Fisk

Nicholas C Batta

John G Byers

Kelly F Walton

William Gifford Pittenger

Matthew D Morgan

John Goewert

Daniel McCoy

Laurie Lee Gutzwiller

Robert D Weitz

Robert Mark Zerhusen

David W Hornbach

Aziz Ali Bhai

Eric David Benz

Nicholas Comparone

Michael Buccieri

Joshua William Shenk

Elin K Dovervik

Brian S Guthrie

Michael P Bish

Brian Philip Michael

Jennifer Domina Slavin

Morgan Dreyer

William G Pittenger

Alejandro C Castano

A patient support apparatus includes a sensor capable of detecting vital signs, setting acceptable limits for the vital signs, and includes structures for monitoring the vital signs and providing local and/or remote indications to caregivers if the vital signs fall outside of acceptable limits.

Patient support apparatus having vital signs monitoring and alerting

A liquid measurement article includes an absorbent wicking layer and a marking cluster having at least one mark whose location on the article is calibrated to correspond to a particular quantity of liquid having been deposited on the article at a liquid receiving site thereof and having wicked toward the mark. A label associated with at least one of the marks indicates the particular quantity.

Absorbent liquid measurement article

A person lift system includes a motor and a sling bar coupled to the motor. The sling bar includes a first attachment hook at a first end region of the sling bar and a second attachment hook at a second end region of the sling bar. A patient-lift sling includes a sling body and a plurality of attachment straps coupled to the sling body. Each of the plurality of attachment straps is configured to attach to one of the plurality of attachment hooks.

Patient lift sling

A method of manufacturing incontinence detection pads that have wireless communication capability includes readying an RFID tag applicator to place RFID tags on backsheet material fed between a pair of nip rollers. The backsheet material has a series of electrode traces thereon. The method also includes operating a nip roller motor to feed the backsheet material between the pair of nip rollers and toward the RFID tag applicator, operating the RFID tag applicator to place each RFID tag across regions of a respective electrode trace of the series of electrode traces, and operating RFID tag test equipment to energize each RFID tag a first time and a second time using wireless emissions and receiving return signals from each RFID tag in response to the wireless emissions.

Manufacturing method for incontinence detection pads having wireless communication capability

Patient care equipment includes a wireless coupler that transfers power and/or data between an architectural unit and the patient care equipment. The patient care equipment may also include additional wireless couplers that transfer power and/or data between first and second components of the equipment. The second component may be movable relative to the first component. A structure or hot swapping batteries is also disclosed, the swapped battery being charged on an inductive charging mat.

Wireless bed power

An absorbent article has one or more fluid filter layers to inhibit electrode traces from being exposed to low volumes of fluid to reduce the number of false positives that are indicated by an RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad. An antenna inlay has a sacrificial trace portion to permit testing for proper operation of an RFID chip electrically coupled to the antenna inlay. After testing, the sacrificial trace portion is severed. A fluid barrier layer blocks fluid from reaching portions of electrode traces that are located on a backsheet outside a periphery of an absorbent core of an incontinence detection pad. The power at which an antenna transmits to wirelessly energize a passive RFID tag of an incontinence detection pad is controlled to reduce the number of false positives indicated by the RFID tag.

Method of manufacturing RFID tags

Incontinence detection pad having redundant electrical paths to an RFID tag

An absorbent article has one or more fluid filter layers to inhibit electrode traces from being exposed to low volumes of fluid to reduce the number of false positives that are indicated by an RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad. An antenna inlay has a sacrificial trace portion to permit testing for proper operation of an RFID chip electrically coupled to the antenna inlay, After testing, the sacrificial trace portion is severed. A fluid barrier layer blocks fluid from reaching portions of electrode traces that are located on a backsheet outside a periphery of an absorbent core of an incontinence detection pad. The power at which an antenna transmits to wirelessly energize a passive RFID tag of an incontinence detection pad is controlled to reduce the number of false positives indicated by the RFID tag.

Incontinence detection pad with liquid filter layer

RFID tag inlay for incontinence detection pad

A patient helper apparatus for use with a patient support is disclosed. The patient helper apparatus includes a first L-shaped support tube coupled to the patient support, a shaft coupled to the first L-shaped support tube and extending over the patient support, and an egress handle coupled to the first L-shaped support tube. The egress handle moves between a stowed position and an assist position. In the stowed position, the egress handle is situated inside a footprint of the patient support. In the assist position, the egress handle extends outside the footprint of the patient support.

Accessory frame attachment apparatus

A patient support apparatus includes a rolling base, a push handle unit, and a siderail. The push handle unit is coupled to a head end of the rolling base to provide a hand hold for a user pushing the rolling base from along the head end of the rolling base. The siderail is extends along a side of the rolling base to provide a hand hold for a caregiver pushing the rolling base from along the side of the rolling base.

Patient support apparatus having movable handles

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Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Edward J Koors