Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Devicor Medical Products, Inc.

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Ethicon, Gmbh

Cilag International Gmbh

Liko Research & Development Ab

Harris Corporation

Gavin Martin Monson

John A Hibner

Kevin L Houser

David C Yates

Richard William Timm

Shailendra Kumar Parihar

Timothy G Dietz

David Lance Ribble

Charles A Lachenbruch

Jeffrey L Aldridge

John V Hunt

Omar J Vakharia

Gregory A Trees

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Daniel W Price

Richard P Nuchols

Ashvani K Madan

Eitan T Wiener

Cory G Kimball

Geoffrey S Strobl

William D Dannaher

Michael J Stokes

Foster B Stulen

Matthew C Miller

Rudolph Henry Nobis

David A Witt

Jonathan D Turner

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Richard Henry Heimbrock

Barry C Worrell

Gregory W Johnson

David C Newkirk

Craig N Faller

Kyle P Moore

Jason L Harris

Jerome R Morgan

Jeffrey S Swayze

Jeffrey David Messerly

Mark D Overmyer

Robert Mark Zerhusen

Richard L Leimbach

Kevin Michael Fiebig

Andrew T Beckman

Brett E Swensgard

James R Giordano

Bret William Smith

Robert L Koch, Jr

Dan R Tallent

Trevor W V Speeg

John D Christie

Neal Wiggermann

Douglas A Seim

Marwan E Nusair

Kirsten M Emmons

Ryan S Severns

Bennie Thompson

Robert J Laird

John V Harmeyer

Yongji Fu

Todd P O'Neal

Frank E Sauser

Wells D Haberstich

Aron O Zingman

Joshua A Williams

Michael Robert Ludzack

Donna L Korvick

Steven Alan Dixon

Michael Scott Hood

Paul Christopher Roberts

Jessica Pyzoha Leimbach

Sora Rhee

Patrick Allen Mescher

Scott M Corbin

Zhifan F Huang

Kevin D Felder

Aziz Ali Bhai

Aaron C Voegele

Benjamin J Danziger

Eric N Johnson

Mary E Mootoo

Andrew Paul Nock

Mark A Davison

James L Walke

David P Lubbers

William Eugene Clem

Jacob Spencer Gee

Prasanna Malaviya

Edward A Rhad

John B Schulte

Stephen J Balek

Daniel J Abbott

Brian Lee Lawrence

Christopher J Schall

Michael R Lamping

Michael J Andreyko

Jeffrey P Wiley

John Eric Hein

Catherine A Corbett

Michele D'Arcangelo

Lee E Reichel

A patient support apparatus includes a base frame, lift mechanism supporting an upper frame relative to the base frame, a load frame, and a plurality of deck sections, a patient support surface, and a number of barriers positioned about the patient supporting surface. The patient support apparatus includes a notification system for visually notifying a caregiver of a condition or status of a component of the patient support apparatus.

Patient support apparatus

A patient support apparatus includes a frame having a supporting surface. A transmitting element is coupled to the frame. A surface assembly is selectively positioned on the supporting surface. The surface assembly includes a surface selectively enclosing an interior. A controller is communicatively coupled to the transmitting element. A sensor assembly is coupled to the surface assembly. The sensor assembly includes a sensor configured to sense information about at least one of the surface assembly and a person positioned on the surface assembly. A receiving assembly is operably coupled to the surface assembly and the sensor assembly. The receiving assembly is configured to selectively interact with the transmitting element via a charging interface to power the sensor assembly.

Wireless power distribution in patient support surface

A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame and arranged to support a patient thereon. A sensor is included to detect moisture on the patient and/or the patient support apparatus. The sensor produces signals indicative of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus. One or more alerts are output in response to the signals provided by the sensor to notify a caregiver of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus.

Patient support apparatus as communication intermediary for incontinence detection pad and patient diagnostic patch

A time-based wireless pairing operation between a medical device, such as a patient bed, and a wall module in a patient room is initiated in response to a power plug of the medical device being plugged into a power receptacle carried by the wall module. Times determined by timers of the medical device and the wall module are compared by the wall module or by the medical device so that wireless pairing occurs only with the medical device that was plugged into the wall module. Different types of plug detectors used in the wall module to detect connection of the power plug include optical detectors, mechanical switches, and current sensors.

Time-based wireless pairing between a medical device and a wall unit

Incontinence detection system

Overhead lift units are disclosed. In one embodiment, an overhead lift unit includes a carriage having wheels engageable with a rail, a lift frame coupled to the carriage such that the lift frame is suspended from the carriage, and a pair of load beams. The lift frame includes a lift strap extending from the lift frame and a pair of connection points extending from the lift frame. Each load beam of the pair of load beams is attached to one connection point of the pair of connection points of the lift frame at an inferior end of the load beam. Each load beam of the pair of load beams is attached to the carriage at a superior end of the load beam. And each load beam of the pair of load beams comprises a strain gauge operable to register a weight supported on the lift strap.

Lift systems with strain gauges incorporated in load beams and methods for operating the same

A system includes a medical device and a charging device. A sterile barrier may be interposed between the medical device and the charging device. The medical device includes an integral power source and an active element. The charging device is configured to charge the integral power source. The charging device may charge the integral power source through direct contact between features of the charging device and features the medical device. The charging device may alternatively charge the integral power source wirelessly, such as through inductive coupling. The medical device may include conductive prongs that are retained by the charging device. The charging device may physically couple with the medical device via magnets. The medical device and the charging device may be provided together in a sterile package as a kit. The kit may also include a reclamation bag to facilitate reclamation of electrical components.

Sterile medical instrument charging device

An incontinence detection system monitors an area for moisture events and wirelessly transmits moisture-related information to one or more notification devices. The system has a pad that includes a substrate and one or more sensors supported by the substrate. The sensor(s) emit wireless signals indicative of the moisture-related information. A sensor event communication system forwards the sensor signals to another device, such as a notification device. Portions of the system are included in a patient support apparatus, such as a bed.

Incontinence detection systems for hospital beds

Incontinence detection with real time location information

An incontinence detection pad has an RFID tag in which an authentication code, such as an electronic product code (EPC), is stored. A reader in wireless communication with the RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad verifies that the incontinence detection pad is an authorized detection pad. Thus, unauthorized incontinence detection pads that do not have the proper authentication code are not able to be used in an incontinence detection system.

Incontinence detection method

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

An apparatus comprises an electrically power surgical instrument having a handle assembly. The apparatus also comprises a communication device positioned within the handle assembly. The communication device is operable to communicate with at least a portion of the electrically powered surgical instrument. The apparatus further comprises an external device in wireless communication with the communication device. The external device is operable to receive information from the communication device and the external device is operable to provide an output viewable to the user.

Surgical instrument with charging station and wireless communication

Systems and methods include a medical device that matches an identifier received over its optical channel and associated with a control device within a line-of-sight of the medical device with an identifier received over its wireless channel and that automatically pairs with the control device associated with the matching identifier over its wireless channel, as well as, a control device that matches an identifier received over its optical channel and associated with a medical device within a line-of-sight of the control device with an identifier received over its wireless channel and that automatically pairs with the medical device associated with the matching identifier over its wireless channel, as well as, a first device and a second device that automatically pair over a wireless channel based on a location identifier received over an optical channel from a transmitter within a line-of-sight of the first device and the second device.

Wireless link pairing authentication

Incontinence detection pad having redundant electrical paths to an RFID tag

A surgical instrument includes a temperature sensor and a control unit that is operable to deactivate an end effector of the surgical instrument. In some versions the temperature sensor detects the temperature of a transducer, while in others the temperature sensor detects the temperature of the end effector. The surgical instrument may also include a trigger and a trigger position sensor. A force sensor or a position sensor may be included to determine the force and/or position of the transmission assembly. The end effector may also include a force sensor or a micro coil. A surgical instrument having a sensor may be included in a surgical system that includes a control unit and a remote controller. In some instances the remote controller may have one or more force-feedback components. In addition, a device interface and a surgeon interface may be included to remotely adjust the settings of the control unit.

Surgical instrument with sensor and powered control

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Gavin Martin Monson