Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Welch Allyn, Inc.

Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.

Zhao, Chunhui

Lu, Limin

Kirsten M Emmons

David Lance Ribble

Michael Scott Hood

Craig M Meyerson

Thomas F Heil

Yongji Fu

Charles A Lachenbruch

Neal Wiggermann

John V Harmeyer

Steven Alan Dixon

Dan R Tallent

Ryan S Severns

Gavin Martin Monson

John D Christie

Frank E Sauser

Charles A Howell

Lori Ann Zapfe

Eric D Agdeppa

Marwan E Nusair

James D Voll

David Lawrence Bedel

Brett A Knittle

Joshua A Williams

Nicholas A Mann

Varad Narayan Srivastava

Jotpreet Chahal

Douglas A Seim

Timothy A Lane, Ii

Eric David Benz

Laetitia Gazagnes

Todd P O'Neal

Brian Lee Lawrence

Kenneth L Lilly

Travis A Pelo

Xuan Teng

Robert Mark Zerhusen

Richard Henry Heimbrock

Edward J Koors

Bryan Weidman

Joseph T Canter

Ibne Soreefan

Gregory Wiley

David Edward Quinn

Andrew D Clark

Joshua P Lingenfelser

Karen Lanning

Mary Kay Brinkman

Timothy R Fitch

Jonathan D Turner

Scott Andrew Martin

Aziz Ali Bhai

James L Walke

David P Lubbers

Scott M Corbin

Bradley T Smith

Tyson B Whitaker

John G Byers

Douglas E Borgman

Michael Buccieri

Stacey A Fitzgibbons

Catherine M Wagner

David J Hitchcock

Eugene G Urrutia

Unnati Ojha

Kathryn R Smith

Sravan A Mamidi

John Goewert

David J Maier

Daniel Nachtigal

Clay Gerome Owsley

David J Brzenchek

Arpit Shah

Stephen C Daley

Matthew Mccormick Riordan

Yuan Shi

Florin Iucha

James W Pascoe

Jared Rude

Aalok Mehta

Frederic Bregeon

Chiew Yuan Chung

Nathaniel W Hixon

Richard J Schuman, Sr

Todd S Ventrola

Darrell L Borgman

Kelly F Walton

Martyn Thomas Mitchell

Eric P Jensen

Robert J Lawrence

Darren S Hudgins

Susan Kayser

Andrew Robert Taylor

Justine Pringle

Johannes De Bie

Ryan M Madigan

Christopher J Skotnicki

Douglas A Eckstein

Ryan Terry

Jared Prickel

Holly L Bengel

This disclosure is directed towards a patient management system for selectively storing and/or sharing patient data. A wearable device may sense a condition associated with the wearer of the wearable device, and store values based on the condition for a period of time. The wearable device may determine that the wearable device is within range of another device, such that the wearable device can communicate with the other device, and output the values to the other device. Additionally, a computing device of the patient management system may receive, from a wearable device, first data associated with a condition of a wearer of the wearable device. The computing device may also receive second data associated with the condition from a sensing device. The computing device may determine a context of the wearer based on comparing the first and second data, and control output of an alert based on the context.

Patient management based on sensed inputs

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 moisture management apparatus monitors an area for moisture events and wirelessly transmits moisture-related information to one or more notification devices. An embodiment of the moisture management apparatus 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. The sensor event communication system may monitor other types of patient events. Portions of the moisture management apparatus and/or the moisture event communication system may be embodied in a patient support apparatus, such as a bed.

Apparatus for the detection of moisture

An incontinence detection alert system may include a bed configured to receive an occupant and at least one monitor configured to acquire data related to at least one of a status of the bed or a status of the occupant. An incontinence detection system may have circuitry to detect an incontinence event of the occupant. A controller may be configured to receive the data from the at least one monitor and to further receive data related to a time of the incontinence event. A remote device may be configured to receive an alert from the controller before a predicted time of a future incontinence event.

Incontinence prediction systems and methods

A therapeutic support apparatus includes a user support surface extending along a longitudinal axis. The user support surface has a head section and a torso section. Each of the head section and the torso section are operable to angle relative to the longitudinal axis. An elevation unit is operable to position at least one of the head section and torso section at angles relative to the longitudinal axis. A monitor acquires data related to a user while sleeping on the user support surface. An alarm is operable to activate based on the data acquired by the monitor.

Modular turn assist apparatus and method therefor

A computing device for remotely engaging and managing a patient environment displays a video feed of a patient environment, and provides user inputs that, when selected, allow a caregiver to remotely change a condition in the patient environment. Access to the user inputs is restricted based on at least one of a distance between the computing device and the patient environment, credentials of the caregiver, and a condition of a patient in the patient environment.

Remote management of patient environment

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

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

Automatically gathering and processing data relating to risk of patient falls. The data is analyzed to determine a level of risk each patient has for falling. Patient risk for falls is stratified and protocols are implemented to mitigate that risk. The system communicates instructions and alerts to caregivers to complete tasks or provide aid to patients. Updates to patient medical information and updates to best practices in fall risk management result in updates to patient risk stratifications. In turn, tasks and alerts are updated to reflect updates to patient risk stratifications.

Falls risk management

A hospital bed is configured to monitor data from a second patient support based on the one or more alarms set by the user. The hospital bed detects whether an alarm triggering event occurred based on the monitored data. In response to a determination that the alarm triggering event occurred, the hospital bed will provide a signal indicative of the alarm triggering event to a nurse call system.

Monitoring of patient supports

A warming device may include a batting layer having a phase change material. The batting layer may have a patient side and an upper side. A hot melt fabric adhesive may be applied to the patient side and upper side of the batting. A first fabric layer may be adhered to the hot melt fabric on the patient side of the batting. The first fabric layer may have a phase change material integrated coating. An insulation layer may be adhered to the hot melt fabric on the upper side of the batting. A second fabric layer may be coupled to the insulation layer.

Reusable warming blanket with phase change material

A system for detecting potential for infection includes a wound dressing and an electronics component. The wound dressing includes a temperature sensing layer and a cover layer comprising a substrate and a backing layer. The electronics component includes a power source, an electronic control unit (ECU), and a communications interface positioned within a housing and removably coupled to the temperature sensing layer of the wound dressing. The electronics component is configured to receive a plurality of temperature readings from the temperature sensing layer, and provide an indication of potential infection of the wound based the plurality of temperature readings. In various embodiments, each of the plurality of temperature readings corresponds to a temperature of an area around a wound. Methods for preventing infections using the system are also described.

Systems for recognizing temperature as a sign of surgical infection and methods of using the same

Apparatus for assessing medical risks of a patient includes an analytics engine and equipment that provides data to the analytics engine. The equipment includes a patient support apparatus such as a patient bed, a nurse call computer, a physiological monitor, a patient lift, a locating computer of a locating system, and an incontinence detection pad. The analytics engine analyzes the data from the equipment to determine a sepsis risk score, a falls risk score, and a pressure injury score. The apparatus further include displays that are communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that display the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risk scores. The displays include a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.

Patient risk assessment based on data from multiple sources in a healthcare facility

Incontinence detection pad having redundant electrical paths to an RFID tag

A mattress support assembly includes a mattress cover that has a coupling feature. A support casing defines an attachment feature and is selectively coupled to the mattress cover via the coupling feature. A support member is operably coupled to the attachment feature of the support casing. The support member has a load surface, a base surface, and an expandable body defined between the load surface and the base surface.

Mattress support

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Batesville, IN, United States of America

Kirsten M Emmons