Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Hill-rom, Inc.

Richard Joseph Schuman, Sr

Patricia A Glidewell

Carl William Riley

Williams F Collins, Jr

Keith Adam Huster

James Maurice Allen

Irvin John Vanderpohl, Iii

Timothy D Wildman

Erik Edward Roehl

Christopher A Mathura

Benjamin E Howell

Kenneth L Kramer

Ryan Anthony Reeder

Steven Alan Dixon

Richard Henry Heimbrock

Robert Mark Zerhusen

David Lance Ribble

Dan R Tallent

Michael Scott Hood

Thomas F Heil

James L Walke

William L Jacques, Ii

William L Jacques

Jonathan D Turner

Eric R Meyer

David John Ulrich

John D Christie

Charles A Howell

Jack Barney Sing

John V Harmeyer

Eric David Benz

Edward J Koors

David Ferguson

Kelly F Walton

William Gifford Pittenger

John S Schroder

Matthew D Morgan

Clay Gerome Owsley

Umesh Jairamdas Rajani

Laurie Lee Gutzwiller

Danny C Woodward, Ii

Karl E Harper

Ralph J Weaver

Vern Palm

Greg W Branson

Scott M Corbin

Lori Ann Zapfe

Bradley T Smith

John G Byers

Kenneth L Lilly

Joseph T Canter

Jennifer A Gunn

Jason M Williams

David J Brzenchek

Thomas M Gillis

Michael A Knecht

Christopher K Lack

Duane Patrick Fridley

Thomas M Fleck

Hubert Lechable

Jean-Marie Remoleur

Jimmy Samson

Irwin J Vanderpohl, Iii

Timothy Joseph Receveur

Eric D Agdeppa

Kenzi L Mudge

Frederick Collin Davidson

Andrew S Robinson

Unnati Ojha

Steve A Dixon

Darren S Hudgins

Daniel McCoy

Patricia A Glidwell

Michael A Hood

Paul J McDaniel, Iii

Steve Allen Dixon

Sinan Batman

Catherine Infantolino

Mekashia Chenault

Kimberly Tuinstra

William G Pittenger

James Lestienne

Dilbir S Kalra

Irvin John Iii Vanderpohl

Patricia Anne Glidewell

Danny Charles Ii Woodward

Karl Eric Harper

David Clarence Ferguson

Irvin J Iii Vanderpohl

Peter S Kim

William B Bishop

Eric Edward Roehl

A graphical user interface (GUI) of a patient bed is used by a caregiver to manually enter location data indicative of a location in a healthcare facility at which the patient bed is located. A first screen for manually entering location data is displayed on the GUI after a threshold period of time elapses subsequent to a power plug of the patient bed being plugged into an alternating current (AC) outlet of the healthcare facility and subsequent to casters of the patient bed being braked. A voice prompt is also given from the patient bed after the threshold period of time elapses to remind the caregiver to manually enter the location data. After manual entry of the location data, circuitry of the patient bed transmits the location data entered by the caregiver and a bed identification (ID) from the bed for receipt by a remote computer for purposes of making a bed-to-room association.

Bed interface for manual location

Systems and methods of associating beds and/or rooms and/or patients are provided. One system and method involves using a signature of emitted light to determine a location of a patient bed in a healthcare facility. Another system and method involves reading a bar code from an array of redundant bar codes. Still another system and method involves manually entering location information on a graphical user interface of a patient bed for subsequent transmission. A further system and method involves sending bed ID and location ID along parallel paths from two independent circuits on a patient bed for receipt by two different transceivers and ultimately by two different remote computers that cooperate to associate the bed ID with the location ID. Still a further system and method involves using circuitry on a bed to mutate a received location ID and a bed ID into a single unique mutated ID such as by adding the location ID and bed ID and then performing a hashing operation.

Bed/room/patient association systems and methods

Systems and methods include a medical device that scans for wireless broadcasts based upon received input or satisfying a scanning criterion. The medical device, based upon the scan, identifies data wirelessly broadcast from a control device. The medical device outputs information to the interface identifying the control device. The medical device receives input from the interface selecting the control device. The medical device receives a command from the control device. The medical device physically interacts with a user based upon the command received from the control device. The medical device sends wireless confirmation of pairing to the control device. The medical device subsequently sends wireless confirmation of unpairing to the control device. The medical device performs a scan for wireless broadcasts in response to the unpairing, based upon received input or satisfying the scanning criterion.

Pairable devices and systems and methods for providing assisted pairing of devices to particular locations

A therapy system includes a patient support apparatus and a pneumatic therapy device that is coupleable to the patient support apparatus. The therapy device may receive power and air flow from the patient support apparatus.

Control system for a patient therapy device

A graphical audio station of a nurse call system is operable to permit a user to perform one or more of the following functions: establish a two-way voice communication link with another computer device in another patient and/or with a another computer device located in another staff work area and/or with a wireless communication device carried by caregiver and/or with a telephone of the healthcare facility; broadcast a voice page to a group of other selected computer devices; compose and send a text message to a portable device that is carried by a caregiver and that has wireless communication capability; browse web pages and/or view multimedia content, such as videos, hosted on servers of the healthcare facility and/or that are accessible via the Internet; view and/or acknowledge and/or answer and/or cancel alerts or nurse calls originating in a plurality of patient rooms.

Distributed healthcare communication system

A system and method of patient bed communication and bed-to-room association in a healthcare facility having a network with at least one wireless access point (WAP) and a nurse call system is provided. A handheld unit is moved to a position within a pairing distance of a pairing zone of a patient bed so that the handheld unit and the bed are paired using a first wireless communication technology. A second wireless communication technology is used to send bed identification data (ID) to the handheld unit after the pairing operation has been completed. The bed ID is transmitted from the handheld unit to the nurse call system via a wired connection to establish a bed-to-room association between the patient bed and a room in which the patient bed is located. A third wireless communication technology is used to send bed status data and the bed ID to the WAP of the network.

Cable-free bed with wireless pillow speaker

User interface for a patient support apparatus with integrated patient therapy device

Systems for voice control of medical devices in a healthcare facility are disclosed herein. The systems employ continuous speech processing software, voice recognition software, natural language processing software, and other software to permit voice control of the medical devices. Systems are also provided for distinguishing which medical device from among multiple medical devices in a patient room is the particular medical device to be controlled by voice input from a caregiver or a patient.

Voice control in a healthcare facility

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

Distributed healthcare communication method

A system that monitors various conditions of a plurality of hospital beds located in different rooms of a healthcare facility is provided. Alternatively or additionally, other types of equipment may be monitored by the system. Various configurations of network interface units that are coupleable to or integrated into a hospital bed are also disclosed. The system receives data from the hospital beds and/or other equipment and initiates a communication to a wireless communication device of at least one designated caregiver in response to the received data being indicative of an alarm condition.

Hospital bed having wireless network connectivity

Growing community of inventors

Cary, NC, United States of America

Richard Joseph Schuman, Sr