Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Allen Medical Systems, Inc.

Liko Research & Development Ab

Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.

Varad Narayan Srivastava

David Lance Ribble

Charles A Lachenbruch

Kirsten M Emmons

Steven Alan Dixon

Michael Scott Hood

Thomas F Heil

Timothy A Lane, Ii

Laetitia Gazagnes

Charles A Howell

John V Harmeyer

Kiana Mathews Dezelon

Ben Hertz

Steven D Baker

Rachel L Williamson

David Lawrence Bedel

Eric D Agdeppa

Nicholas A Mann

Christopher Bennett DuBois

Roger Karlsson

Bradley T Smith

Mattias Andersson

David C Newkirk

Timothy Joseph Receveur

Aziz Ali Bhai

Douglas A Seim

Joshua C Hight

Timothy Allen Lane

Todd P O'Neal

Thomas A Myers

John S Schroder

Andrew S Robinson

Andreas Bolin

Robert J Lawrence

Laura A Hassey

Pamela Wells

Craig M Meyerson

Neal Wiggermann

Jesse Scott Drake

Frank E Sauser

Kenzi L Mudge

Darrell L Borgman

Ryan S Severns

Yongji Fu

Andrew D Clark

Frederick Collin Davidson

Jeffrey C Marrion

Britten J Pipher

Stephen R Embree

Jennifer A Gunn

Murray Swoish

Jason A Penninger

Marica Demby

Brandon Smith

Elizabeth A Kowal

Roger P Bonenfant

Justine Pringle

Logan Cobler

Kayla Stevens

Todd P O'neal

David L Bedel

Rachel L Willliamson

Tanya M Hawthorne

Pierre Deguignet

Yongfeng Li

Chris Hill

Catherine A Vangilder

Holly L Bengel

Timothy A Lane Ii

Catherine Ann Vangilder

Jeffrey Marion

Murray M Swoish

Eric G Agdeppa

Andrew David Clark

Steve D Baker

Charlie Howell

Support pad assemblies and person support apparatuses are disclosed. A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame, and a support deck supported on the longitudinal frame. The longitudinal frame extends in a longitudinal direction and the support deck is adjustable from a planar configuration to a concave configuration or a convex configuration.

Person support apparatuses for subject repositioning

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

A surgical monitoring system including a machine vision sensor, an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the machine vision sensor, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory storing a computer readable instruction set, where, when the computer readable instruction set is executed by the processor, the electronic controller, detects a position of a subject with the machine vision sensor, detects a position of a person support apparatus, compares the detected position of the subject with the detected position of the person support apparatus, and determines if the detected position of the subject and the detected position of the person support apparatus indicates that the subject is not aligned with the person support apparatus.

Subject and surgical equipment monitoring systems

High-accuracy locating systems and methods are used for determining successful caregiver rounding, monitoring whether housekeepers have properly cleaned patient beds, or determining whether patients have ambulated sufficient distances during recovery. Patient beds having at least two locating tags are used for establishing patient care zones around the patient beds. Locating anchors and equipment tags are moved around a patient room to determine optimum locating anchor placement within the patient room based on signal quality values. A locating tag on a patient bed switches roles to operate as a locating anchor in response to the patient bed becoming stationary. A locating tag has a digital compass which is used to determine a field of good ranging relative to a front of a caregiver wearing the locating tag.

Ultra-wideband locating systems and methods

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 protective dressing includes an outer dressing and an adhesive layer. The outer dressing includes an opening and a cavity sized to receive a phase-change material (PCM) insert inserted through the opening. The adhesive layer is configured to adhere to a patient's skin surrounding an anatomic site. When adhered to the patient's skin, the PCM insert modifies the patient's skin at the anatomic site. The PCM insert may be removed and replaced with another PCM insert. For example, a warm PCM insert may be replaced with a refrigerated PCM insert. The opening of the outer dressing may be self-sealing. The opening of the outer dressing may be sealed with an upper layer dressing coupled to the PCM cooling insert.

Protective dressing with reusable phase-change material cooling insert

A support apparatus configured to support a person is provided. The support apparatus includes a top surface including one or more predetermined areas, one or more conduits located inside the support apparatus which are located proximate to the one or more predetermined areas, and an air supply configured to provide air to the one or more conduits for delivering to the one or more predetermined areas. The air supply includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the air provided by the air supply, a cooling element, and a controller communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor and the cooling element. The controller determines whether the measured temperature of the air is higher than a predetermined temperature, and controls the cooling element to cool the air to the predetermined temperature if it is determined that the temperature of the air is higher than the predetermined temperature.

Support apparatuses comprising cooling elements

A caregiver badge system includes a caregiver badge configured to be worn by a caregiver and having a cavity defined therein. An identification badge is configured to be positioned within the cavity. The identification badge is removable from the caregiver badge. A transceiver is positioned within the caregiver badge and configured to communicate with a positioning system to identify a location of the caregiver. A battery is positioned within the caregiver badge to power the transceiver.

Caregiver locating tag having advanced functionality

One embodiment of a method of interrogating a sensor to detect the presence of moisture on an occupant support comprises the steps of A) providing a moisture responsive sensor in a surveillance zone of the occupant support, the sensor being tuned to a center frequency; B) exciting the sensor with an electromagnetic signal having a frequency approximately equal to the center frequency; C) monitoring for a center frequency response from the sensor; D) comparing the center frequency response to an expected center frequency response; and E) if the center frequency response compares favorably to an expected center frequency response, issuing a first output consistent with the favorable comparison.

Incontinence detection apparatus having displacement alert

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Loveland, OH, United States of America

Varad Narayan Srivastava