Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Wishoo, Inc.

Williams F Collins, Jr

Carl William Riley

Keith Adam Huster

Richard Joseph Schuman, Sr

Irvin John Vanderpohl, Iii

James Maurice Allen

Patricia A Glidewell

Christopher A Mathura

Timothy D Wildman

Benjamin E Howell

Richard Henry Heimbrock

Terry L Tincher

Craig A McNeely

Paul J McDaniel

Oscar A Manguiat

Erik Edward Roehl

Michael D Gallup

Thomas M Fleck

Irwin J Vanderpohl, Iii

Patricia A Glidwell

John F O'Brien

John L Wechsler

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

A system and method for collecting, communicating, displaying, and/or analyzing data from multiple medical devices is disclosed. The system includes a local data collection module and a number of medical device adapters. The medical device adapters are coupled to respective medical devices via hardwired connections to receive data from the respective medical devices. The medical device adapters wirelessly transmit the data to the local data collection module. The local data collection module communicates the data received from the medical device adapters to an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system for automatic entry of at least some of the data in the electronic medical record of a patient associated with the medical devices.

Patient support apparatus having data collection and communication capability

Healthcare communication method having configurable alarm rules

A hospital bed is programmable with new firmware that is downloaded to the bed over a network. The firmware is downloaded to the bed automatically from a remote computer device. The remote computer device receives a message from the hospital bed which includes data regarding the version number of the bed's current firmware, and if the version number indicates that the firmware is an outdated version, the remote computer device downloads a new version of the firmware to the bed.

Method of hospital bed network connectivity

Hospital bed having wired and wireless network connectivity

A system for use with a hospital bed having circuitry and a standard AC power outlet spaced from the hospital bed is provided. The system includes a cable assembly couplable to the circuitry of the hospital bed. The cable assembly has power conductors and at least one data conductor. The cable assembly also has a plug including a first power coupler coupled to the power conductors and a first data coupler coupled to the at least one data conductor. The system also includes a second data coupler mountable adjacent the standard AC power outlet. The second data coupler is configured to couple to the first data coupler when the first power coupler is coupled to the standard AC power outlet.

Growing community of inventors

Columbus, IN, United States of America

Williams F Collins, Jr