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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Applicants:
W. Scott Reid, Derry, NH (US);
Brian D. Gross, North Andover, MA (US);
Inventors:
W. Scott Reid, Derry, NH (US);
Brian D. Gross, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/22 (2018.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); A61L 2/28 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/28 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01);
Abstract
A room monitoring system includes a plurality of in-room units. The in-room units collect information relating to a clean or dirty status of a plurality of patient rooms and/or equipment in the rooms. A monitoring station receives clean or dirty status information from the in-room units and determines which rooms are clean, and ready for a patient, which are dirty and in need of cleaning, and which are occupied.