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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Williams F. Collins, Jr., Columbus, IN (US);
James M. Allen, Batesville, IN (US);
Keith A. Huster, Suman, IN (US);
Carl W. Riley, Batesville, IN (US);
Patricia A. Glidewell, Cary, NC (US);
Irvin J. Vanderpohl, III, Greensburg, IN (US);
Richard J. Schuman, Cary, NC (US);
Christopher A. Mathura, Cary, NC (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
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.