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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Dean Bostic, Batesville, IN (US);
Ryan Hochworter, Batesville, IN (US);
Eric P. Jensen, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 10/65 (2018.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61G 7/05 (2013.01); G16H 10/65 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
A system for identifying a location of a device is described. The system includes a patient support device and a healthcare apparatus connected to the patient support device. The healthcare apparatus has a plurality of sensor devices and a scanner device. The scanner device is able to scan machine-readable labels to identify a patient identifier and a device identifier. A server is configured to determine a location of the patient support device using the patient identifier and device identifier.