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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventor:
Ryan Hochworter, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01);
Abstract
An equipment locating system includes a plurality of medical apparatuses required for patient treatment and having equipment tags. A real-time locating system is configured to determine a location of each of the plurality of medical apparatuses by receiving a signal from the equipment tags. The caregiver selects a medical apparatus from an apparatus list when the medical apparatus is acquired so that the medical apparatus is tagged as being checked out.