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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2020
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Timothy J. Receveur, Apex, NC (US);
Frederick Collin Davidson, Apex, NC (US);
Stephen R. Embree, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Britten J. Pipher, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric D. Agdeppa, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Steven D. Baker, Beaverton, OR (US);
Bradley T. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Pamela Wells, Hixson, TN (US);
Laura A. Hassey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kiana M. Dezelon, Batesville, IN (US);
Thomas A. Myers, Syracuse, NY (US);
Andrew S. Robinson, Durham, NC (US);
Varad N. Srivastava, Skaneateles, NY (US);
Douglas A. Seim, Okeana, OH (US);
Kenzi L. Mudge, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jennifer A. Gunn, Durham, NC (US);
John S. Schroder, Apex, NC (US);
Brandon Smith, Cary, NC (US);
Tanya M. Hawthorne, Raleigh, NC (US);
Elizabeth A. Kowal, Cary, NC (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
High-accuracy locating systems and methods are used for determining successful caregiver rounding, monitoring whether housekeepers have properly cleaned patient beds, or determining whether patients have ambulated sufficient distances during recovery. Patient beds having at least two locating tags are used for establishing patient care zones around the patient beds. Locating anchors and equipment tags are moved around a patient room to determine optimum locating anchor placement within the patient room based on signal quality values. A locating tag on a patient bed switches roles to operate as a locating anchor in response to the patient bed becoming stationary. A locating tag has a digital compass which is used to determine a field of good ranging relative to a front of a caregiver wearing the locating tag.