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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
May. 01, 2023
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Thomas Joseph Durlach, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Ross Michael Nave, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A caregiver assistance system is disclosed for helping caregivers manage the care of existing bed sores and/or reduce the risk of a patient developing bed sores. The system may also help the caregiver to perform rounding tasks and/or to reduce the likelihood of patient falls. The system comprises a server application in communication with the patient's bed and one or more mobile electronic devices (e.g. smart phones). The mobile devices receive individual assessments of a plurality of bed sore risk factors and forward them to the server. The server generates bed sore risk scores from the answers and forward them to an EMR server. The server may also determine one or more risk reduction steps, display them on the mobile electronic device, and/or forward them to the patients' beds for implementation thereon. Additional bed sore information may be captured and sent to the EMR.