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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.:

US 12220229 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2023

Radar sensors for patient monitoring

Applicant:

Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);

Inventors:

Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, DeWitt, NY (US);

David L. Ribble, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Eric R. Meyer, Batesville, IN (US);

Michael S. Hood, Batesville, IN (US);

Gregory J. Shannon, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Yue Wang, Columbus, IN (US);

Charles A. Lachenbruch, Batesville, IN (US);

Steven D. Baker, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);

Attorney:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Meredith Weare

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/113 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1113 (2013.01); A61B 5/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/113 (2013.01); A61B 5/6891 (2013.01); A61G 7/05769 (2013.01); A61G 7/1021 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more radar sensors can be used to monitor patients in a variety of different environments and embodiments. In one embodiment, radar sensors can be used to monitor a patient's breathing, including monitoring of tidal volume, chest expansion distance, breathing rate, etc. In another embodiment, a patient position can be monitored in a patient bed, which can be used as feedback for control of bladders of a patient bed. Additional embodiments are described herein.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Fitzgibbons, Stacey. (2025). Radar sensors for patient monitoring (U.S. Patent No. 12220229). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12220229

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