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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2022
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Celso Henrique Farnese Pires Pereira, Portage, MI (US);
Jerald A. Trepanier, Augusta, MI (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kirby M. Neihouser, Portage, MI (US);
Thomas Deeds, Seattle, WA (US);
Madhu Sandeep Thota, Portage, MI (US);
Madhu Thomas, London, CA;
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a patient support apparatus and a plurality of location transceivers. One of more of the location transceivers are positioned onboard the patient support apparatus and one or more are positioned at fixed locations within the room. The onboard location transceivers determine their location with respect to the off-board location transceivers, or vice versa, and use this location information to determine the position of the tagged medical device with respect to a volume of space. If the tagged medical device is inside the volume of space, a controller may: (a) associate the tagged medical device with the patient support apparatus, a patient, a room identifier, and/or a room bay identifier; (b) allow the tagged medical device to join a communication network, and/or (c) forward data from the tagged medical device to a remotely positioned server.