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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Luis Garcia, Slinger, WI (US);
Bryan D. Dickerson, Hartford, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Kuhlow, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Gary C. Sutcliffe, Slinger, WI (US);
Jeffrey H. Peterson, Jackson, WI (US);
Michael D. Cook, Watertown, WI (US);
Nathan A. Schleifer, Grafton, WI (US);
Luis Garcia, Slinger, WI (US);
Bryan D. Dickerson, Hartford, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Kuhlow, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Gary C. Sutcliffe, Slinger, WI (US);
Jeffrey H. Peterson, Jackson, WI (US);
Michael D. Cook, Watertown, WI (US);
Nathan A. Schleifer, Grafton, WI (US);
API Software, Inc., Hartford, WI (US);
Abstract
A monitoring system in a medical facility provides an identification device to a patient and a data acquisition device to a health-care worker. The identification device wirelessly emits a first signal that identifies the patient and the data acquisition device emits a second signal. A determination is made in response to the first signal and the second signal, whether the health-care worker is absent from being near the patient. For example, absence of the health-care worker is determined when a data reader receives only the first signal. This system detects when a patient requiring continuous observation is not in the presence of a health-care worker. In that case, an alarm message is sent to supervisory personnel.