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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
David Terrance Becker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Bruce L. Macdonald, Portage, MI (US);
Joseph E. Mroz, Hastings, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Christopher John Hopper, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Richard C. Mayoras, Jr., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Vivek Shankar, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jean-paul Dionne, Lévis, CA;
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Portage, MI (US);
David Terrance Becker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Bruce L. MacDonald, Portage, MI (US);
Joseph E. Mroz, Hastings, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Christopher John Hopper, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Richard C. Mayoras, Jr., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Vivek Shankar, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jean-Paul Dionne, Lévis, CA;
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Portage, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A location detection system for a facility includes a patient handling device with a communication module with a unique ID, a locator fixed relative to the handling device for transmitting a unique location identifier corresponding to the location of the handling device, and a receiver mounted to the patient device for receiving the unique location identifier. A processing station remote from the handling device and the locator receives the unique location identifier and the unique ID and further correlates the unique ID with a patient supported by the handling device wherein the processing station can track the handling device and the patient supported thereby such that the location of the patient and handling device can be determined and monitored remotely from the handling device.