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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Rick Beutter, Argyle, TX (US);
Andrew J. Southworth, Coppell, TX (US);
Andrew Schultz, San Diego, CA (US);
Bernard S. Hirsch, Dallas, TX (US);
Rick Beutter, Argyle, TX (US);
Andrew J. Southworth, Coppell, TX (US);
Andrew Schultz, San Diego, CA (US);
Bernard S. Hirsch, Dallas, TX (US);
STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A communication arrangement including a room having at least one communication device therein, the at least one communication device receiving in-room images, in-room video and/or in-room audio within the room. The communication arrangement also includes a communication system for transmitting the in-room images, in-room video and/or in-room audio from within the room to a location remote from the room. The communication system has a privacy setting that, when activated, prevents viewing of the in-room images or in-room video and/or hearing of the in-room audio from within the room at the location remote from the room and communicates to the location remote from the room that the privacy setting is activated.