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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Timothy J. Receveur, Guilford, IN (US);
Michael P. Bish, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Inventors:
Timothy J. Receveur, Guilford, IN (US);
Michael P. Bish, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/1113 (2013.01); A61B 5/1128 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/447 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system to monitor patient position in bed and related methods of use are disclosed. The system to monitor patient position in bed relies on facial recognition and determination of the time spent by the patient in a particular position. Appropriate alarms and messages are displayed if the patient remains in a particular position for a time period greater than a predetermined threshold.