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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Andrew S. Robinson, Durham, SC (US);
Richard J. Schuman, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Andrew S. Robinson, Durham, SC (US);
Richard J. Schuman, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 9/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/02 (2006.01); G08B 27/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); B61L 25/08 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G08C 19/16 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/327 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nurse call system includes a room station located in a patient room and having a graphical display. The nurse call system also includes an equipment port located in the patient room and configured to couple to medical equipment to receive an alarm signal from the medical equipment. The room station is configured to present a list of medical equipment types on the second graphical display in response to coupling of the medical equipment to the equipment port for selection by a user of the type of medical equipment coupled to the equipment port.