592 patents
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Utility
Rotation lockout for surgical support
12 Sep 23
Devices, systems, and methods for patient support include arrangement of a patient support top for rotation and a rotation lockout assembly for selectively blocking against rotation of the patient support top.
Zachary B. Konsin, Michael B. Pierce, Alexander E. Rojas, Christopher B. Dubois, Phillip B. Dolliver, Jason S. Bernotsky, Andrew L. Thompson, David C. Newkirk, Todd P. O'Neal
Filed: 19 Dec 22
Utility
Head Extension and Transport Handle System
7 Sep 23
A patient support apparatus includes a base frame and an upper frame configured to support a mattress.
Michael Buccieri, Robert Mark Zerhusen, Richard Henry Heimbrock
Filed: 10 Apr 23
Utility
Patient Support Apparatus Having Motorized Wheels
7 Sep 23
A dual-wheel steerable motorized caster has internal motors that are operated at different speeds to swivel a pair of wheels about a caster swivel axis.
Gavin M. Monson, Nolan D. Wanner, Jeffrey S. Jelinek, Jonathan D. Turner, Jonathan K. Moenter, David C. Newkirk, John D. Christie, Matthew R. Knue, Nishita Vanita Shashikant, Jack B. Sing
Filed: 3 Mar 23
Utility
Care Delivery System
7 Sep 23
A care delivery system detects an event from one or more sensors.
Craig M. Meyerson, Patrice Etchison, Jeff Klembczyk, David Lance Ribble, Daniel Shirley, Carlos Andres Suarez, Gene J. Wolfe
Filed: 27 Feb 23
Utility
Patient Support Apparatus Having Vital Signs and Sepsis Display Apparatus
31 Aug 23
A patient support apparatus includes a sensor capable of detecting vital signs and includes structures for monitoring the vital signs and providing local and/or remote indications to caregivers if the vital signs fall outside of acceptable limits.
Stacey A. FITZGIBBONS, Jotpreet CHAHAL, Craig M. MEYERSON
Filed: 5 May 23
Utility
Monitor to Detect a Patient's Sleep State and Movement
31 Aug 23
A patient support apparatus comprises a plurality of load cells, a frame, a mattress, a plurality sensors, and a control system.
John D. CHRISTIE, Timothy J. RECEVEUR, Robert M. ZERHUSEN, Nicholas A. MANN
Filed: 24 Feb 23
Utility
Security latch for user interface housing
15 Aug 23
A patient support apparatus includes a frame having a head end and a foot end.
Robert Mark Zerhusen, Jonathan Keith Moenter
Filed: 8 Jul 20
Utility
Patient Support Apparatus Having Detachable Barrier Assembly
10 Aug 23
A patient support apparatus that is adaptable to multiple modes of transport includes a variable length base and a drive system that includes two independently drivable wheels that are responsive to inputs from a user to steer the patient support apparatus.
Robert M. ZERHUSEN, Archana VAIDYANATHAN
Filed: 6 Apr 23
Utility
Incontinence detection systems for hospital beds
8 Aug 23
An incontinence detection system monitors an area for moisture events and wirelessly transmits moisture-related information to one or more notification devices.
Gavin M. Monson, Todd P. O'Neal, David Lance Ribble, Dan R. Tallent, John D. Christie, Kirsten M. Emmons, Yongji Fu, Michael Scott Hood, Douglas A. Seim, Ryan S. Severns, James D. Voll, Gregory Wiley, Steven Alan Dixon, Bryan Weidman, Eric David Benz, Brett Knittle, Marwan Nusair, Neal Wiggermann, John V. Harmeyer, Joshua A. Williams
Filed: 17 Sep 21
Utility
Tags for Locating System of Medical Facility
3 Aug 23
A locating system includes a tag with body that has a first button and a second button, a driver configured to determine a type of button press of at least one of the first button and the second button, and a control unit in communication with the driver.
Brandon Ayers, Kenzi Mudge, Britten Pipher, John S. Schroder
Filed: 27 Jan 23
Utility
Incontinence detection with real time location information
1 Aug 23
A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame and arranged to support a patient thereon.
Gavin M. Monson, Dan R. Tallent, Brandon M. Ayers, Frederick C. Davidson
Filed: 22 Sep 20
Utility
Patient bed having head-of-bed lockout and stay-in-bed indicator
1 Aug 23
A patient control unit for controlling functions of a hospital bed includes a housing having a first side that includes a plurality of user inputs to control the functions of the hospital bed.
Robert M. Zerhusen, Michael Provinzano, Daniel Nachtigal
Filed: 25 Jun 19
Utility
Pneumatic system blockage detection
1 Aug 23
A patient support apparatus pneumatic system may include a mattress defining an interior and a pneumatic enclosure in fluid communication with the interior and comprising an inlet and an outlet.
Brandon Fisk, Jnanesha Ramegowda, Gregory John Shannon, Frank Sauser, Michael Churilla
Filed: 13 Jul 20
Utility
Incontinence detection method
25 Jul 23
An incontinence detection pad has an RFID tag in which an authentication code, such as an electronic product code (EPC), is stored.
Bryan Weidman, Gavin M. Monson, John D. Christie, James D. Voll
Filed: 24 May 22
Utility
Method of manufacturing RFID tags
25 Jul 23
An absorbent article has one or more fluid filter layers to inhibit electrode traces from being exposed to low volumes of fluid to reduce the number of false positives that are indicated by an RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad.
Ryan S. Severns, James D. Voll, Brett A. Knittle, Gavin M. Monson, John V. Harmeyer, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Frank E. Sauser, Joseph T. Canter, Yongji Fu, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Ribble, Neal Wiggermann, John D. Christie, Dan R. Tallent, Marwan Nusair, Edward J. Koors
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Hospital bed having rounding checklist
25 Jul 23
A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, communicates with an electronic medical record (EMR) system in healthcare facility.
Keith A. Huster, Dan R. Tallent, Brian J. Kendall, William G. Pittenger, Stephen C. Flint, Robert M. Zerhusen, Matt W. Crane, James M. Allen
Filed: 9 Nov 20
Utility
Methods, systems and devices for non-invasive open ventilation with gas delivery nozzles with an outer tube
25 Jul 23
A non-invasive ventilation system may include at least one outer tube with a proximal lateral end of the outer tube adapted to extend to a side of a nose.
Gregory Kapust, Todd Allum, Anthony D. Wondka, Joseph Cipollone, Joey Aguirre, Darius Eghbal, Anthony Gerber, Lutz Freitag
Filed: 8 May 20
Utility
Technologies for efficiently tracking the location of a patient bed
18 Jul 23
A patient bed may include a tag reader that may be connected to antennas on opposite sides of the patient bed.
Unnati Ojha
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Monitoring, predicting, and treating clinical episodes
11 Jul 23
Apparatus and methods are described including identifying that a subject suffers from sleep apnea.
Guy Meger, Roman Karasik, Yossi Gross, Avner Halperin
Filed: 1 Feb 18
Utility
Distributed healthcare communication method
11 Jul 23
A graphical audio station of a nurse call system is operable to permit a user to perform one or more of the following functions: establish a two-way voice communication link with another computer device in another patient and/or with a another computer device located in another staff work area and/or with a wireless communication device carried by caregiver and/or with a telephone of the healthcare facility; broadcast a voice page to a group of other selected computer devices; compose and send a text message to a portable device that is carried by a caregiver and that has wireless communication capability; browse web pages and/or view multimedia content, such as videos, hosted on servers of the healthcare facility and/or that are accessible via the Internet; view and/or acknowledge and/or answer and/or cancel alerts or nurse calls originating in a plurality of patient rooms.
Richard J. Schuman, Patricia A. Glidewell, Erik E. Roehl
Filed: 9 Jun 21