Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100101022 | APPARATUSES FOR SUPPORTING AND MONITORING A PERSON - Embodiments disclosed herein related to person support apparatuses and systems, and in particular, to such apparatuses and systems that incorporate or are used with vital signs monitoring devices. | 04-29-2010 |
20110068928 | SENSOR CONTROL FOR APPARATUSES FOR SUPPORTING AND MONITORING A PERSON - A person support apparatus includes a frame and a support surface cooperating with the frame to support a person. The person support apparatus also has a sensor coupled to one of the frame and the support surface. The sensor detects at least one characteristic associated with the person. A controller is coupled to the sensor. In response to at least one of a condition of the frame, a condition of the support surface, a position of the person, or a condition of the person, the controller operates to control the sensor by at least one of changing a gain of the sensor and changing a manner in which a signal from the sensor is filtered. In some instances, the controller turns the sensor off. | 03-24-2011 |
20110068935 | APPARATUSES FOR SUPPORTING AND MONITORING A CONDITION OF A PERSON - A person monitoring system is operable to predict the onset of an adverse condition of a person. The system receives first information corresponding to a feature of a person support apparatus and second information corresponding to a physiological characteristic of the person. The system calculates a condition score as a function of the first and second information. In some instances, the system alerts a caregiver if the condition score exceeds a predetermined threshold. Alternatively or additionally, the person monitoring system alerts a caregiver when a person supported on a person support apparatus is regaining consciousness by monitoring one or more of a change in position, a heart rate, and a respiration rate. A person monitoring system that monitors a person's quality of sleep and presents information concerning the quality of sleep to one or more interested parties is also disclosed. | 03-24-2011 |
20130019406 | APPARATUSES FOR SUPPORTING AND MONITORING A PERSON - Embodiments disclosed herein related to person support apparatuses and systems, and in particular, to such apparatuses and systems that incorporate or are used with vital signs monitoring devices. | 01-24-2013 |
20130253291 | Patient Support Apparatus With Redundant Identity Verification - A patient support apparatus includes one or more readers and/or sensing devices to receive data that can be use to verify the identity of persons or objects, such as patients, caregivers, and medications. The sensing devices may include, for example, a biometric sensor, a physiological sensor, a bar code reader, a camera, a microphone, or a combination thereof. The patient support apparatus may use identity verification information obtained from these devices for a number of different purposes, including, for example, managing the delivery of therapy, medication, or treatment to a patient associated with the patient support apparatus. | 09-26-2013 |
20130342351 | APPARATUSES FOR SUPPORTING AND MONITORING A CONDITION OF A PERSON - A person monitoring system is operable to predict the onset of an adverse condition of a person. The system receives first information corresponding to a feature of a person support apparatus and second information corresponding to a physiological characteristic of the person. The system calculates a condition score as a function of the first and second information. In some instances, the system alerts a caregiver if the condition score exceeds a predetermined threshold. Alternatively or additionally, the person monitoring system alerts a caregiver when a person supported on a person support apparatus is regaining consciousness by monitoring one or more of a change in position, a heart rate, and a respiration rate. A person monitoring system that monitors a person's quality of sleep and presents information concerning the quality of sleep to one or more interested parties is also disclosed. | 12-26-2013 |
20140002267 | SENSOR CONTROL FOR APPARATUSES FOR SUPPORTING AND MONITORING A PERSON | 01-02-2014 |
20140031730 | SEQUENTIAL COMPRESSION THERAPY COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system includes a sequential compression device (SCD) used by a patient as part of a sequential compression therapy (SCT) protocol. The system also includes a computer device that determines whether the SCD is in use in substantially real time in compliance with the protocol. The computer device initiates a notification to a caregiver if noncompliance with the SCT protocol is detected. | 01-30-2014 |
20140221962 | Dynamic Therapy Delivery System - Systems for delivery of therapeutic agents and related methods are disclosed. A sensing system is configured to detect a chemical in the vicinity of a patient and transmit a signal to a controller upon detection. A controller is configured to release a therapeutic agent which is transported to the site of interest. The controller communicates with an electronic medical records database, an alarm and a nurse call system. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236611 | PROXIMITY TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHOD - Systems and methods to track proximity of articles, locations and people are disclosed herein. Radio frequency tags are configured to communicate proximity of articles, locations and people over time. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236629 | DIRECT PATIENT ASSOCIATION - A method, system, and apparatus for associating a patient with a bed or a room includes sensing wireless information transmitted by a transmitter worn by the patient, such as an RFID transmitter of a wristband, and relying on automatic communication between the bed, a bed status computer, and an admission, discharge and tracking (ADT) computer to verify the patient-to-room or patient-to-bed association. The verification is achieved without the need for any manual data entry at the bed or at the bed status computer. The bed status computer stores bed data sent from the bed until the verification is made and then the bed status computer transmits the stored bed data to an electronic medical records (EMR) computer. | 08-21-2014 |
20140276504 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR THE DETECTION OF INCONTINENCE OR OTHER MOISTURE, METHODS OF FLUID ANALYSIS, AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL SENSOR SYSTEMS - One embodiment of a method of interrogating a sensor to detect the presence of moisture on an occupant support comprises the steps of A) providing a moisture responsive sensor in a surveillance zone of the occupant support, the sensor being tuned to a center frequency; B) exciting the sensor with an electromagnetic signal having a frequency approximately equal to the center frequency; C) monitoring for a center frequency response from the sensor; D) comparing the center frequency response to an expected center frequency response; and E) if the center frequency response compares favorably to an expected center frequency response, issuing a first output consistent with the favorable comparison. | 09-18-2014 |
20140296755 | PATIENT SUPPORT WITH DYNAMIC BAR CODE GENERATOR - A care system including a medical device, a mobile computing device, and a information system. The medical device configured to generate data graphics to transfer information from the medical device to the mobile computing device. | 10-02-2014 |