US 11,890,241 B2
Techniques for managing patient therapy protocols
Anuj Sidhu, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Alexander Bodurka, Portage, MI (US); and Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,896.
Application 18/127,896 is a continuation of application No. 17/409,988, filed on Aug. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,642,261.
Application 17/409,988 is a continuation of application No. 16/211,927, filed on Dec. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,123,246, issued on Sep. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/609,805, filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233390 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 13/02 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/018 (2013.01) [A61G 13/02 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/0506 (2013.01); A61G 7/0524 (2016.11); A61G 7/1046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for managing patient therapy protocols across a communication network, the system comprising:
a patient support apparatus coupled to the communication network for supporting a patient;
a first input device coupled to the communication network for use by a first caregiver;
a command center input device coupled to the communication network for use by another caregiver at a command center;
a location system configured to determine a location of the first caregiver; and
a therapy management system coupled to the communication network, wherein the therapy management system is configured to:
receive a first caregiver location input signal, from the location system, corresponding to the location of the first caregiver,
receive a selection of a patient therapy protocol from the first input device, wherein the selected patient therapy protocol comprises a location requirement, and
transmit a notification signal to the command center input device at the command center based on the first caregiver location input signal and the location requirement of the selected patient therapy protocol.