US 12,239,591 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, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,378.
Application 18/543,378 is a continuation of application No. 18/127,896, filed on Mar. 29, 2023, granted, now 11,890,241.
Application 18/127,896 is a continuation of application No. 17/409,988, filed on Aug. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,642,261, issued on May 9, 2023.
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 2024/0115443 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (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)
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)] 19 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 second input device coupled to the communication network for use by a second 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, and
transmit a patient-moving output signal to the patient support apparatus to initiate the selected patient therapy protocol.