US 12,148,526 B2
System for managing patient support apparatuses and clinical rounds
Thomas Joseph Durlach, Portage, MI (US); and Ross Michael Nave, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,975.
Application 18/239,975 is a continuation of application No. 17/946,544, filed on Sep. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,862,333.
Application 17/946,544 is a continuation of application No. 16/716,725, filed on Dec. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,488,708, issued on Nov. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,947, filed on Jun. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,360, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,387, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,195, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,187, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/781,879, filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/781,831, filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410998 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61G 7/002 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/63 (2018.01) [A61B 5/1115 (2013.01); A61B 5/4824 (2013.01); A61G 7/002 (2013.01); A61G 7/0506 (2013.01); A61G 7/0524 (2016.11); A61G 7/0528 (2016.11); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61G 7/0527 (2016.11); A61G 2203/12 (2013.01); A61G 2203/16 (2013.01); A61G 2203/20 (2013.01); A61G 2203/36 (2013.01); A61G 2203/44 (2013.01); A61G 2205/10 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A caregiver assistance system comprising:
(a) a patient support apparatus comprising a litter frame, a support deck, a memory having a patient support apparatus ID stored therein, a sensor, and a transceiver, the transceiver configured to transmit the patient support apparatus ID and status data from the sensor off-board the patient support apparatus;
(b) a rounding server configured to execute a caregiver assistance application, the caregiver assistance application configured to monitor caregiver rounding tasks and to receive the patient support apparatus ID and status data from the patient support apparatus, the caregiver assistance application configured to communicate with a remote electronic device comprising a display, a user input, and a web browser configured to be able to access a particular Uniform Resources Locator (URL) associated with the caregiver assistance application, the caregiver assistance application further configured to cause the remote electronic device to perform the following after accessing the particular URL:
(a) display rounding information on the display, the rounding information relating to a patient associated with the patient support apparatus;
(ii) display the status data on the display;
(iii) receive rounding data via the user input from a caregiver associated with the remote electronic device and the patient support apparatus;
(iv) capture verification data verifying that the caregiver is physically present adjacent the patient support apparatus; and
(v) forward rounding data to the caregiver assistance application.