Patents by Inventor Darren S. Hudgins
Darren S. Hudgins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11763815Abstract: A location monitoring system tracks a location of a user within a healthcare facility. When the user is detected in a patient room an electronic controller activates a voice command database having a plurality of voice commands specific to the user. A microphone located in the patient room receives one of the plurality of voice commands. The electronic controller transmits the one of the plurality of voice commands to a remote device positioned outside of the patient room.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Jerald W. Judy, Bita Akhlaghi, David O. Melgar, Daniel Sampson, Edwin N. Swift, Jennifer A. Gunn, Darren S. Hudgins, Patrick D. Harrison, William B. Richard
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Patent number: 11688511Abstract: A mobile caregiver application is stored on mobile devices of caregivers for managing alert messages generated by a variety of equipment in a healthcare information system. The mobile caregiver application allows secure voice, text, and, optionally, video communication between caregivers using their mobile devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Sherrod L. Faulks, Elizabeth A. Kowal, David M. Girardeau, Bartholomew F. Sferrazza, John Moulson, Dino R. Bostic, Darren S. Hudgins, Adam Drufke, Ronald W. Taylor, Collin Davidson, Jennifer A. Gunn, John S. Schroder
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Publication number: 20230195866Abstract: A communication device for use in a care facility includes a housing configured to be worn on a caregiver, a display disposed on the housing, a microphone configured to detect sound signals, and a speaker configured to convert an electromagnetic wave input into a sound wave output. The communication device further includes a controller configured to control or receive input from the display, the microphone, and the speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Darren S. Hudgins, Amilcar Ubiera, Allen D. Beam, Theophile R. Lerebours, Mark F. Hettig, Catherine J. Harb, Frederick Collin Davidson, Angela E. Kauffman, Ryan J. Hoffman, Joel Centelles Martin
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Patent number: 11504071Abstract: Apparatus for assessing medical risks of a patient includes an analytics engine and equipment that provides data to the analytics engine. The equipment includes a patient support apparatus such as a patient bed, a nurse call computer, a physiological monitor, a patient lift, a locating computer of a locating system, and an incontinence detection pad. The analytics engine analyzes the data from the equipment to determine a sepsis risk score, a falls risk score, and a pressure injury score. The apparatus further include displays that are communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that display the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risk scores. The displays include a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Terry, Brian L. Lawrence, Kirsten M. Emmons, Darren S. Hudgins, Eric D. Agdeppa, Yongji Fu, Jared Prickel, Susan Kayser, Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Johannes de Bie, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Ann Zapfe, Jotpreet Chahal, Yuan Shi, Eugene Urrutia, Chiew Yuan Chung, Matthew M. Riordan
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Publication number: 20220189645Abstract: A server compute device may include circuitry configured to receive a caregiver call request based on a short message service (SMS) message sent from a mobile communication device of a patient. The circuitry of the server compute device may additionally be configured to determine as a function of a mobile communication device identifier of the mobile communication device that sent the caregiver call request, a caregiver to notify. Further, the circuitry may be configured to send, to the determined caregiver, a notification of the caregiver call request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Darren S. Hudgins, Philip N. Fibiger, Lewin Edwards
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Publication number: 20220139540Abstract: A mobile caregiver application is stored on mobile devices of caregivers for managing alert messages generated by a variety of equipment in a healthcare information system. The mobile caregiver application allows secure voice, text, and, optionally, video communication between caregivers using their mobile devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Sherrod L. Faulks, Elizabeth A. Kowal, David M. Girardeau, Bartholomew F. Sferrazza, John Moulson, Dino R. Bostic, Darren S. Hudgins, Adam Drufke, Ronald W. Taylor, Collin Davidson, Jennifer A. Gunn, John S. Schroder
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Publication number: 20220054337Abstract: A system and method of patient bed communication and bed-to-room association in a healthcare facility having a network with at least one wireless access point (WAP) and a nurse call system is provided. A handheld unit is moved to a position within a pairing distance of a pairing zone of a patient bed so that the handheld unit and the bed are paired using a first wireless communication technology. A second wireless communication technology is used to send bed identification data (ID) to the handheld unit after the pairing operation has been completed. The bed ID is transmitted from the handheld unit to the nurse call system via a wired connection to establish a bed-to-room association between the patient bed and a room in which the patient bed is located. A third wireless communication technology is used to send bed status data and the bed ID to the WAP of the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Dan R. Tallent, Richard J. Schuman, Eric D. Benz, Unnati Ojha, Frederick Collin Davidson, Darren S. Hudgins, Jason M. Williams
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Patent number: 11257588Abstract: A mobile caregiver application is stored on mobile devices of caregivers for managing alert messages generated by a variety of equipment in a healthcare information system. The mobile caregiver application allows secure voice, text, and, optionally, video communication between caregivers using their mobile devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Sherrod L. Faulks, Elizabeth A. Kowal, David M. Girardeau, Bartholomew F. Sferrazza, John Moulson, Dino R. Bostic, Darren S. Hudgins, Adam Drufke, Ronald W. Taylor, Collin Davidson, Jennifer A. Gunn, John S. Schroder
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Publication number: 20210319793Abstract: A location monitoring system tracks a location of a user within a healthcare facility. When the user is detected in a patient room an electronic controller activates a voice command database having a plurality of voice commands specific to the user. A microphone located in the patient room receives one of the plurality of voice commands. The electronic controller transmits the one of the plurality of voice commands to a remote device positioned outside of the patient room.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Jerald W. Judy, Bita Akhlaghi, David O. Melgar, Daniel Sampson, Edwin N. Swift, Jennifer A. Gunn, Darren S. Hudgins, Patrick D. Harrison, William B. Richard
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Patent number: 11062707Abstract: A location monitoring system tracks a location of a user within a healthcare facility. When the user is detected in a patient room an electronic controller activates a voice command database having a plurality of voice commands specific to the user. A microphone located in the patient room receives one of the plurality of voice commands. The electronic controller transmits the one of the plurality of voice commands to a remote device positioned outside of the patient room.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Jerald W. Judy, Bita Akhlaghi, David O. Melgar, Daniel Sampson, Edwin N. Swift, Jennifer A. Gunn, Darren S. Hudgins, Patrick D. Harrison, William B. Richard
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Publication number: 20210174948Abstract: A mobile caregiver application is stored on mobile devices of caregivers for managing alert messages generated by a variety of equipment in a healthcare information system. The mobile caregiver application allows secure voice, text, and, optionally, video communication between caregivers using their mobile devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Sherrod L. Faulks, Elizabeth A. Kowal, David M. Girardeau, Bartholomew F. Sferrazza, John Moulson, Dino R. Bostic, Darren S. Hudgins, Adam Drufke, Ronald W. Taylor, Collin Davidson, Jennifer A. Gunn, John S. Schroder
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Patent number: 10957445Abstract: A mobile caregiver application is stored on mobile devices of caregivers for managing alert messages generated by a variety of equipment in a healthcare information system. The mobile caregiver application allows secure voice, text, and, optionally, video communication between caregivers using their mobile devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Sherrod L. Faulks, Elizabeth A. Kowal, David M. Girardeau, Bartholomew F. Sferrazza, John Moulson, Dino R. Bostic, Darren S. Hudgins, Adam Drufke, Ronald W. Taylor, II, Collin Davidson, Jennifer A. Gunn, John S. Schroder
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Publication number: 20200005783Abstract: A location monitoring system tracks a location of a user within a healthcare facility. When the user is detected in a patient room an electronic controller activates a voice command database having a plurality of voice commands specific to the user. A microphone located in the patient room receives one of the plurality of voice commands. The electronic controller transmits the one of the plurality of voice commands to a remote device positioned outside of the patient room.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Jerald W. Judy, Bita Akhlaghi, David O. Melgar, Daniel Sampson, Edwin N. Swift, Jennifer A. Gunn, Darren S. Hudgins, Patrick D. Harrison, William B. Richard
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Publication number: 20190307405Abstract: Apparatus for assessing medical risks of a patient includes an analytics engine and equipment that provides data to the analytics engine. The equipment includes a patient support apparatus such as a patient bed, a nurse call computer, a physiological monitor, a patient lift, a locating computer of a locating system, and an incontinence detection pad. The analytics engine analyzes the data from the equipment to determine a sepsis risk score, a falls risk score, and a pressure injury score. The apparatus further include displays that are communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that display the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risk scores. The displays include a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Ryan Terry, Brian L. Lawrence, Kirsten M. Emmons, Darren S. Hudgins, Eric D. Agdeppa, Yongji Fu, Jared Prickel, Susan Kayser, Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Johannes de Bie, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Ann Zapfe, Jotpreet Chahal, Yuan Shi, Eugene Urrutia, Chiew Yuan Chung, Matthew M. Riordan
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Publication number: 20190108908Abstract: A mobile caregiver application is stored on mobile devices of caregivers for managing alert messages generated by a variety of equipment in a healthcare information system. The mobile caregiver application allows secure voice, text, and, optionally, video communication between caregivers using their mobile devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Sherrod L. Faulks, Elizabeth A. Kowal, David M. Girardeau, Bartholomew F. Sferrazza, John Moulson, Dino R. Bostic, Darren S. Hudgins, Adam Drufke, Ronald W. Taylor, II, Collin Davidson, Jennifer A. Gunn, John S. Schroder
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Publication number: 20120296669Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus provide clinical terminology services including a controlled medical vocabulary supplemented by local clinical content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Darren S. Hudgins, Thomas A. Oniki
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Patent number: 8260779Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus provide clinical terminology services including a controlled medical vocabulary supplemented by local clinical content.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Darren S. Hudgins, Thomas A. Oniki
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Publication number: 20110066425Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus provide clinical terminology services including a controlled medical vocabulary supplemented by local clinical content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Darren S. Hudgins, Thomas A. Oniki