Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Lanci
Dennis M. Lanci 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: 8683750Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Patent number: 8499503Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Patent number: 8458962Abstract: A modular patient room includes a plurality of modular wall panels or units having various configurations. Some wall units have a wall panel structure with a horizontally extending service cavity. A service structure is coupled to the wall panel structure for rotation about a horizontally extending first axis between a first position within the service cavity and a second position extending outwardly from the service cavity. A plurality of service outlets are carried by the service structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci
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Patent number: 8418287Abstract: A patient care apparatus includes a bed to support a patient. The bed has a side rail with a cavity. The patient care apparatus also includes an infusion unit having a medical treatment control unit, a medical treatment line, and a medication container to contain medication. The medical treatment line is coupled to the medication container to conduct medication from the medication container to the patient. The medical treatment control unit and the medication container are positioned in the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, Carl W. Riley
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Publication number: 20120291199Abstract: A patient care apparatus includes a bed to support a patient. The bed has a side rail with a cavity. The patient care apparatus also includes an infusion unit having a medical treatment control unit, a medical treatment line, and a medication container to contain medication. The medical treatment line is coupled to the medication container to conduct medication from the medication container to the patient. The medical treatment control unit and the medication container are positioned in the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, Carl W. Riley
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Patent number: 8240092Abstract: A headwall is adapted for use with a bed in a room of a healthcare facility. The headwall comprises a wall unit mounted relative to a wall of the room and a floor unit extending along a floor of the room. The bed docks to the floor unit. It is disclosed to use the headwall to provide services to patient care equipment mounted to a side rail of the bed. Such patient care equipment is, for example, a chest drainage unit, an infusion unit, or a vacuum bandage unit located in a cavity of the side rail.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, Carl W. Riley
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Publication number: 20110072588Abstract: A headwall is adapted for use with a bed in a room of a healthcare facility. The headwall comprises a wall unit mounted relative to a wall of the room and a floor unit extending along a floor of the room. The bed docks to the floor unit. It is disclosed to use the headwall to provide services to patient care equipment mounted to a side rail of the bed. Such patient care equipment is, for example, a chest drainage unit, an infusion unit, or a vacuum bandage unit located in a cavity of the side rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, Carl W. Riley
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Patent number: 7865982Abstract: A headwall is adapted for use with a bed in a room of a healthcare facility. The headwall comprises a service delivery unit movable relative to a wall of the room between a storage position and a use position allowing the bed to dock to the service delivery unit to receive one or more services from the service delivery unit. It is disclosed to use the headwall to provide services to patient care equipment mounted to a side rail of the bed. Such patient care equipment is, for example, a chest drainage unit, an infusion unit, or a vacuum bandage unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, Carl W. Riley
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Publication number: 20100205739Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Patent number: 7735266Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Patent number: 7636966Abstract: A docking station includes a column and a docking port coupled to the column. The docking port is coupleable to a hospital bed. A service is deliverable to the hospital bed through a service outlet coupled to the docking port. A communication and control unit is coupled to the column. A patient table is coupled to the column.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Publication number: 20080236054Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Patent number: 7392621Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Patent number: 7243386Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a transfer top adapted to carry a patient is transferable between a mobile base and a docking station in a hospital room. Thus, instead of transferring a patient between a stretcher and a hospital bed, the entire transfer top with the patient thereon is transferred between the mobile base and the docking station.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Patent number: 7219472Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2004Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, John P. Biondo
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Patent number: 7040057Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci
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Patent number: 6978499Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a transfer top adapted to carry a patient is transferable between a mobile base and a docking station in a hospital room. Thus, instead of transferring a patient between a stretcher and a hospital bed, the entire transfer top with the patient thereon is transferred between the mobile base and the docking station.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci
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Patent number: 6895715Abstract: A headwall is adapted for use with a bed in a room of a healthcare facility. The headwall comprises a service delivery unit movable relative to a wall of the room between a storage position and a use position allowing the bed to dock to the service delivery unit to receive one or more services from the service delivery unit. It is disclosed to use the headwall to provide services to patient care equipment mounted to a side rail of the bed. Such patient care equipment is, for example, a chest drainage unit, an infusion unit, or a vacuum bandage unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci, Carl W. Riley
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Publication number: 20040237202Abstract: An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci
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Publication number: 20030019165Abstract: A patient care apparatus for use in a healthcare facility having a patient room separated from a hallway. The apparatus includes a cabinet having a supply receptacle and a portion situated in an opening formed between the patient room and the hallway. The cabinet has a first side accessible in the patient room and a second side accessible in the hallway. A communication portion is coupled to the hospital computer network and is configured to receive a signal indicating at least one of activation of a faucet in the room, collection of patient data, use of a supply item, and collection of supply data. A mobile supply cart is configured to carry supplies. The mobile supply cart includes a supply data management unit on which inventory management data is entered, and a transceiver configured to send the inventory management data to a computer network of the healthcare facility and receive supply refill orders transmitted from the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Dennis J. Gallant, Dennis M. Lanci