Patents by Inventor Nicholas Mann
Nicholas Mann 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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Publication number: 20240071098Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller configured to: analyze image data within an area; determine an object is present in the area based on the image data; determine if the object is a potential hazard based on the image data; and in response to determining the object is a potential hazard, emitting a projection beam onto a surface of the area to illuminate the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Gene Wolfe, Neal Wiggerman, Robert Mark Zerhusen, Nicholas Mann, Christopher Nelson, Angela Williams
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Patent number: 11896406Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a sensor capable of detecting vital signs, setting acceptable limits for the vital signs, and includes structures for monitoring the vital signs and providing local and/or remote indications to caregivers if the vital signs fall outside of acceptable limits.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Zerhusen, Dan R. Tallent, Brandon P. Fisk, Aziz A. Bhai, Eric D. Benz, Robert D. Weitz, John Goewert, Frank Sauser, Nicholas C. Batta, Edward J. Koors, Jonathan D. Turner, Richard H. Heimbrock, John G. Byers, Nicholas A. Mann, Daniel McCoy
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Publication number: 20240009046Abstract: A patient bed has a siderail that is movable to a raised position elevated over a central region of a mattress of the patient bed for use as part of a patient lift of the patient bed. In a lowered position, the siderail blocks egress of a patient from the mattress. In the raised position of the siderail, a sling arm is coupleable to the siderail and a sling is coupleable to hooks of the sling arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Robert M. Zerhusen, Richard H. Heimbrock, Mark Chiacchira, Nicholas A. Mann, David C. Newkirk
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Patent number: 11793698Abstract: A patient bed includes a drainage bag sensor. The patient bed includes, for example, a frame configured to support a patient, a drainage bag holder coupled to the frame and configured to support a drainage bag, and a sensor to detect a presence of the drainage bag being supported by the drainage bag holder.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Zerhusen, Richard H. Heimbrock, Mark Chiacchira, Nicholas A. Mann, David C. Newkirk
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Publication number: 20230293373Abstract: Support pad assemblies and person support apparatuses are disclosed. A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame, and a support deck supported on the longitudinal frame. The longitudinal frame extends in a longitudinal direction and the support deck is adjustable from a planar configuration to a concave configuration or a convex configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Bennett DuBois, Ben Hertz, Timothy Allen Lane, Rachel L. Willliamson, Kiana Mathews Dezelon, Nicholas Mann, Varad Narayan Srivastava
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Publication number: 20230274828Abstract: A patient support apparatus comprises a plurality of load cells, a frame, a mattress, a plurality sensors, and a control system. The mattress includes a plurality of inflatable zones positioned on the frame, the mattress and frame cooperating to direct any patient load through the mattress and frame to the load cells. Each of the plurality of a sensors measures the pressure in a respective inflatable zone of the mattress. The control system includes a controller operable to receive a separate signal from each of the plurality of sensors, and a physiological sensor, process the signals to identify movement data and sleep data and to display the movement data and sleep date on a segmented screen on a user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: John D. CHRISTIE, Timothy J. RECEVEUR, Robert M. ZERHUSEN, Nicholas A. MANN
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Publication number: 20230268058Abstract: A system for detecting and monitoring lines in a healthcare setting includes a medical device positioned in a healthcare facility. A line extends from the medical device. At least one imaging device is positioned in the healthcare facility to identify the line. A computer determines whether an unwanted condition of the line has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Neal WIGGERMANN, Nicholas A. MANN, Gene J. WOLFE, Robert M. Zerhusen
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Patent number: 11642269Abstract: Support pad assemblies and person support apparatuses are disclosed. A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame, and a support deck supported on the longitudinal frame. The longitudinal frame extends in a longitudinal direction and the support deck is adjustable from a planar configuration to a concave configuration or a convex configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Bennett DuBois, Ben Hertz, Timothy Allen Lane, Rachel L. Williamson, Kiana Mathews Dezelon, Nicholas Mann, Varad Narayan Srivastava
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Publication number: 20230034818Abstract: A heat exchange system includes a thermoelectric device operably coupled with a support apparatus. The thermoelectric device is configured to reduce a temperature at a first location and increase a temperature at a second location different than the first location. A fan is disposed adjacent to the thermoelectric device. The fan is configured to direct heat generated by the thermoelectric device toward the second location. A controller is communicatively coupled with the thermoelectric device and the fan. The controller is configured to activate the thermoelectric device and the fan to reduce the temperature at the first location and concurrently increase the temperature at the second location. The first location is configured to align with a first area on a patient and the second location is configured to align with a second area on the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Robert Mark Zerhusen, Nicholas Mann, Neal Wiggermann, Frank Sauser, Kirsten Emmons, David Ribble, Darrell L. Borgman, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Yongji Fu
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Publication number: 20230009895Abstract: Methods and systems facilitate managing retail facilities using a managed retail rental service. A physical facility for retail rental may be identified. Configuration instructions to configure the physical facility for a specific retail use in accordance with specific configuration parameters may be received from a retail portal. The configuration instructions may be processed into facility modification instructions that direct one or more facility operators affiliated with the physical facility to modify an attribute of the physical facility. The facility modification instructions may be provided to one or more facility operations devices to configure the facility according to the specific configuration parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: SOL STORES, INC.Inventors: Vibhu Norby, William Mintun, Phillip Raub, Nicholas Mann
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Publication number: 20220400979Abstract: A system for contactless monitoring of a person in a chair includes a detector mount positioned adjacent the chair and detached from the chair. A detector is coupled to the detector mount and is configured to detect thermal radiation from a field of view that includes the chair. A controller controls the detector. The controller includes a processor and a nontransitory memory device that includes instructions that are performed by the processor to control the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Robert M. Zerhusen, Tyler Holmes, Nicholas A. Mann, Ibne Soreefan
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Patent number: 11471366Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for percussion therapy of a patient's torso area provide percussive force to release and/or dislodge mucous from respiratory airways of a human patient. Such devices, systems, and methods may include a torso covering for securing to a patient's torso, percussive devices coupled to the torso covering, and an attachment assembly for supporting the torso covering. The percussive devices may include a percussion frame, an electromechanically actuated percussor for controlled movement between end positions, and resilient members attached to opposite ends of the percussion frame for assisting controlled movement of the percussor. The devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein provide efficient and comfortable high-frequency percussive force to a patient's torso, reducing stress on the patient and improving patient experience.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES PTE. LTD.Inventors: John A. Bobey, Bryan Chng, Kok Boon R. Ong, Harold M. Cabral, Deny D. Barilea, Suresha Ventakaraya, Wei T. Tan, Clementine Pirio, Nicholas Mann, Chad M. Boerst, Mary J. Rossini, Denis Sin, Vinay Joshi, Dirk Tjepkema, Sytze A. Spijksma, Petrus J. van den Oever, Ari T. Adler, William C. Stewart, Jason Robinson, Timothy R. Proulx, Alex Staudt, Petrus T. Rutgers
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Patent number: 11426314Abstract: A patient bed includes turn assist panels to rotate portions of a mattress. Some patient beds have siderails that are movable by a patient so that the patient can egress from the bed without interference from the siderails. Some patient beds have caregiver control panels for controlling features and functions of the patient bed, such as movement of the turn assist panels.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Zerhusen, Richard H. Heimbrock, Mark Chiacchira, Nicholas A. Mann, David C. Newkirk
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Publication number: 20220257442Abstract: A number of patient beds are disclosed. Some patient beds have siderails that are movable by a patient so that the patient can egress from the bed without interference from the siderails. Various caregiver control panels and patient control panels for controlling features and functions of a patient bed are also disclosed. For example, a cart with caregiver control inputs, including hand inputs on a graphical user interface (GUI) and foot inputs, is disclosed. Patient positioning and transfer devices are also disclosed. Various types of in-bed physical therapy devices are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Robert M. Zerhusen, Richard H. Heimbrock, Mark Chiacchira, Nicholas A. Mann, David C. Newkirk
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Publication number: 20220241138Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for percussion therapy of a patient's torso area provide percussive force to release and/or dislodge mucous from respiratory airways of a human patient. Such devices, systems, and methods may include a torso covering for securing to a patient's torso, percussive devices coupled to the torso covering, and an attachment assembly for supporting the torso covering. The percussive devices may include a percussion frame, an electromechanically actuated percussor for controlled movement between end positions, and resilient members attached to opposite ends of the percussion frame for assisting controlled movement of the percussor. The devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein provide efficient and comfortable high-frequency percussive force to a patient's torso, reducing stress on the patient and improving patient experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: John A. Bobey, Bryan Chng, Kok Boon R. Ong, Harold M. Cabral, Deny D. Barilea, Suresha Venkataraya, Wei T. Tan, Clementine Pirio, Nicholas Mann, Chad M. Boerst, Mary J. Rossini, Denis Sin, Vinay Joshi, Dirk Tjepkema, Styze Spijksma, Petrus T. Rutgers, Peter J. van den Oever, Ari T. Adler, William C. Stewart, Jason Robinson, Timothy R. Proulx, Alex Staudt
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Patent number: 11400001Abstract: A mattress support includes a first section and a second section configured to be coupled to the first section. Each of the first section and the second section includes a base plate configured to be positioned on a box frame of a bed. A top plate is pivotable relative to the base plate. A bladder structure is positioned between the base plate and the top plate and inflatable to adjust a height of the top plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: David L. Ribble, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Zapfe, John V. Harmeyer, Xuan Teng, Jotpreet Chahal, Thomas F. Heil, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Bedel, Kenneth L. Lilly, Nicholas Mann, Andrew Robert Taylor, Alistair Andrew James Ward, Martyn Thomas Mitchell, Ibne Soreefan
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Patent number: 11387026Abstract: An assembly having a cylindrical structure supported by a support structure having at least one support element, the support structure being cradle shaped, such that vertical and horizontal loads are taken largely as shear forces by respective interface surfaces which are substantially parallel to the direction of the respective load, and vertical loads are taken in a direction substantially tangential to the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Siemens Healthcare LimitedInventors: William James Bickell, Ashley Fulham, Martin Gambling, Martin Howard Hempstead, Graeme Hyson, Paul Lewis, Nicholas Mann, Michael Simpkins
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Patent number: 11367535Abstract: An apparatus for remote at-home care of a patient is disclosed. The apparatus monitors a patient with a deployable sensor system and communicates the data sensed by the sensor system to a patient care hub located within a patient's home. A patient interface and a caregiver controller are in wireless communication with each other and the patient care hub. The patient care hub generates an alert(s) in view of the sensed data and wirelessly communicates the alert(s) to the patient interface and/or the caregiver controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: David L. Ribble, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Zapfe, John V. Harmeyer, Xuan Teng, Jotpreet Chahal, Thomas F. Heil, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Bedel, Kenneth L. Lilly, Nicholas Mann
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Patent number: 11357682Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a bed assembly. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a bed assembly that is compatible with a traditional consumer bed and can enhance the traditional consumer bed so it provides features of a traditional hospital bed. The bed assembly of the present disclosure may include pneumatic components to move portions of the bed assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: David L. Ribble, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Zapfe, John V. Harmeyer, Xuan Teng, Jotpreet Chahal, Thomas F. Heil, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Bedel, Kenneth L. Lilly, Nicholas Mann
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Patent number: 11301784Abstract: Methods and systems facilitate managing retail facilities using a managed retail rental service. A physical facility for retail rental may be identified. Configuration instructions to configure the physical facility for a specific retail use in accordance with specific configuration parameters may be received from a retail portal. The configuration instructions may be processed into facility modification instructions that direct one or more facility operators affiliated with the physical facility to modify an attribute of the physical facility. The facility modification instructions may be provided to one or more facility operations devices to configure the facility according to the specific configuration parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Sol Stores, Inc.Inventors: Vibhu Norby, William Mintun, Phillip Raub, Nicholas Mann