Patents by Inventor Rick BEUTTER

Rick BEUTTER 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).

  • Privacy setting for medical communications systems
    Patent number: 9258522
    Abstract: A communication arrangement including a room having at least one communication device therein, the at least one communication device receiving in-room images, in-room video and/or in-room audio within the room. The communication arrangement also includes a communication system for transmitting the in-room images, in-room video and/or in-room audio from within the room to a location remote from the room. The communication system has a privacy setting that, when activated, prevents viewing of the in-room images or in-room video and/or hearing of the in-room audio from within the room at the location remote from the room and communicates to the location remote from the room that the privacy setting is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rick Beutter, Andrew J. Southworth, Andrew Schultz, Bernard S. Hirsch
  • PRIVACY SETTING FOR MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140267582
    Abstract: A communication arrangement including a room having at least one communication device therein, the at least one communication device receiving in-room images, in-room video and/or in-room audio within the room. The communication arrangement also includes a communication system for transmitting the in-room images, in-room video and/or in-room audio from within the room to a location remote from the room. The communication system has a privacy setting that, when activated, prevents viewing of the in-room images or in-room video and/or hearing of the in-room audio from within the room at the location remote from the room and communicates to the location remote from the room that the privacy setting is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rick BEUTTER, Andrew J. SOUTHWORTH, Andrew SCHULTZ, Bernard S. HIRSCH