Patents by Inventor Ryan Hochworter

Ryan Hochworter 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING EQUIPMENT IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY
    Publication number: 20230207111
    Abstract: An equipment locating system includes a plurality of medical apparatuses required for patient treatment and having equipment tags. A real-time locating system is configured to determine a location of each of the plurality of medical apparatuses by receiving a signal from the equipment tags. The caregiver selects a medical apparatus from an apparatus list when the medical apparatus is acquired so that the medical apparatus is tagged as being checked out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Ryan Hochworter
  • System and method for locating equipment in a healthcare facility
    Patent number: 11610671
    Abstract: An equipment locating system includes a plurality of medical apparatuses required for patient treatment and having equipment tags. A real-time locating system is configured to determine a location of each of the plurality of medical apparatuses by receiving a signal from the equipment tags. The caregiver selects a medical apparatus from an apparatus list when the medical apparatus is acquired so that the medical apparatus is tagged as being checked out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryan Hochworter
  • Identification of device location in healthcare facility
    Patent number: 11071454
    Abstract: A system for identifying a location of a device is described. The system includes a patient support device and a healthcare apparatus connected to the patient support device. The healthcare apparatus has a plurality of sensor devices and a scanner device. The scanner device is able to scan machine-readable labels to identify a patient identifier and a device identifier. A server is configured to determine a location of the patient support device using the patient identifier and device identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Dean Bostic, Ryan Hochworter, Eric P. Jensen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING EQUIPMENT IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY
    Publication number: 20210098119
    Abstract: An equipment locating system includes a plurality of medical apparatuses required for patient treatment and having equipment tags. A real-time locating system is configured to determine a location of each of the plurality of medical apparatuses by receiving a signal from the equipment tags. The caregiver selects a medical apparatus from an apparatus list when the medical apparatus is acquired so that the medical apparatus is tagged as being checked out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Ryan Hochworter
  • IDENTIFICATION OF DEVICE LOCATION IN HEALTHCARE FACILITY
    Publication number: 20200205661
    Abstract: A system for identifying a location of a device is described. The system includes a patient support device and a healthcare apparatus connected to the patient support device. The healthcare apparatus has a plurality of sensor devices and a scanner device. The scanner device is able to scan machine-readable labels to identify a patient identifier and a device identifier. A server is configured to determine a location of the patient support device using the patient identifier and device identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Dean Bostic, Ryan Hochworter, Eric P. Jensen