Patents Assigned to Expeditor Systems
  • Patent number: 5760704
    Abstract: An electronic patient tracking system for use in a hospital, particularly a hospital emergency room facility. A plurality of patient tracking modules are provided, each of which includes a multi-character display for indicating patient name and patient complaint as well as an indicator of attending physician and nurse. Illuminated color coded switches are used to indicate the placement of orders for work to be done. The system provides automatic timeouts if the order is not completed, as evidenced by subsequent operation of the switch, within a predetermined period of time and changes the lamp status to an alarm condition, such as flashing with a particular cadence. The system allows local entry of data and setting of order indicators as well as the control of these elements from a host computer system of the hospital in which the device is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Expeditor Systems
    Inventors: Giles L. Barton, D. Phillip Pope