Patents by Inventor Benjamin Rood

Benjamin Rood 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).

  • NURSE CALL SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS SOFTWARE UPDATING
    Publication number: 20230368902
    Abstract: The present disclosure may be embodied as a nurse call system. The nurse call system may include a patient hub. The patient hub may include a nurse call interface circuit configured to be in electronic communication with a nurse call patient station. The patient hub may further include a hub controller in electronic communication with the nurse call interface circuit. The nurse call system may further include a patient interaction device (“PID”). The PID may include a hub interconnect configured to be in electronic communication with the hub controller. The PID may further include a wireless communication link for receiving a PID software update. The PID software update may be a PID firmware update. The PID software update may be a PID operating system update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel J. MacDonald, Thomas Wilbur Rutherford, Thomas P. Kennedy, Benjamin Rood
  • Nurse call system with wireless software updating
    Patent number: 11798680
    Abstract: The present disclosure may be embodied as a nurse call system. The nurse call system may include a patient hub. The patient hub may include a nurse call interface circuit configured to be in electronic communication with a nurse call patient station. The patient hub may further include a hub controller in electronic communication with the nurse call interface circuit. The nurse call system may further include a patient interaction device (“PID”). The PID may include a hub interconnect configured to be in electronic communication with the hub controller. The PID may further include a wireless communication link for receiving a PID software update. The PID software update may be a PID firmware update. The PID software update may be a PID operating system update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Curbell Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. MacDonald, Thomas Wilbur Rutherford, Thomas P. Kennedy, Benjamin Rood
  • NURSE CALL SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS SOFTWARE UPDATING
    Publication number: 20200388377
    Abstract: The present disclosure may be embodied as a nurse call system. The nurse call system may include a patient hub. The patient hub may include a nurse call interface circuit configured to be in electronic communication with a nurse call patient station. The patient hub may further include a hub controller in electronic communication with the nurse call interface circuit. The nurse call system may further include a patient interaction device (“PID”). The PID may include a hub interconnect configured to be in electronic communication with the hub controller. The PID may further include a wireless communication link for receiving a PID software update. The PID software update may be a PID firmware update. The PID software update may be a PID operating system update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel J. MacDonald, Thomas Wilbur Rutherford, Thomas P. Kennedy, Benjamin Rood