Patents by Inventor Dan R. Tallent

Dan R. Tallent 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).

  • Patent number: 11896406
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11881219
    Abstract: Systems for voice control of medical devices in a healthcare facility are disclosed herein. The systems employ continuous speech processing software, voice recognition software, natural language processing software, and other software to permit voice control of the medical devices. Systems are also provided for distinguishing which medical device from among multiple medical devices in a patient room is the particular medical device to be controlled by voice input from a caregiver or a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Receveur, Dan R. Tallent, Richard J. Schuman, Eric D. Agdeppa, John S. Schroder, Catherine Infantolino, Sinan Batman, Kenzi L. Mudge, John V. Harmeyer
  • Patent number: 11837363
    Abstract: A computing device for remotely engaging and managing a patient environment displays a video feed of a patient environment, and provides user inputs that, when selected, allow a caregiver to remotely change a condition in the patient environment. Access to the user inputs is restricted based on at least one of a distance between the computing device and the patient environment, credentials of the caregiver, and a condition of a patient in the patient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirsten M. Emmons, Richard H. Heimbrock, Phillip Kuhn, David L. Ribble, Sandra Shuster, Dan R. Tallent, Pauline Wong, Lori Ann Zapfe
  • Patent number: 11800993
    Abstract: An exit prediction system receives movement data, divides the movement data into segments of time, extracts features from each segment of time, and determines a pattern of movement from the extracted features. A patient exit from a patient support apparatus is predicted based on the determined pattern of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Aziz Bhai, Dan R. Tallent, Eugene Urrutia
  • Publication number: 20230329933
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, communicates with an electronic medical record (EMR) system in healthcare facility. The hospital bed includes a patient support structure to support a patient, a graphical user interface coupled to the patient support structure, and control circuitry coupled to the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays at least one input that may be used by a caregiver to chart data into an electronic medical record (EMR) of a patient supported by the patient support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Keith A. Huster, Dan R. Tallent, Brian J. Kendall, William G. Pittenger, Stephen C. Flint, Robert M. Zerhusen, Matt W. Crane, James M. Allen
  • Publication number: 20230329613
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame and arranged to support a patient thereon. A sensor is included to detect moisture on the patient and/or the patient support apparatus. The sensor produces signals indicative of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus. One or more alerts are output in response to the signals provided by the sensor to notify a caregiver of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Gavin M. Monson, Dan R. Tallent, Brandon M. Ayers, Frederick C. Davidson
  • Patent number: 11717452
    Abstract: An incontinence detection system monitors an area for moisture events and wirelessly transmits moisture-related information to one or more notification devices. The system has a pad that includes a substrate and one or more sensors supported by the substrate. The sensor(s) emit wireless signals indicative of the moisture-related information. A sensor event communication system forwards the sensor signals to another device, such as a notification device. Portions of the system are included in a patient support apparatus, such as a bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin M. Monson, Todd P. O'Neal, David Lance Ribble, Dan R. Tallent, John D. Christie, Kirsten M. Emmons, Yongji Fu, Michael Scott Hood, Douglas A. Seim, Ryan S. Severns, James D. Voll, Gregory Wiley, Steven Alan Dixon, Bryan Weidman, Eric David Benz, Brett Knittle, Marwan Nusair, Neal Wiggermann, John V. Harmeyer, Joshua A. Williams
  • Patent number: 11712186
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame and arranged to support a patient thereon. A sensor is included to detect moisture on the patient and/or the patient support apparatus. The sensor produces signals indicative of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus. One or more alerts are output in response to the signals provided by the sensor to notify a caregiver of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin M. Monson, Dan R. Tallent, Brandon M. Ayers, Frederick C. Davidson
  • Patent number: 11707391
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, communicates with an electronic medical record (EMR) system in healthcare facility. The hospital bed includes a patient support structure to support a patient, a graphical user interface coupled to the patient support structure, and control circuitry coupled to the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays at least one input that may be used by a caregiver to chart data into an electronic medical record (EMR) of a patient supported by the patient support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith A. Huster, Dan R. Tallent, Brian J. Kendall, William G. Pittenger, Stephen C. Flint, Robert M. Zerhusen, Matt W. Crane, James M. Allen
  • Patent number: 11707388
    Abstract: An absorbent article has one or more fluid filter layers to inhibit electrode traces from being exposed to low volumes of fluid to reduce the number of false positives that are indicated by an RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad. An antenna inlay has a sacrificial trace portion to permit testing for proper operation of an RFID chip electrically coupled to the antenna inlay. After testing, the sacrificial trace portion is severed. A fluid barrier layer blocks fluid from reaching portions of electrode traces that are located on a backsheet outside a periphery of an absorbent core of an incontinence detection pad. The power at which an antenna transmits to wirelessly energize a passive RFID tag of an incontinence detection pad is controlled to reduce the number of false positives indicated by the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan S. Severns, James D. Voll, Brett A. Knittle, Gavin M. Monson, John V. Harmeyer, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Frank E. Sauser, Joseph T. Canter, Yongji Fu, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Ribble, Neal Wiggermann, John D. Christie, Dan R. Tallent, Marwan Nusair, Edward J. Koors
  • Publication number: 20230132217
    Abstract: A communications system for a healthcare facility receives speech from a patient, and converts the speech to text to determine a patient request. The system processes the speech to determine an emotion classifier, and generates a message containing the patient request and the emotion classifier. The system identifies a caregiver based on the patient request, and sends the message to the caregiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: John S. Schroder, Eric D. Agdeppa, Frederick Collin Davidson, Catherine Infantolino, Timothy J. Receveur, Richard Joseph Schuman, Dan R. Tallent
  • Publication number: 20230057949
    Abstract: Technologies for efficiently producing documentation from voice data in a healthcare facility may include a compute device. The compute device may include circuitry configured to obtain, from a caregiver and in response to a determination that the caregiver is located in a room with a patient in a healthcare facility, voice data indicative of spoken information pertaining to the patient. The circuitry may be additionally configured to produce, from the obtained voice data, textual data indicative of the spoken information. Further, the circuitry may be configured to provide the textual data to another device for storage or presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Dan R. Tallent, Eric D. Agdeppa, Kenneth L. Lilly, Catherine J. Harb, Timothy J. Receveur, John S. Schroder, Richard J. Schuman
  • Publication number: 20220362067
    Abstract: An absorbent article has one or more fluid filter layers to inhibit electrode traces from being exposed to low volumes of fluid to reduce the number of false positives that are indicated by an RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad. An antenna inlay has a sacrificial trace portion to permit testing for proper operation of an RFID chip electrically coupled to the antenna inlay. After testing, the sacrificial trace portion is severed. A fluid barrier layer blocks fluid from reaching portions of electrode traces that are located on a backsheet outside a periphery of an absorbent core of an incontinence detection pad. The power at which an antenna transmits to wirelessly energize a passive RFID tag of an incontinence detection pad is controlled to reduce the number of false positives indicated by the RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan S. Severns, James D. Voll, Brett A. Knittle, Gavin M. Monson, John V. Harmeyer, Charles A. Lachenbruch (Deceased), Frank E. Sauser, Joseph T. Canter, Yongji Fu, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Ribble, Neal Wiggermann, John D. Christie, Dan R. Tallent, Marwan Nusair, Edward J. Koors
  • Patent number: 11478383
    Abstract: An absorbent article has one or more fluid filter layers to inhibit electrode traces from being exposed to low volumes of fluid to reduce the number of false positives that are indicated by an RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad. An antenna inlay has a sacrificial trace portion to permit testing for proper operation of an RFID chip electrically coupled to the antenna inlay. After testing, the sacrificial trace portion is severed. A fluid barrier layer blocks fluid from reaching portions of electrode traces that are located on a backsheet outside a periphery of an absorbent core of an incontinence detection pad. The power at which an antenna transmits to wirelessly energize a passive RFID tag of an incontinence detection pad is controlled to reduce the number of false positives indicated by the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan S. Severns, James D. Voll, Brett A. Knittle, Gavin M. Monson, John V. Harmeyer, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Frank E. Sauser, Joseph T. Canter, Yongji Fu, Kirsten M. Emmons, David L. Ribble, Neal Wiggermann, John D. Christie, Dan R. Tallent, Marwan Nusair, Edward J. Koors
  • Publication number: 20220168156
    Abstract: An incontinence detection pad for detecting incontinence events includes a moisture absorbent layer that has non-embossed areas and embossed areas. The non-embossed areas have a first density of fibers of the layer, and the embossed areas have a second density of fibers of the layer that is greater than the first density. The incontinence detection pad further includes a plurality of electrodes positioned beneath the moisture absorbent layer and a transmitter connected to the plurality of electrodes and configured to transmit a signal indicative of a status of the moisture absorbent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Eric D. Benz, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Gavin M. Monson, Ryan S. Severns, Dan R. Tallent, Bryan Weidman, Josh A. Williams
  • Publication number: 20220139549
    Abstract: A computing device for remotely engaging and managing a patient environment displays a video feed of a patient environment, and provides user inputs that, when selected, allow a caregiver to remotely change a condition in the patient environment. Access to the user inputs is restricted based on at least one of a distance between the computing device and the patient environment, credentials of the caregiver, and a condition of a patient in the patient environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Kirsten M. Emmons, Richard H. Heimbrock, Phillip Kuhn, David L. Ribble, Sandra Shuster, Dan R. Tallent, Pauline Wong, Lori Ann Zapfe
  • Publication number: 20220101847
    Abstract: Systems for voice control of medical devices in a healthcare facility are disclosed herein. The systems employ continuous speech processing software, voice recognition software, natural language processing software, and other software to permit voice control of the medical devices. Systems are also provided for distinguishing which medical device from among multiple medical devices in a patient room is the particular medical device to be controlled by voice input from a caregiver or a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy J. Receveur, Dan R. Tallent, Richard J. Schuman, Eric D. Agdeppa, John S. Schroder, Catherine Infantolino, Sinan Batman, Kenzi L. Mudge, John V. Harmeyer
  • Patent number: 11278457
    Abstract: An incontinence detection pad for detecting incontinence events includes a moisture absorbent layer that has non-embossed areas and embossed areas. The non-embossed areas have a first density of fibers of the layer, and the embossed areas have a second density of fibers of the layer that is greater than the first density. The incontinence detection pad further includes a plurality of electrodes positioned beneath the moisture absorbent layer and a transmitter connected to the plurality of electrodes and configured to transmit a signal indicative of a status of the moisture absorbent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric D. Benz, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Gavin M. Monson, Ryan S. Severns, Dan R. Tallent, Bryan Weidman, Joshua A. Williams
  • Publication number: 20220071571
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    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
  • Publication number: 20220054337
    Abstract: A system and method of patient bed communication and bed-to-room association in a healthcare facility having a network with at least one wireless access point (WAP) and a nurse call system is provided. A handheld unit is moved to a position within a pairing distance of a pairing zone of a patient bed so that the handheld unit and the bed are paired using a first wireless communication technology. A second wireless communication technology is used to send bed identification data (ID) to the handheld unit after the pairing operation has been completed. The bed ID is transmitted from the handheld unit to the nurse call system via a wired connection to establish a bed-to-room association between the patient bed and a room in which the patient bed is located. A third wireless communication technology is used to send bed status data and the bed ID to the WAP of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Dan R. Tallent, Richard J. Schuman, Eric D. Benz, Unnati Ojha, Frederick Collin Davidson, Darren S. Hudgins, Jason M. Williams