Patents by Inventor Lori Ann Zapfe
Lori Ann Zapfe 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).
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Patent number: 11931312Abstract: A therapy system includes a patient support apparatus and a pneumatic therapy device that is coupleable to the patient support apparatus. The therapy device may receive power and air flow from the patient support apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Eric D. Benz, John G. Byers, Scott M. Corbin, Richard H. Heimbrock, Michael A. Knecht, Bradley T. Smith, Lori Ann Zapfe, Robert M. Zerhusen, Kenneth L. Lilly, Jonathan D. Turner, James L. Walke, Joseph T. Canter, Richard J. Schuman, Sr., John V. Harmeyer
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Patent number: 11908581Abstract: Apparatus for assessing medical risks of a patient includes an analytics engine and equipment that provides data to the analytics engine. The analytics engine analyzes the data from the equipment to determine a sepsis risk score, a falls risk score, and a pressure injury score. The apparatus further include displays that are communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that display the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risk scores. The displays include a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Susan Kayser, Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Johannes de Bie, Lori Ann Zapfe, Jotpreet Chahal, Eugene Urrutia, Christopher Keegan, Karrie Schwencer, Elaine Montambeau, Sherrod Faulks
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Patent number: 11837363Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20230329628Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing defining a cavity, an inlet to receive fluid pumped from an instrument device, an outlet to return the fluid to a fluid reservoir, and a fluid channel defined inside the cavity between the inlet and the outlet. A heat pump is mounted inside the cavity, and has a side surface thermally coupled to the fluid channel and an opposite side surface thermally coupled to a plate. The heat pump is configured to induce a temperature change. A sensor unit is aligned with an aperture in the plate and includes an optical component and a thermal component. The optical component configured to measure a vascular endothelial response from the induced temperature change.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Steven D. Baker, Jotpreet Chahal, Stacey Fitzgibbons, Craig M. Meyerson, David E. Quinn, Lori Ann Zapfe, Gene J. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20230301858Abstract: A method of rotating a subject includes arranging a lifting aid underneath the subject such that a midline of the subject is off center from a centerline of the lifting aid in a direction opposite of the rotation direction. The lifting aid includes a first loop extending in the rotation direction and a second loop extending in the opposite direction. The method further includes connecting the loops to a sling bar coupled to an overhead lift and directing the overhead lift to raise, where the subject rotates towards the direction of rotation due to the off center location of the subject. The method further includes repositioning the subject when the subject has rotated to a lateral recumbent position and directing the overhead lift to lower, thereby causing the subject to continue rotating.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: LIKO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Neal Wiggermann, Michael Buccieri, Alejandro Noe Conejo Castaño, Morgan Dreyer, Jie Zhou, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20230290468Abstract: A compute device may include circuitry configured to obtain patient state data that may be indicative of a heart rate of the patient or a respiration rate of the patient. The circuitry may also be configured to obtain patient medication data indicative of a schedule for administration of pain medication to the patient. Further, the circuitry may be configured to determine whether a trend in the patient state data satisfies a predefined condition, determine whether the patient medication data indicates that the patient is due for administration of pain medication within a predefined time period, determine, in response to a determination that the trend in the patient state data satisfies the predefined condition and a determination that the patient is due for administration of pain medication within the predefined time period, that the patient is experiencing pain, and produce an alert signal that the patient is in pain.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Susan Amanda Kayser, Rachel Lynn Williamson, Angela Christine Murray, Kelli F. Rempel, Sinan Batman, Georg Köllner, Michael Scott Hood, Lori Ann Zapfe, Gene J. Wolfe
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Patent number: 11730421Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing defining a cavity, an inlet to receive fluid pumped from an instrument device, an outlet to return the fluid to a fluid reservoir, and a fluid channel defined inside the cavity between the inlet and the outlet. A heat pump is mounted inside the cavity, and has a side surface thermally coupled to the fluid channel and an opposite side surface thermally coupled to a plate. The heat pump is configured to induce a temperature change. A sensor unit is aligned with an aperture in the plate and includes an optical component and a thermal component. The optical component configured to measure a vascular endothelial response from the induced temperature change.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.Inventors: Steven D. Baker, Jotpreet Chahal, Stacey Fitzgibbons, Craig .M Meyerson, David E. Quinn, Lori Ann Zapfe, Gene J. Wolfe
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Patent number: 11707393Abstract: A method of rotating a subject includes arranging a lifting aid underneath the subject such that a midline of the subject is off center from a centerline of the lifting aid in a direction opposite of the rotation direction. The lifting aid includes a first loop extending in the rotation direction and a second loop extending in the opposite direction. The method further includes connecting the loops to a sling bar coupled to an overhead lift and directing the overhead lift to raise, where the subject rotates towards the direction of rotation due to the off center location of the subject. The method further includes repositioning the subject when the subject has rotated to a lateral recumbent position and directing the overhead lift to lower, thereby causing the subject to continue rotating.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: LIKO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Neal Wiggermann, Michael Buccieri, Alejandro Noe Conejo Castaño, Morgan Dreyer, Jie Zhou, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Patent number: 11699528Abstract: Automatically gathering and processing data relating to risk of patient falls. The data is analyzed to determine a level of risk each patient has for falling. Patient risk for falls is stratified and protocols are implemented to mitigate that risk. The system communicates instructions and alerts to caregivers to complete tasks or provide aid to patients. Updates to patient medical information and updates to best practices in fall risk management result in updates to patient risk stratifications. In turn, tasks and alerts are updated to reflect updates to patient risk stratifications.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Chiew Yuan Chung, Kirsten Emmons, Matthew McCormick Riordan, Karrie Browne, Yuan Shi, Eugene Urrutia, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20220387234Abstract: A patient support apparatus may include a frame. A control module may be positioned on the frame. A graphical user interface may be in communication with the control module. An exercise apparatus may be coupled to the frame and may be in communication with the control module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Robert Mark Zerhusen, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Patent number: 11504071Abstract: Apparatus for assessing medical risks of a patient includes an analytics engine and equipment that provides data to the analytics engine. The equipment includes a patient support apparatus such as a patient bed, a nurse call computer, a physiological monitor, a patient lift, a locating computer of a locating system, and an incontinence detection pad. The analytics engine analyzes the data from the equipment to determine a sepsis risk score, a falls risk score, and a pressure injury score. The apparatus further include displays that are communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that display the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risk scores. The displays include a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse call system, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Terry, Brian L. Lawrence, Kirsten M. Emmons, Darren S. Hudgins, Eric D. Agdeppa, Yongji Fu, Jared Prickel, Susan Kayser, Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Johannes de Bie, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Ann Zapfe, Jotpreet Chahal, Yuan Shi, Eugene Urrutia, Chiew Yuan Chung, Matthew M. Riordan
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Patent number: 11446191Abstract: A patient support apparatus may include a frame. A control module may be positioned on the frame. A graphical user interface may be in communication with the control module. An exercise apparatus may be coupled to the frame and may be in communication with the control module.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Robert Mark Zerhusen, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20220293259Abstract: Technologies for performing dynamic alert management to reduce caregiver fatigue may include a compute device. The compute device may include circuitry configured to receive alert data from a patient monitor device, to be provided to one or more caregivers in an alert. The circuitry may additionally be configured to determine whether alert suppression criteria indicative of one or more factors associated with alert-related fatigue is satisfied based on the received alert data. Additionally, the circuitry may be configured to suppress, in response to a determination that the alert suppression criteria is satisfied, the alert.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Sinan Batman, Georg Köllner, Michael S. Hood, Lori Ann Zapfe, Kelli F. Rempel
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Publication number: 20220208318Abstract: A mobility management system receives movement data from sensors that detect movements of a patient resting in a patient support apparatus and movement data from one or more mobility detection devices that detect movement of the patient when the patient exits the patient support apparatus. The system determines a mobility status based on at least the movement data received from the patient support apparatus and the one or more mobility detection devices, and adjusts a care protocol for the patient based on the mobility status.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Sinan Batman, Karrie Browne, Michael Hood, Susan Kayser, Georg Köllner, Dee Kumpar, Mary Markham-Feagins, Dana Peco, Mary L. Pfeffer, Kelli F. Rempel, Eugene Urrutia, Neal Wiggermann, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20220139549Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Kirsten M. Emmons, Richard H. Heimbrock, Phillip Kuhn, David L. Ribble, Sandra Shuster, Dan R. Tallent, Pauline Wong, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20210251834Abstract: A method of rotating a subject includes arranging a lifting aid underneath the subject such that a midline of the subject is off center from a centerline of the lifting aid in a direction opposite of the rotation direction. The lifting aid includes a first loop extending in the rotation direction and a second loop extending in the opposite direction. The method further includes connecting the loops to a sling bar coupled to an overhead lift and directing the overhead lift to raise, where the subject rotates towards the direction of rotation due to the off center location of the subject. The method further includes repositioning the subject when the subject has rotated to a lateral recumbent position and directing the overhead lift to lower, thereby causing the subject to continue rotating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: LIKO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Neal Wiggermann, Michael Buccieri, Alejandro Noe Conejo Castaño, Morgan Dreyer, Jie Zhou, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20210065856Abstract: This disclosure is directed towards a patient management system for selectively storing and/or sharing patient data. A wearable device may sense a condition associated with the wearer of the wearable device, and store values based on the condition for a period of time. The wearable device may determine that the wearable device is within range of another device, such that the wearable device can communicate with the other device, and output the values to the other device. Additionally, a computing device of the patient management system may receive, from a wearable device, first data associated with a condition of a wearer of the wearable device. The computing device may also receive second data associated with the condition from a sensing device. The computing device may determine a context of the wearer based on comparing the first and second data, and control output of an alert based on the context.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Craig M. Meyerson, Eric P Jensen, Stacey Ann Fitzgibbons, Jotpreet Chahal, Kirsten Emmons, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20210057059Abstract: A gateway device for connecting a medical device to an electronic medical record can include: a wireless radio to connect with a medical device positioned within a location of a patient; a processor; and memory encoding instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the gateway device to: allow a caregiver to select the medical device for connection; identify a type of the medical device; associate the medical device with the patient; facilitate delivery of medical data from the medical device to the electronic medical record associated with the patient using the wireless radio; present a plurality of algorithms for configuring the medical device to the caregiver for selection; and present a plurality of data visualizations for visualizing the medical data captured by the medical device to the caregiver for selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Jotpreet Chahal, Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20210020278Abstract: A system for determining personalized baselines for use across multiple locations and by multiple caregivers. The system aggregates physiological parameters measured at a first location, determines a personalized baseline based on the aggregated physiological parameters, and generates a user interface that compares physiological parameters measured at a second location to the personalized baseline.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Jotpreet Chahal, Kathryn M. Coles, Kirsten M. Emmons, Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Craig M. Meyerson, Lori Ann Zapfe
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Publication number: 20200411149Abstract: A fall reporting system gathers, extracts, and compiles data from multiple electronic sources to generate reports regarding patient falls. Individual patient investigation reports are automatically generated when a device detects a patient fall. Additionally, the system can aggregate data from multiple patients to provide facility investigation reports for a unit, department, or entire healthcare facility. Reports can be customized to filter and visualize falls-related data. The system can be cloud based or part of a local area network. The system accessible via a webportal that provides a single sign-on configuration application.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Chiew Yuan Chung, Stacey A. Fitzgibbons, Kristen Keaton Lightcap, Matthew McCormick Riordan, Yuan Shi, Eugene Urrutia, Lori Ann Zapfe