Patents by Inventor Mary K Brinkman

Mary K Brinkman 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).

  • Monitoring of patient supports
    Patent number: 11684291
    Abstract: A hospital bed is configured to monitor data from a second patient support based on the one or more alarms set by the user. The hospital bed detects whether an alarm triggering event occurred based on the monitored data. In response to a determination that the alarm triggering event occurred, the hospital bed will provide a signal indicative of the alarm triggering event to a nurse call system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Hood, David L. Ribble, Richard H. Heimbrock, Robert M. Zerhusen, Karen Lanning, Kirsten M. Emmons, Mary K. Brinkman
  • MONITORING OF PATIENT SUPPORTS
    Publication number: 20210321908
    Abstract: A hospital bed is configured to monitor data from a second patient support based on the one or more alarms set by the user. The hospital bed detects whether an alarm triggering event occurred based on the monitored data. In response to a determination that the alarm triggering event occurred, the hospital bed will provide a signal indicative of the alarm triggering event to a nurse call system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Michael S. HOOD, David L. RIBBLE, Richard H. HEIMBROCK, Robert M. ZERHUSEN, Karen LANNING, Kirsten M. EMMONS, Mary K. BRINKMAN
  • MONITORING OF PATIENT SUPPORTS
    Publication number: 20160307429
    Abstract: A hospital bed is configured to monitor data from a second patient support based on the one or more alarms set by the user. The hospital bed detects whether an alarm triggering event occurred based on the monitored data. In response to a determination that the alarm triggering event occurred, the hospital bed will provide a signal indicative of the alarm triggering event to a nurse call system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Michael S Hood, David L Ribble, Richard H Heimbrock, Robert M Zerhusen, Karen Lanning, Kirsten M Emmons, Mary K Brinkman