ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,907, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).
"Bed interface for manual location" was invented by Richard H. Heimbrock (Cincinnati), Jennifer A. Gunn (Durham, N.C.), John S. Schroder (Apex, N.C.), Hubert Lechable (Pluneret, France), Jean-Marie Remoleur (Sainte Ann d'Auray, France), Jimmy Samson (Pluvigner, France) and Richard J. Schuman (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A graphical user interface (GUI) of a patient bed is used by a caregiver to manually enter location data indicative of a location in a healthcare facility at which the patient bed is located. A first screen for manually en...