ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,046, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"System for EMR vitals charting" was invented by Stephen Embree (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Douglas A. Seim (Okeana, Ohio), Frederick Collin Davidson (Apex, N.C.), Britten J. Pipher (Raleigh, N.C.), Kenzi Mudge (Raleigh, N.C.), Bradley T. Smith (Raleigh, N.C.), Steven D. Baker (Beaverton, Ore.), Eric Agdeppa (Cincinnati), Pamela Wells (Hixson, Tenn.), Laura A. Hassey (Raleigh, N.C.), Andrew S. Robinson (Durham, N.C.) and Thomas A. Myers (Syracuse, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charting system is provided for use in a healthcare facility having a netwo...