US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on June 10 for "Apparatus and method for updating software in a patient support apparatus using a memory toggle" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,631, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Apparatus and method for updating software in a patient support apparatus using a memory toggle" was invented by Jason M. Williams (Cary, N.C.) and Unnati Ojha (Apex, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system or method includes a patient bed for use with a network including a remote computer. The patient bed includes a bed frame to support a patient and bed circuitry carried by the bed frame. The bed circuitry is configured to receive a new version of bed operating software from the remote computer. The bed circuitry includes a first me...