US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on Sept. 23 for "Hospital bed having patient association control" (Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,798, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Hospital bed having patient association control" was invented by Keith A. Huster (Sunman, Ind.), Dan R. Tallent (Hope, Ind.), Brian J. Kendall (Batesville, Ind.), William G. Pittenger (Aurora, Ind.), Stephen C. Flint (Fortville, Ind.), Robert M. Zerhusen (Cincinnati), Matt W. Crane (Prospect, Ky.) and James M. Allen (Batesville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, communicates with an electronic medical record (EMR) system in healthcare facility. The hospital bed includes a patient support structu...