US 10,121,070 B2Granted

Video monitoring system

AssigneeStryker Corporation

InventorsRichard A. Derenne, Richard Thomas DeLuca

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Abstract

A monitoring system includes cameras adapted to capture images and depth data of the images. A computer device processes the image signals and depth data from the cameras according to various software modules that monitor one or more of the following: (a) compliance with patient care protocols; (b) patient activity; (c) equipment usage; (d) the location and/or usage of assets; (e) patient visitation metrics; (f) data from other sensors that is integrated with the image and depth data; (g) gestures by the patient or caregivers that are used as signals or for controls of equipment, and other items. Alerts may be issued if any conditions of importance are detected.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A monitoring system for a patient support apparatus comprising:

a person support apparatus having an aural alert;
a camera adapted to capture images of the patient support apparatus and output image data representative of the images;
a database containing patient care protocol data, the patient care protocol data defining a task to be performed by a caregiver assigned to a patient of the patient support apparatus;
and
a computer device in communication with the camera, the patient support apparatus, and the database, the computer device adapted to analyze the image data to detect a presence of the caregiver in a vicinity of the patient support apparatus and to determine if the task has been performed by the caregiver, and, if not, to send a reminder to the caregiver to perform the task, the computer device further adapted to send a message to the patient support apparatus instructing the patient support apparatus to reduce a volume of the aural alert when the computer device detects the presence of the caregiver in the vicinity of the patient support apparatus.

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A monitoring system for a patient support apparatus comprising:

a person support apparatus having an aural alert;
a camera adapted to capture images of [a] the patient support apparatus and output image data representative of the images, the patient support apparatus including a head section adapted to pivot about a generally horizontal pivot axis;
a database containing patient care protocol data, the patient care protocol data defining an angular condition of the head section of the patient support apparatus to be met by a caregiver assigned to a patient of the patient support apparatus;
and
a computer device in communication with the camera, the patient support apparatus, and the database, the computer device adapted to analyze the image data to detect a presence of the caregiver in a vicinity of the patient support apparatus, to determine if the head section of the patient support apparatus meets the angular condition defined in the patient care protocol data, to determine if the patient is slouching in the patient support apparatus, to issue an alert activation message to the patient support apparatus if the patient is slouching or the head section of the patient support apparatus does not meet the angular condition, and to issue an alert silence message to the patient support apparatus instructing the patient support apparatus to reduce a volume of the aural alert when the computer device detects the presence of the caregiver in the vicinity of the patient support apparatus.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/808,465Filed 9 Nov 2017 · continuation
Priority: 23 Sep 2010
Published: US 2018/0068179 A18 Mar 2018
Granted: 6 Nov 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification29 codes

G16H 50/30
ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or…: for…
A61B 5/0013
Characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted: medical image data
A61B 5/002
Characterised by features of the telemetry system: monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building
A61B 5/1113
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: local tracking of patients, e.g. in a…

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Application61/385,607Us provisional application · filed 23 Sep 2010
Application13/242,022Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 23 Sep 2011
Application14/578,630Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Dec 2014
US 2018/0068179 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Mar 2018
US 9,204,823 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application14/578,630Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2012/0075464 A1Published application
US 2015/0109442 A1Published application
US 9,934,427 B2Related patent
US 10,121,070 B2This patent

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