# US 11,998,367 B2 · Assistive technology for operating nursing homes and other health care facilities > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,998,367 B2 - Document ID: US11998367B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/364,192 - Filed: 2021-06-30 - Published: 2021-10-21 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-13 - Assignees: J. Brasch Co., LLC - Applicants: J. Brasch Co., LLC - Inventors: John Brasch; Gordon Smith - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11998367B2 ## CPC - A61B 5/746: {Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms} - A61B 5/002: {Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building (A61B5/0017 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/0077: {Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens} - A61B 5/1115: {Monitoring leaving of a patient support, e.g. a bed or a wheelchair} - A61B 5/1117: {Fall detection} - A61B 5/6891: {Furniture} - G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms - G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet} - A61B 5/1118: {Determining activity level} - A61B 5/1126: {using a particular sensing technique} - A61B 5/6889: {Rooms} - A61B 5/6894: {Wheel chairs} - A61B 5/7267: {involving training the classification device} - A61B 2503/08: Elderly - A61B 2505/07: Home care - A61B 2562/0219: Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches - A61B 2562/0247: Pressure sensors - A61B 2562/0257: Proximity sensors - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A facility for coordinating the safety care of a person is described. The facility receives sensor output indicating that the person has departed a place of repose. In response to this receiving, the facility establishes an alarm identifying the person, accesses a set of on-duty caregivers, and applies one or more precedence rules to establish a precedence among at least a portion of the set of on-duty caregivers. Until a caregiver has accepted the alarm, for each caregiver in the established precedence, the facility: causes a mobile device carried by the caregiver to render a message notifying the caregiver of the alarm and soliciting the caregiver's acceptance of the alarm; and allows the caregiver an interval of time of a first predetermined length in which to accept the alarm before proceeding to the next caregiver in the established precedence. ## Claims ### Claim 1 One or more computer memories collectively having contents configured to cause a mobile device configured to be carried by a caregiver at a residential facility to perform a method, the method comprising: displaying, via a user interface of the mobile device, information identifying a location in which a resident of the residential facility is predicted to be in need of assistance at a future time, wherein the prediction is based on output from sensors near the identified location, and wherein the mobile device is remote from the resident and is selected from a plurality of mobile devices based on (a) a proximity between the identified location and a location of the mobile device and (b) a period of time during which the caregiver has not responded to the predicted need of assistance; displaying, via the user interface, a control activatable to indicate that a person carrying the mobile device is undertaking to provide assistance in the identified location; displaying another control activatable to indicate that the person carrying the mobile device will not undertake to provide assistance in the identified location; receiving input activating the displayed other control to indicate that the person carrying the mobile device will not undertake to provide assistance in the identified location; and in response to receiving the input, contemporaneously with receiving the input, sending to a server a notification identifying the mobile device that reflects receiving the input. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer memories of claim 1, the method further comprising: receiving input activating the displayed control; and in response to receiving the input, contemporaneously with receiving the input, sending to a server a notification identifying the mobile device that reflects receiving the input. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computer memories of claim 1, the method further comprising: receiving first input activating the control; and in response to receiving the first input, displaying a second control activatable to indicate that the person carrying the mobile device has completed a visit to the identified location. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The computer memories of claim 3, the method further comprising: receiving input activating the second control; and in response to receiving the input activating the second control, displaying a survey seeking information about the visit to the identified location. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The computer memories of claim 4, the method further comprising: receiving input responding to the survey; and sending to a server a representation of the input responded to the survey. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computer memories of claim 1, wherein the resident of the residential facility is predicted to be in need of assistance based, at least in part, on one inference rule selected from a plurality of inference rules. ### Claim 7 A method, comprising: displaying, via a mobile device, information identifying a location in which a resident of a residential facility is predicted to be in need of assistance at a future time, wherein the prediction is based on output from sensors near the identified location, and wherein the mobile device is remote from the resident and is selected from a plurality of mobile devices based on (a) a proximity between the identified location and a location of the mobile device and (b) a period of time during which a caregiver associated with the mobile device has not responded to the predicted need of assistance; displaying, via the mobile device, a control activatable to indicate that a person carrying the mobile device is undertaking to provide assistance in the identified location; displaying another control activatable to indicate that the person carrying the mobile device will not undertake to provide assistance in the identified location; receiving input activating the displayed other control to indicate that the person carrying the mobile device will not undertake to provide assistance in the identified location; and in response to receiving the input, contemporaneously with receiving the input, sending to a server a notification identifying the mobile device that reflects receiving the input. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving input activating the displayed control; and in response to receiving the input, contemporaneously with receiving the input, sending to a server a notification identifying the mobile device that reflects receiving the input. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: receiving first input activating the control; and in response to receiving the first input, displaying a second control activatable to indicate that the person carrying the mobile device has completed a visit to the identified location. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: receiving input activating the second control; and in response to receiving the input activating the second control, displaying a survey seeking information about the visit to the identified location. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: receiving input responding to the survey; and sending to a server a representation of the input responded to the survey. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the resident of the residential facility is predicted to be in need of assistance based, at least in part, on one inference rule selected from a plurality of inference rules. ### Claim 13 A system, comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing contents that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform actions comprising: displaying, via a mobile device, information identifying a location in which a resident of the residential facility is predicted to be in need of assistance at a future time, wherein the prediction is based on output from sensors near the identified location, and wherein the mobile device is remote from the resident and is selected from a plurality of mobile devices based on (a) a proximity between the identified location and a location of the mobile device and (b) a period of time during which a caregiver associated with the mobile device has not responded to the predicted need of assistance; displaying, via the mobile device, a control activatable to indicate that a person carrying the mobile device is undertaking to provide assistance in the identified location; displaying another control activatable to indicate that the person carrying the mobile device will not undertake to provide assistance in the identified location; receiving input activating the displayed other control to indicate that the person carrying the mobile device will not undertake to provide assistance in the identified location; and in response to receiving the input, contemporaneously with receiving the input, sending to a server a notification identifying the mobile device that reflects receiving the input. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, the actions further comprising: receiving input activating the displayed control; and in response to receiving the input, contemporaneously with receiving the input, sending to a server a notification identifying the mobile device that reflects receiving the input.