Monitoring modules for hand hygiene dispensers
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Rospierski, David L. Snodgrass, Andrew M. Schultz, Viktor Slobodyan, Cheryl A. Littau, Kenneth T. Dobizl
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Abstract
A wireless dispenser beacon module for a product dispenser comprises a bottle presence trigger configured to detect one of presence or absence of a product bottle in the product dispenser; an actuation sensor configured to detect, actuation of the product dispenser; and a module controller configured to wirelessly transmit dispenser data indicative of the detected one of presence or absence of the product bottle in the product dispenser associated with each detected actuation of the product dispenser.
Claims21
(canceled)
A wireless device update system comprising:
- a dispenser beacon module including:
- a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a remote computing device;
- a controller including one or more processors and one or more storage devices;
- and
- wherein the dispenser beacon module is configured to receive remote software updates from the remote computing device via the wireless transceiver.
A dispenser beacon module configured to monitor actuations of a product dispenser, the dispenser beacon module comprising:
- a controller including one or more processors and one or more storage devices;
- a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a remote computing device;
- and
- wherein the dispenser beacon module is configured to receive firmware update data from the remote computing device via the wireless transceiver.
A dispenser beacon module comprising:
- a controller including one or more processors and one or more storage devices;
- a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a remote computing device and with healthcare worker identification badges;
- and
- wherein the dispenser beacon module is configured to receive remote configuration settings from the remote computing device via the wireless transceiver.
A method comprising:
- providing a dispenser beacon module having a wireless transceiver and a controller including one or more processors and one or more storage devices;
- and
- receiving, at the dispenser beacon module, remote software updates from a remote computing device via the wireless transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.