Inventor · Fuquay-Varina, NC, US

Benjamin E. Howell

16Patents
8h-index
43Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 7, 2007 → Jun 11, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8284047B2 Wireless bed connectivity Electricity 92 Active
US7852208B2 Wireless bed connectivity Electricity 75 Active
US8604917B2 Hospital bed having user input to enable and suspend remote monitoring of alert conditions Electricity 70 Active
US9513899B2 System wide firmware updates to networked hospital beds Electricity 36 Active
US8917166B2 Hospital bed networking system and method Electricity 32 Active
US10290071B2 Universal caregiver interface Physics 20 Active
USD925517S1 Communication console General 10 Active
US10360787B2 Discriminating patient care communications system Electricity 10 Active
USD951935S1 Communication console General 8 Active
US10070789B2 Hospital bed having wired and wireless network connectivity Electricity 7 Active
US9775519B2 Network connectivity unit for hospital bed Electricity 6 Active
US10278582B2 Hospital bed having wired and wireless network connectivity Electricity 3 Active
US10548475B2 Method of hospital bed network connectivity Electricity 2 Active
US10709630B2 Spine table positioner pad with pressure sensing and cooling features Human Necessities 0 Active
US11791055B2 Discriminating patient care communications system Electricity 0 Active
US10881328B2 Systems and methods for determining and tracking subject positioning Human Necessities 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.