Assistive technology for operating nursing homes and other health care facilities
US11998367B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/0257
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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.
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