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Video monitoring system

  • US 10,121,070 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2017
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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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