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User station for healthcare communication system

  • US 8,456,286 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2012
  • Issued: 06/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user station for a patient-nurse communication system, comprising:

  • a housing defining an interior region, the housing being positionable in a patient room of a healthcare facility, the housing comprising a front face, a display supported by the front face, the display being in substantially the same plane as the front face, and a pair of speakers, each speaker mounted to the housing;

    at least one communications port coupled to the housing and configured to operably couple the user station to a patient-nurse communication system;

    a memory device supported by the housing, having embodied therein a digital audio file;

    multimedia electrical circuitry in the housing, the multimedia electrical circuitry being configured to play the at least one digital audio file at the speakers; and

    electrical circuitry configured to select one of a plurality of calling methods comprising at least one of a voice routing to a location method, a wireless telephone method, and a text paging to a wireless device method, to communicate with the patient-nurse communication system.

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