BECKER, DAVID TERRANCE,MACDONALD, BRUCE L.,MROZ, JOSEPH E.,HAYES, MICHAEL JOSEPH,HOPPER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN,MAYORAS, RICHARD C., JR.,STRYKER, MARTIN W.,SHANKAR, VIVEK,DIONNE, JEAN-PAUL
申请号：
CA2603107
公开号：
CA2603107C
申请日:
2006.03.29
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
Location detection systems are provided for determining the location ofpatient handling devices (22) in a healthcare facility. In one embodiment, thelocation detection system (20) comprises a locator (52) fixed in each zone (A,B) of each room (Room 1) in the facility. The locator (52) includes at leastone infrared transmitter (56) for transmitting a unique location identifier toa receiver (54) mounted on the patient handling device (22). A communicationmodule (48) transmits the unique location identifier from the patient handlingdevice (22) to a network (32) utilized by the healthcare facility for themanagement of patient, personnel, and equipment information. A processingstation (50) located on the network (32) processes the unique locationidentifier to ultimately determine the room and zone location of the patienthandling device (22). The processing station (50) may include a graphical userinterface on a touch-screen display for reviewing and manipulating thelocation information.
