US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on April 14 for "Patient request system having patient falls risk notification and caregiver notes access" (North Carolina, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,342, issued on April 14, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Patient request system having patient falls risk notification and caregiver notes access" was invented by Patrice Etchison (Cary, N.C.), Kiana M. Dezelon (Batesville, Ind.), Sherrod L. Faulks (Durham, N.C.), Daniel Harper (Cary, N.C.), Nicholas Jenkins (Fuquay Varina, N.C.) and John Moulson (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient request system includes a tablet computer that configured for entry of patient requests. The tablet computer is configured to display a first menu corresponding to basic request categories for a patient. The...