US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on July 21 for "Authorization system for integrated feature of support apparatus" (Indiana, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,766, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Authorization system for integrated feature of support apparatus" was invented by Nishita Vanita Shashikant (Batesville, Ind.), Archana Vaidyanathan (Batesville, Ind.) and Robert Mark Zerhusen (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authorization system for a medical facility includes a support apparatus having a pneumatic system and a control panel coupled to the support apparatus. The control panel includes a display. The authorization system also includes a control unit communicatively coupled to the control panel. The control unit is configu...