US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on June 30 for "Communication system for patient support apparatuses" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,002, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Communication system for patient support apparatuses" was invented by Stephen R. Embree (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Frederick C. Davidson (Apex, N.C.), Theophile R. Lerebours (Cary, N.C.), Phillip Maloney (Raleigh, N.C.), Bruno J. Filliat (Cary, N.C.), David M. Girardeau (Pittsboro, N.C.), Christian Saucier (Raleigh, N.C.), Kelly F. Walton (Cary, N.C.), Joshua P. Lingenfelser (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Benjamin E. Howell (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Bradley T. Smith (Raleigh, N.C.), Laura A. Hassey (Raleigh, N.C.), Stephen N. Moore (Apex, N.C.) and Britten J. Pipher (Raleigh, N.C.).

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