DISCRIMINATING PATIENT CARE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

• Main Authors: WALTON, Kelly, LEREBOURS, Theophile Reginald, SMITH, Bradley Thomas, PIPHER, Britten, HASSEY, Laura, FILLIAT, Bruno, GIRARDEAU, David, EMBREE, Stephen Richard, HOWELL, Benjamin, DAVIDSON, Frederick Collin, LINGENFELSER, Joshua Peter, MOORE, Stephen, SAUCIER, Christian, MALONEY, Phillip
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 19.01.2022
• Subjects: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS

A communication hub device is provided for use within a care facility network. The communication hub device comprises: a plurality of connections for connecting to patient devices located in a room of the care facility and for sending data to and/or receiving data from the patient devices, wherein the plurality of connections includes at least four different types of input ports accessible in the room when the communication hub is installed in the room; and a network connection for connecting to the care facility network. The communication hub device is configured to: establish a connection with one or more patient devices; and connect to the care facility network to send patient device data to, and/or receive patient device data from, the care facility network.