ABSTRACT
Objective:Through the analysis of intelligent nursing patents, to provide reference for clinical nurses to understand the development trend of intelligent nursing patents and carry out related inventions.Methods:The website of China Intellectual Property Office and CNKI were searched with the keywords of " intelligence" , " intellectualization" and " artificial intelligence" , " nursing" and " nurse" from the establishment of the database to December 31, 2020. Information of the patent application time, application area, patent type, main classification number and other patent information were analyzed.Results:Until 2020, China applied for 4 128 patents related to intelligent nursing, among which invention patents were the most, and appearance patents were the least; before 2006, intelligent nursing patents were in the early stage of development, from 2006 to 2014, it showed a slow increasing trend, since 2015, it entered the stage of rapid growth; the regions with the largest number of applications were Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shanghai and Zhejiang; IPC of A61, G06, H04, G16 and A47 accounted for the largest proportion, and showing an upward trend as a whole, but different technical fields show different growth rates; intelligent nursing was the most popular. The number of applications for beds and related ancillary products was the largest, followed by intelligent nursing monitoring equipment.Conclusions:It is suggested that to improve the patent incentive mechanisms, encourage nurses to solve clinical problems from an intelligent perspective, and actively promote the transformation of intelligent nursing patents.