Therapy enabler token
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsSandy M. Richards, Stephen L. Douglas, Ruchik A. Amin, Timothy J. Receveur, Irvin J. Vanderpohl, III
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a patient support structure, such as a bed frame or mattress or both, that is configured to support a patient in a recumbent position. The patient support structure is configured to provide at least one therapy to a patient. A therapy enabler token is coupleable to the patient support structure. The at least one therapy is disabled when the therapy enabler token is decoupled from the patient support structure and the at least one therapy is enabled in response to the therapy enabler token being coupled to the patient support structure.
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A therapy enabler apparatus for use with a patient support apparatus, the therapy enabler apparatus comprising a therapy enabler token having a memory containing first data that is transferrable to a reader of the patient support apparatus to enable a first therapy of the patient support apparatus, the memory being reprogrammable by a remote computer over a network with second data that is transferrable to the reader of the patient support apparatus to enable a second therapy of the patient support apparatus, the memory of the therapy enabler token being reprogrammable while the therapy enabler token is in communication with the reader of the patient support apparatus.
A patient support apparatus comprising a patient support structure having a surface configured to support a patient in a recumbent position, the patient support structure being configured to provide compression therapy to a limb of a patient by operation of compression therapy components that are carried on the patient support structure, and a therapy enabler token, the compression therapy being disabled when the therapy enabler token is communicatively decoupled from the patient support structure, and the compression therapy being enabled in response to the therapy enabler token being communicatively coupled with the patient support structure.
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