Patient support apparatus with touchscreen
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsKurosh Nahavandi, Ian Christopher Geiman
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, operating table, recliner, or the like, includes a litter frame, a support deck supported on the litter frame and adapted to support a mattress thereon, a touchscreen and a controller configured for carrying out various functions and to display various screens on the touchscreen, including screens for controlling a mattress therapy function or for controlling a non-mattress function of the patient support apparatus. A notification regarding the status of a mattress therapy function can be displayed on various screens. Status indications can be provided as a banner across a portion of the touchscreen.
Claims20
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a litter frame;
- a support deck supported on the litter frame and adapted to support a mattress thereon;
- an actuator adapted to move a component of the patient support apparatus, wherein the component is one of the litter frame or the support deck;
- a touchscreen;
- and
- a controller configured to display on the touchscreen:
- a mattress screen for controlling a mattress therapy function, the mattress screen including a start icon for initiating the mattress therapy function;
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- a patient support apparatus screen for controlling a non-mattress function of the patient support apparatus, the patient support apparatus screen being different from the mattress screen, the patient support apparatus screen including a control icon for operating the actuator to move the component and a therapy icon indicating a status of the mattress therapy function.
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a litter frame;
- a support deck supported on the litter frame and adapted to support a mattress thereon;
- a touchscreen;
- and
- a controller configured to display on the touchscreen:
- a first mattress screen for controlling a first mattress therapy function, the first mattress screen including a first start icon for initiating the first mattress therapy function;
- and
- a second mattress screen for controlling a second mattress therapy function, the second mattress screen different from the first mattress screen and including a second start icon for initiating the second mattress therapy function;
- wherein, after user-selection of the first start icon to initiate the first mattress therapy function, the controller is operable to display a status bar indicating a status of the first mattress therapy function on the second mattress screen.
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a litter frame;
- a support deck supported on the litter frame and adapted to support a mattress thereon;
- a touchscreen;
- and
- a controller configured to display a first mattress therapy screen on the touchscreen for controlling a first mattress therapy function, the first mattress therapy screen comprising:
- a start icon for initiating the first mattress therapy function;
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- a banner comprising a status bar indicating a status of the first mattress therapy function, a stop icon for stopping the first mattress therapy function, and a lock icon for locking and unlocking a setting of the first mattress therapy function, the lock icon further indicating whether the setting is currently locked or unlocked;
- wherein the controller is further configured, if the first mattress therapy function has started, to continue to display the banner on a second mattress therapy screen, the second mattress therapy screen including a start icon for starting a second mattress therapy function and a setting icon for changing a setting of the second mattress therapy function, the second mattress therapy function being different from the first mattress therapy function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.