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US 11,712,385 B2Granted
Patient bed having head-of-bed lockout and stay-in-bed indicator
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsRobert M. Zerhusen, Michael Provinzano, Daniel Nachtigal
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Abstract
A patient control unit for controlling functions of a hospital bed includes a housing having a first side that includes a plurality of user inputs to control the functions of the hospital bed. The housing has a second side that includes a dock to secure a handheld phone in place on the housing. A hospital bed has a head-of-bed angle (HOBA) lockout selector that is used to signal a controller to prevent a head section of the bed from being moved below a threshold.
Claims20
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a frame,
- four siderails coupled to the frame,
- a footboard coupled to the frame,
- a head section coupled to the frame and movable relative to the frame between raised and lowered angular positions, the head section being configured to support at least a portion of a torso of a patient,
- a sensor operable to provide a sensor signal indicative of an angular position of the head section,
- an actuator that is operable to move the head section between the raised and lowered angular positions,
- a controller coupled to the sensor and to the actuator, the controller being configured to signal the actuator to move the head section,
- a head-of-bed angle (HOBA) lockout selector coupled to the controller, the HOBA lockout selector having an on state and an off state, wherein the controller is prevented from signaling the actuator to move the head section below a threshold HOBA that is defined at an intermediate position between the raised and lowered angular positions when the HOBA selector is in the on state and wherein the controller is permitted to signal the actuator to move the head section throughout a full range of motion between the raised and lowered angular positions when the HOBA selector is in the off state,
- a patient position monitoring system coupled to the controller, and
- a patient control unit spaced apart from all four of the siderails and the footboard at all times, the patient control unit having a housing and patient inputs on the housing, wherein the patient control unit includes stay-in-bed indicia that is illuminated when the patient position monitoring system is armed in response to at least one signal originating from a caregiver control that is spaced from the patient control unit, wherein the patient control unit includes a dock to which a patient's mobile phone is coupleable.
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