US 12,274,652 B2 · Exercise device and patient support apparatus

Abstract

An exercise device includes one or more connectors adapted to be releasably coupled to a patient support apparatus; a patient-contacting portion adapted to contact a portion of the patient's body and to be resistively moved between a first position and a second position; a first location transceiver; and a sensor adapted to automatically detect movement of the patient-contacting portion between the first and second positions. The exercise device may also include a wireless transceiver adapted to transmit movement data derived from the sensor to a recipient device. In some embodiments, the exercise device is part of a system that includes a patient support apparatus and a second location transceiver positioned thereon. The location transceivers allow a controller to determine if the exercise device is currently coupled to the patient support apparatus or not, and/or to automatically pair the exercise device to the patient support apparatus for wireless communication.

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Dependent claims

An exercise device for use with a patient while the patient is positioned on a patient support apparatus, the exercise device comprising:

a first connector adapted to be releasably coupled to a first location of patient support apparatus;
a patient-contacting portion adapted to contact a portion of the patient's body;
a first elastic portion positioned between the first connector and the patient-contacting portion, the first elastic portion adapted to allow the patient to move the patient-contacting portion from a first position to a second position;
a sensor adapted to automatically detect movement of the patient-contacting portion between the first and second position;
a first location transceiver adapted to communicate with a second location transceiver physically separated from the exercise device, wherein the first location transceiver is adapted to determine position information regarding a relative position of the first location transceiver to the second location transceiver;
and
a wireless transceiver adapted to transmit movement data derived from the sensor to a recipient device, wherein the first location transceiver is an ultra-wideband transceiver adapted to communicate with the second location transceiver via ultra-wideband signals.

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An exercise system for a patient, the exercise system comprising:

a patient support apparatus and an exercise device, wherein the exercise device comprises:
(i) a first connector adapted to be releasably coupled to a first location of the patient support apparatus;
(ii) a patient-contacting portion adapted to contact a portion of the patient's body, the patient-contacting portion adapted to be resistively moved between a first position and a second position;
(iii) a first location transceiver;
and
(iv) a sensor adapted to automatically detect movement of the patient-contacting portion between the first and second positions;
wherein the patient support apparatus comprises:
(a) a support surface adapted to support a person;
(b) a second location transceiver adapted to wirelessly communicate with the first location transceiver positioned on the exercise device, the second location transceiver adapted to generate a first location estimate of the first location transceiver, wherein the first location transceiver is an ultra-wideband transceiver adapted to communicate with the second location transceiver via ultra-wideband signals;
and
(c) a controller adapted to use the first location estimate to determine if the exercise device is currently coupled to the patient support apparatus or not, the controller further adapted to determine if the exercise device is currently coupled to the patient support apparatus by determining if the exercise device is currently within a volume of space.

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An exercise system for a patient, the exercise system comprising:

a patient support apparatus and an exercise device, wherein the exercise device comprises:
(i) a patient-contacting portion adapted to contact a portion of the patient's body, the patient-contacting portion adapted to be resistively moved between a first position and a second position;
(ii) a first location transceiver;
(iii) a sensor adapted to automatically detect movement of the patient-contacting portion between the first and second positions;
and
(iv) a first wireless communication transceiver adapted to wirelessly receive movement data from the exercise device, the movement data being derived from the sensor;
wherein the patient support apparatus comprises:
(a) a support surface adapted to support a person;
(b) a second location transceiver adapted to wirelessly communicate with the first location transceiver positioned on the exercise device;
(c) a second wireless communication transceiver;
(d) a network transceiver adapted to communicate with a local area network of a healthcare facility;
and
(e) a controller adapted to automatically pair the second wireless communication transceiver with the first wireless communication transceiver based on location information derived from communications between the first and second location transceivers, the automatic pairing taking place without requiring any manual instruction from a user regarding the first wireless communication transceiver, wherein the controller is further adapted to forward the movement data to a remote server via the network transceiver, and to forward a first unique identifier corresponding to the patient support apparatus and a second unique identifier associated with a current location of the patient support apparatus to the remote server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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