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US 12,383,450 B2Granted
Patient support with energy transfer
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsClifford Edwin Lambarth, Chad Conway Souke, Michael Joseph Hayes, Aaron Douglas Furman, Martin Plante
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Abstract
A patient support system includes a patient support apparatus and a powered device mounted relative to the patient support apparatus and an electrical circuit to power the powered device, with the electrical circuit having a wireless power receiver to inductively couple to and transfer electrical energy from a wireless power transmitter when the wireless power receiver is in proximity to the wireless power transmitter.
Claims21
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a patient support deck for supporting a patient thereon;
- a wireless power receiver operable to inductively couple and receive electrical energy from a wireless power transmitter when the wireless power transmitter is transmitting power wirelessly in proximity to the wireless power receiver;
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- an electrically powered device or subsystem operably coupled to the wireless power receiver, the electrically powered device or subsystem configured to receive power from the wireless power receiver based on the electrical energy received by the wireless power receiver from the wireless power transmitter.
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A patient support system for a system component comprising:
- a power supply circuit;
- a wireless power transmitter operatively coupled to the power supply circuit, the wireless power transmitter configured for inductively coupling and transferring electrical energy to a wireless power receiver of the system component when the wireless power receiver is in proximity to the wireless power transmitter;
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- an alignment structure operable to align the wireless power transmitter with the wireless power receiver of the system component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.