US 12,758,445 B2Granted

System and method for connecting a patient support apparatus to a hospital network

AssigneeUmano Medical Inc.

InventorsAnouer Kebir, Steve Bolduc, Esther Berthelot, Pascal Rousseau, Ahmed Atoubi, Ghislain Demers, Jérôme Marcotte

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Abstract

Methods and systems for connecting a patient support apparatus to a hospital network and locating the patient support apparatus are provided. A patient support apparatus is associated with a communication device having a first and second communication interface for transmitting and/or receiving a first and second type of wireless signal. The patient support apparatus is electrically connected to a node serving as a power output and a wireless communication system connected to the hospital network. In response to the electrical connection, the communication device activates the first communication interface to form a wireless link with the node. In response to the patient support apparatus being electrically disconnected from the node, the communication device activates the second communication interface. The patient support apparatus is located by the node based on the second type of wireless signal.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a patient support apparatus comprising:
a base;
a patient support assembly connected to the base;
a patient support communication device mounted to one of the base and the patient support assembly, the patient support communication device comprising:
a processor;
a first wireless communication interface operatively connected to the processor and being configured to transmit and receive a first type of wireless signal to connect the patient support apparatus to a communication network;
and
a second wireless communication interface operatively connected to the processor and being configured to transmit and receive a second type of wireless signal, the second type of wireless signal having a shorter range than the first type of wireless signal;
a control unit operatively connected to the patient support communication device, the control unit being configured to:
control functions of the patient support apparatus, and transmit data related to the patient support apparatus to the patient support communication device;
and
a wireless node comprising:
a processor;
and
a third wireless communication interface operatively connected to the processor, the third wireless communication interface being configured to transmit and receive the second type of wireless signal to the patient support communication device.

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A wireless node comprising:

a power output interface configured to connect to a power source of a facility;
a power input interface configured to receive an electrical connection from a given patient support apparatus;
a processor operatively connected to the power input interface and the power output interface;
a storage medium operatively connected to the processor, the storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions;
at least one wireless communication interface operatively connected to the processor, the at least one wireless communication interface being configured to transmit and receive a first type of wireless signal and a second type of wireless signal to a given patient support apparatus, the first type of wireless signal being different from the second type of wireless signal;
the processor, upon executing the computer-readable instructions, being configured to:
receive an electrical connection indication of an electrical connection of the given patient support apparatus to the power input interface;
receive, via the power input interface, parameters of the given patient support apparatus;
transmit, via the at least one wireless communication interface, at least one of the first type of wireless signal and the second type of wireless signal to establish a communication link with the given patient support apparatus using the parameters of the given patient support apparatus.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/912,055Filed 10 Oct 2024 · continuation
Priority: 18 Oct 2019
Published: US 2025/0032333 A130 Jan 2025
Granted: 13 Oct 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A61G 7/0506
Parts, details or accessories of beds: head or foot boards
G16H 20/40
ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient…:…
G16H 40/20
ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or…:…
G16H 40/63
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for local operation

Family

Application62/923,292Us provisional application · filed 18 Oct 2019
Application17/769,283Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Oct 2020
PCT/IB2020/059782Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Oct 2020
US 2025/0032333 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Jan 2025
US 12,144,770 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2023/0329935 A1Published application
US 12,758,445 B2This patent

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