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US 2009/0084609 A1Published application
Mattress seat force sensing method
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsAndrew F. Skinner, James R. Stolpmann, Terry L. Richter
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Abstract
A weighing system and method associated with a mattress is operable to determine a patient weight value while the patient is positioned on the mattress.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method of determining a weight of a patient positioned on a mattress, the method comprising:
- executing a monitoring mode wherein a mattress has a status and the mattress status is monitored by a controller to detect a change in the status of the mattress, the status being indicative of a person's movement relative to the mattress, and
- automatically entering a measuring mode wherein a total body weight value of a person on the mattress is determined if the mattress status indicates that a person is on the mattress and not changing position relative to the mattress.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.