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US 2009/0265852 A1Published application
Patient position apparatus and method
AssigneeKap Medical
InventorsRaj K. Gowda, Richard Jeff Garcia
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Abstract
A patient position apparatus includes a plurality of sensing conductors and a control module operatively coupled to the sensing conductors. The sensing conductors are arranged along a substantially planar surface. The sensing conductors provide sensing information in response to a patient being within proximity of the sensing conductors. The control module selectively adjusts fluid pressure of at least one inflatable cell in response to the sensing information.
Claims24
A patient position apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of sensing conductors, arranged along a substantially planar surface, that are operative to provide sensing information in response to a patient being within proximity of the plurality of sensing conductors;
- and
- a control module, operatively coupled to the plurality of sensing conductors, that is operative to selectively adjust fluid pressure of at least one inflatable cell in response to the sensing information.
A patient support apparatus, comprising:
- at least one inflatable cell forming a substantially planar surface;
- a plurality of sensing conductors, beneath the at least one inflatable cell and arranged along the substantially planar surface, that are operative to provide sensing information in response to a patient being within proximity of the plurality of sensing conductors;
- and
- a control module, operatively coupled to the plurality of sensing conductors, that is operative to selectively adjust fluid pressure of the at least one inflatable cell based on the sensing information.
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A method, comprising:
- providing sensing information in response to a patient being within proximity of a plurality of sensing conductors;
- and
- selectively adjusting fluid pressure of at least one inflatable cell in response to the sensing information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.