Loading patent…
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsCraig A. McNEELY, Richard H. HEIMBROCK, Carl William RILEY, Keith A. HUSTER, Irvin VANDERPOHL, III, Paul J. McDANIEL, III, Williams F. COLLINS, JR., Oscar A. MANGUIAT, Terry L. TINCHER
Estimating the term…
A system for use with a hospital bed having circuitry and a standard AC power outlet spaced from the hospital bed is provided. The system includes a cable assembly couplable to the circuitry of the hospital bed. The cable assembly has power conductors and at least one data conductor. The cable assembly also has a plug including a first power coupler coupled to the power conductors and a first data coupler coupled to the at least one data conductor. The system also includes a second data coupler mountable adjacent the standard AC power outlet. The second data coupler is configured to couple to the first data coupler when the first power coupler is coupled to the standard AC power outlet.
A system for use with a hospital bed having circuitry and a standard AC power outlet spaced from the hospital bed, the system comprising
The system of claim 19, wherein the first and second data couplers each comprise at least one of a photoemitter and a photodetector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.