Multifunctional display for hospital bed
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorFred J. Herman
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a siderail coupled to the frame for movement between raised and lowered positions. The patient support apparatus has a display screen that, in one embodiment, is coupled to the siderail and in another embodiment is coupled to the frame with a flexible arm. The display screen displays a first graphical user interface when the display screen is positioned at a first position and a second graphical user interface when the display screen is positioned at a second position.
Claims20
A patient support apparatus comprising
- a frame,
- a siderail coupled to the frame and movable between raised and lowered positions relative to the frame, and
- a display screen pivotably coupled to the siderail, the display screen being pivotable about a first axis,
- wherein the display screen is displays (i) a first graphical user interface when the display screen is positioned at a first position about the first axis, and (ii) a second graphical user interface when the display screen is positioned at a second position about the first axis.
A siderail for a patient support apparatus comprising
- a panel configured to be coupled to the patient support apparatus,
- a display screen pivotably coupled to the panel, the display screen being pivotable about a first axis,
- a position sensor operable to measure the position of the display screen about the first axis, and
- an electronic controller electrically coupled to the display screen and the position sensor, the controller comprising (i) a processor, and (ii) a memory device electrically coupled to the processor, the memory device having stored therein a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to (i) communicate with the position sensor to determine a current position of the display screen about the first axis, and (ii) operate the display screen to generate a graphical user interface based on the current position.
A patient support apparatus comprising
- a frame,
- a flexible mounting arm coupled to the frame at a first end, and
- a display screen secured to the second end of the flexible mounting arm, wherein the display screen displays (i) a caregiver interface when the display screen is placed in a first position relative to the frame, and (ii) a patient interface when the display screen is placed in a second position relative to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.