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US 2011/0234408 A1Published application
Body position monitoring system
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsStephen A. Dixon, Douglas J. Menkedick, William L. Jacques, James W. Jones, James K. Findlay, Jack Wilker, JR., Eugene E. Osborne, Carl W. Riley
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Abstract
A bed includes a frame, a controller coupled to the frame, and a patient position detection system coupled to the frame and coupled to the controller. The patient position detection system has at least three modes of operation of varying sensitivities for determining whether a person supported on the frame has moved by a sufficient amount to activate an alarm.
Claims20
A bed comprising
- a frame,
- a controller coupled to the frame, and
- a patient position detection system coupled to the frame and coupled to the controller, the patient position detection system having at least three modes of operation of varying sensitivities for determining whether a person supported on the frame has moved by a sufficient amount to activate an alarm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.