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US 2011/0298631 A1Published application
Portable head of bed alert device
OwnerStephen Anthony Tunnell, David Conrad Willms +1inventors
InventorsStephen Anthony Tunnell, David Conrad Willms, David John Bennett
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Abstract
An alert device is positioned on a bed, such as on the head region of the bed. The alert device is configured to detect or otherwise measure the angle of orientation of the head region such as relative to the horizontal plane. The alert device is configured to provide an alert when the angle orientation of the head region falls outside a predetermined value or range of values. The alert may be any audio, visual, or tactile means of notifying a user as to an alarm condition.
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A bed alert device, comprising:
- a housing adapted to be removably attached to a patient support member, wherein the patient support member includes a support region that is movable between multiple angular orientations;
- an angle measurement member coupled to the housing and configured to measure the angular orientation of the support region;
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- an alarm emitter coupled to the angle measurement member and configured to emit an alarm when the angular orientation falls outside a predetermined angle.
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