US 2011/0301432 A1Published application

Apparatus for supporting and monitoring a person

OwnerCarl W. Riley, Dan R. Tallentinventors

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Abstract

A system includes a person-support structure, a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of a person supported on the person-support structure, and a control configured to calculate a condition score as a function of the characteristic of the person. The control is operable to change a characteristic of the person-support structure as a function of the condition score.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising

sensing a characteristic of a person supported on a person-support apparatus,
calculating a condition score as a function of the characteristic, and
configuring a support system and/or a communication system as a function of the condition score.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application: 13/153,672Filed 6 Jun 2011
Priority: 7 Jun 2010
Published: 8 Dec 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

G16H 40/67
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for remote operation
A61B 5/02055
Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition:…
A61B 5/1113
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: local tracking of patients, e.g. in a…
A61B 5/1115
Local tracking of patients, e.g. in a hospital or private home: monitoring leaving of a patient support, e.g. a bed or a wheelchair

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Application61/352,017Us provisional application · filed 7 Jun 2010
US 2011/0301432 A1This patent

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