US 2013/0219622 A1 · CONTROL OF HOSPITAL BED CHAIR EGRESS CONFIGURATION BASED ON PATIENT PHYSIOLOGY

Abstract

A patient support apparatus includes a frame having a patient support deck that is movable between a horizontal position to support a patient in a lying position and a chair egress position to support the patient in a sitting position. Depending upon a height of the patient, a lift system is operated to support the patient support deck relative to an underlying floor at different heights when the patient support deck is moved to the chair egress position. Depending upon a weight of the patient, at least one bladder of a mattress is either deflated or further inflated when the patient support deck is moved to the chair egress position and the patient is in the process of egressing from the patient support apparatus.

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Dependent claims

A patient support apparatus comprising

a frame including a patient support deck, the patient support deck being movable between a horizontal position to support a patient in a lying position and a chair egress position to support the patient in a sitting position,
a lift system operable to support the patient support deck relative to an underlying floor at different heights, and
a control system to command operation of the lift system, the control system receiving data indicative of a height of the patient supported on the patient support deck, the control system determining an elevation at which the lift system is to support the patient support deck when the patient support deck is in the chair egress position based on the height of the patient, the elevation correlating to a popliteal height of the patient as determined by the control system based on the height of the patient.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Control of hospital bed chair egress configuration based on patient physiology

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Control of hospital bed chair egress configuration based on patient physiology

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Abstract

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