Apparatus for supporting and monitoring a person
OwnerCarl W. Riley, Dan R. Tallentinventors
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Abstract
A person-support structure includes a control system, an input configured to communicate a first input signal to the control system, and a sensor configured to sense a physiological characteristic of a person supported on the person-support structure. The sensor communicates a second input signal corresponding to the physiological characteristic to the control system. The control system calculates a condition score as a function of the first input signal and the physiological characteristic of the person and compares the condition score to a predetermined threshold. The control system scales at least one of the physiological characteristic of the person and the predetermined threshold as a function of the first input signal.
Claims10
A method of predicting the onset of an adverse condition, the method comprising
- receiving a first input signal from an input,
- receiving a second input signal corresponding to a physiological characteristic of a person supported on a person-support structure,
- calculating a condition score as a function of the first input signal on the physiological characteristic, and
- alerting a caregiver if the condition score is greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein at least one of the physiological characteristic and the predetermined threshold is scaled as a function of the first input signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.