Feedback Control for a Person Support Apparatus with a Mattress Replacement System and Methods for Automatically Pausing a Turn and Hold Operation

A system comprising:

• a person support apparatus including at least one sensor, a frame, and a mattress, the mattress including a plurality of air bladders, wherein the at least one sensor is disposed in at least one of the mattress and the frame;
• and
• a microcontroller comprising a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer storage medium and the at least one sensor, wherein the non-transitory computer storage medium stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• inflate, automatically with a pump, at least one air bladder in only one of a right side portion or a left side portion of the mattress, wherein an inflation of the other of the right side portion or the left side portion is not increased;
• detect, automatically with the at least one sensor, a force applied to at least one of the frame of the person support apparatus and the at least one air bladder as the at least one air bladder is inflated;
• determine, automatically with the microcontroller, if the force applied to at least one of the frame and the at least one air bladder has a force duration that is greater than a threshold force duration to trigger a pause event;
• and
• discontinue inflation of the at least one air bladder when the pause event is triggered.