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US 2020/0050750 A1Published application
Universal interface operable with multiple patient support apparatuses
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsThomas F. Heil, Eric D. Agdeppa, Steven A. Dixon, Charles A. Howell, Thomas M. Gillis, Keith A. Huster, Irvin J. Vanderpohl, III
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Abstract
A care system includes a mobile communication device, a remote server, and a patient support system that is in communication with either or both of the mobile communication device and the remote server. The mobile communication device may operate as a user interface for the patient support system. The remote server may provide computing power for the patient support system for resource intensive computing tasks.
Claims23
A system comprising
- a server,
- a beacon identifying a physical location,
- a patient support system associated with the physical location and in electrical communication with the server, and
- a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device including a first communication system for communicating with the server and a second communication system capable of detecting the beacon, the mobile computing device operable to transmit a signal to the server indicative of the beacon and a control command indicative of a desired change in state of the patient support system,
- wherein the server processes the signal and transmits the control command to the patient support system through the electrical connection.
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A system comprising
- a server,
- a patient support system including first communications circuitry in electrical communication with the server and second communications circuitry, and
- a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device including first communication circuitry for communicating with the server and second communication circuitry capable of communicating with the second communications circuitry of the patient support system, the mobile computing device operable to receive a signal from the patient support system, establish a one-to-one communications link with the second communications circuitry of the patient support system, and transmit to the server a signal indicative of the ongoing communications with the patient support system, and transmit information from the patient support system to the remote server,
- wherein the server processes the signal and transmits the information from the patient support system to a hospital information system.
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A system comprising
- a server, and
- a first patient support system including first communications circuitry in communication with the server and a controller, the controller operable to control functionality of the patient support system,
- wherein the controller of the first patient support system is operable to communicate data to the server, the data communicated to the server being processed by the server to reduce the processing load of the controller of the first patient support system, and upon completion of the processing of the data, the server is operable to return the results of the processed data to the controller of the first patient support system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.