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US 2024/0348108 A1Published application
Power Transfer System With Patient Support Apparatus And Power Transfer Device To Transfer Power To The Patient Support Apparatus
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsKevin M. Patmore, Kurosh Nahavandi, Annie Desaulniers
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Abstract
A power transfer system comprises a patient support apparatus and a power transfer device. The power transfer system provides convenience and ease of connection between a power source and the patient support apparatus to provide power to one or more electrically powered devices on the patient support apparatus or to provide energy for an energy storage device on the patient support apparatus.
Claims20
A power transfer system comprising:
- a patient support apparatus including:
- a support structure having a base and a patient support surface for a patient,
- an apparatus controller,
- an energy storage device disposed in electrical communication with the apparatus controller, and
- a power receiver including a receiver coupling operatively attached to the support structure and disposed in electrical communication with the energy storage device;
- a power transfer device including:
- a controller, and
- a power transmitter coupled to the controller and configured to selectively deliver power from a power source, the power transmitter including a cord extending in electrical communication between a transmitter coupling and the power source to enable movement of the transmitter coupling relative to the power source and relative to the receiver coupling, the transmitter coupling being configured to releasably engage the receiver coupling to transfer power from the power source to the energy storage device of the patient support apparatus;
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- a central controller disposed in communication with the apparatus controller across a wireless network, the central controller being configured to determine a state of the energy storage device of the patient support apparatus.
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A power transfer system comprising:
- a patient support apparatus including:
- a support structure having a base and a patient support surface for a patient,
- an energy storage device, and
- a power receiver including a receiver coupling operatively attached to the support structure and disposed in electrical communication with the energy storage device;
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- a power transfer device including:
- a controller, and
- a power transmitter coupled to the controller and configured to selectively deliver power from a power source, the power transmitter including a housing configured for attachment adjacent to a wall surface of a facility, a first cord extending in electrical communication between a first transmitter coupling and the power source to enable movement of the first transmitter coupling relative to the power source and relative to the receiver coupling, the first transmitter coupling being configured to releasably engage the receiver coupling to transfer power from the power source to the energy storage device of the patient support apparatus, and a second cord extending in electrical communication between a second transmitter coupling and the power source to enable movement of the second transmitter coupling relative to the power source and relative to the receiver coupling, the second transmitter coupling being configured to releasably engage the receiver coupling to transfer power from the power source to the energy storage device of the patient support apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.