Back to results
US 7,237,287 B2Granted
Patient care bed with network
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsMatthew W. Weismiller, Joseph A. Kummer, Kenneth L. Kramer, Philip D. Palermo, Daniel F. Dlugos, Jr.
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A bed including a frame, a deck, a siderail, a communication network and a graphic caregiver interface module. The graphic caregiver interface module includes an input device, a control circuit, a memory, and a display.
Claims20
A bed comprising:
- a frame;
- a deck coupled to the frame;
- a communication network, located on the bed, the communication network having a plurality of module connection points;
- a control module, coupled to a first module connection point of the network, the module including a user accessible input device to accept a user input, a control circuit coupled to the network and to the input device, the control circuit including a transceiver to receive a signal from the network and to transmit a control signal responsive to the user input over the network.
1 more element
A bed comprising:
- a frame;
- a deck coupled to the frame;
- a communication network located on the bed, the communication network having a plurality of module connection points;
- a first control module, coupled to a first module connection point of the plurality of module connection points, the module including a first input device, a first control circuit coupled to the network and to the first input device, the first control circuit including a first transceiver to receive signals from the network and to output signals to the network;
- and
- a second control module, coupled to a second module connection point of the plurality of module connection points, the second control module including the second input device, a second control circuit coupled to the network and to the second input device, the second control circuit including a second transceiver to receive signals from the network and to output signals to the network.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.