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US 7,887,113 B2Granted
Powered patient support and fastening system with inductive based power system
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsCliff Lambarth, Chad Souke
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Abstract
A patient support includes a base, a patient support surface supported by the base, an electrically powered device, and a rechargeable power storage device for powering the electrically powered device. Further, the patient support includes a receiving coil that is electrically coupled to the rechargeable power supply for inductive coupling with a transmitting coil, the receiving coil for recharging the rechargeable power supply when the receiving coil is inductively coupled to the transmitting coil.
Claims11
A method of powering a patient support in vehicle comprising:
- providing a patient support;
- mounting a patient support based rechargeable power supply at the patient support;
- providing a patient support based recharging circuit;
- electrically coupling the patient support based recharging circuit to the patient support based rechargeable power supply;
- and
- wirelessly transmitting power to the patient support based recharging circuit to thereby recharge the patient support based rechargeable power supply at the patient support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.