Smart mattress

A mattress comprising:

• a sensor pad affixed on a top surface of the mattress, said sensor pad having a laminate,
• said laminate comprising:
• (i) a sensor substrate, which comprises a matrix array of plural pressure sensors,
• (ii) a row conductor substrate having plural row conductors, and
• (iii) a column conductor substrate having plural column conductors, said sensor substrate being disposed between the row conductor substrate and the column conductor substrate,
• wherein at least each one of the plural row conductors intersects with at least one of the plural row column conductors to provide an intersecting row and column conductor, each intersecting row and column conductor configured to provide an electrical signal from a corresponding pressure sensor when pressure is applied thereto,
• said sensor pad having plural flexibility-enhancing holes therein disposed between said plural row conductors and said plural column conductors, respectively, each flexibility-enhancing hole extending entirely through said laminate;
• at least one connector coupled to outputs of the row and column conductors;
• at least one patient-mounted physiological sensor configured to provide an output signal corresponding to a patient physiological parameter;
• an electronic unit mounted inside said mattress and having a panel mounted on a side of said mattress, said panel configured to receive signals from said at least one connector, said electronic unit having a data storage unit storing (i) patient identification information, (ii) patient physiological information, and (iii) mattress information, said electronic unit receiving signals from said at least one patient-mounted physiological sensor, said electronic unit having a processor;
• and
• a wireless transmitter coupled to said electronic unit and configured to wirelessly communicate at least the stored patient physiological information to an off-mattress device.