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US 9,138,173 B2Granted
System for bed and patient mobility device interoperability
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsJason Penninger, Christopher R. O'Keefe
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Abstract
A system for interoperability of a person support apparatus and various patient mobility devices are disclosed. The system allows for communication between the person support apparatus and various patient mobility devices.
Claims30
A system, comprising:
- a person support apparatus including a force sensor;
- a controller configured to receive signals to determine weight supported by said person support apparatus;
- a timer configured to be triggered when weight supported by said person support apparatus decreases
- a motion sensor for monitoring activity in a predetermined range of distance away from the person support apparatus;
- and
- an alarm configured to activate when weight supported by said person support apparatus decreases and when activity detected by the motion sensor falls below a predetermined threshold within a predetermined time period beginning when the timer has been triggered by the weight decrease.
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A system, comprising:
- a person support apparatus;
- a controller configured to receive signals to determine weight supported by said person support apparatus;
- a person support device configured to sense weight supported by said person support device and in communication with said controller;
- and
- an alarm configured to trigger when weight supported by one of said person support apparatus and said person support device changes, and weight supported by the other of said person support apparatus and said person support device does not change by a predetermined amount within a predetermined time period.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring change in weight supported by a person support apparatus;
- determining change in weight supported by a person support device;
- and
- activating an alarm when a change in weight supported by one of the person support apparatus and the person support device is detected and weight supported by the other of said person support apparatus and said person support device does not change by a predetermined amount within a predetermined time period.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring change in weight supported by a person support apparatus;
- triggering a timer when weight supported by the apparatus decreases by a predetermined amount;
- monitoring motion in a predetermined range of distance away from the person support apparatus subsequent to the timer being triggered;
- and
- activating an alarm if the timer has been triggered and if the monitored motion falls below a predetermined threshold during a predetermined time period beginning when the timer was triggered.
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A system, comprising:
- a person support apparatus in communication with a controller, the controller configured to receive signals to determine weight;
- a person support device configured to sense weight supported by said person support device and in communication with said controller;
- said person support apparatus is configured to receive a user in response to the controller receiving signals indicating that weight supported by said person support device changed by a predetermined amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.