Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

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Liko Research & Development Ab

Holl-Rom Services, Inc.

Aziz Ali Bhai

Eric R Meyer

David P Lubbers

Robert Mark Zerhusen

David W Hornbach

Jonathan D Turner

Andrew F Skinner

Irvin John Vanderpohl, Iii

Kenith W Chambers

Jeffrey R Welling

Eugene E Osborne

Douglas J Menkedick

Kenneth L Kramer

James R Stolpmann

Brent E Goodwin

James K Findlay

Glenn C Suttman

David A Albersmeyer

Gregory J Figel

Timothy Joseph Receveur

Sandy Mark Richards

Gregory W Branson

Dan R Tallent

Steven Alan Dixon

Frank E Sauser

Charles A Lachenbruch

Richard Henry Heimbrock

John D Christie

Scott M Corbin

James Maurice Allen

David C Newkirk

David Lance Ribble

Jack Wilker, Jr

Darrell L Borgman

James L Walke

Christopher Ryan O'Keefe

Gavin Martin Monson

Richard B Stacy

Nicholas A Mann

Kirsten M Emmons

Luke Andrew Gibson

Todd P O'Neal

Christian H Reinke

Michael Scott Hood

Eric D Agdeppa

Brian Lee Lawrence

Neal Wiggermann

Rachel L Williamson

Douglas A Seim

John W Koenig

Francis Charles Ganance

Joshua A Williams

Varad Narayan Srivastava

Nicholas C Batta

Brian J Hoffman

Joshua William Shenk

Steven J Schwartz

Paul R Weil

Matthew R Knue

Terry L Richter

Roger S Philbeck

Roberta M Murnyack

Cami S Scheele

Tom Riggs

Steve A Dixon

Eric David Benz

Howard J Boyd

Brandon P Fisk

John G Byers

John Goewert

Mark Lanning

Edward J Koors

Mark Chiacchira

John B Wilker, Jr

Mahesh Kumar Thodupunuri

Unnati Ojha

Jennifer Fearing

Bradley T Smith

Douglas E Borgman

Michael Buccieri

Matthew C Visca

Catherine M Wagner

David J Hitchcock

Travis A Pelo

Chris Lee Hildenbrand

Kathryn R Smith

Dean M Valvano

Nicole Johannigman

Sravan A Mamidi

Robert A Kinker, Jr

Bruce E Dickman, Jr

William L Jacques, Ii

David Lawrence Bedel

Gregory J Shannon

Stephen R Hamberg

Steven V McCaig

Laetitia Gazagnes

William L Jacques

Eugene G Urrutia

Robert A Bossingham

A patient support apparatus includes a sensor capable of detecting vital signs, setting acceptable limits for the vital signs, and includes structures for monitoring the vital signs and providing local and/or remote indications to caregivers if the vital signs fall outside of acceptable limits.

Patient support apparatus having vital signs monitoring and alerting

A patient support apparatus includes a base frame, lift mechanism supporting an upper frame relative to the base frame, a load frame, and a plurality of deck sections, a patient support surface, and a number of barriers positioned about the patient supporting surface. The patient support apparatus includes a notification system for visually notifying a caregiver of a condition or status of a component of the patient support apparatus.

Patient support apparatus

A patient support apparatus includes a visual indicator in connection with a portion of the patient support apparatus. The visual indicator is configured to output a first indication and a second indication. The support apparatus also includes a communication circuit configured to communicate via a wireless communication interface and a controller configured to communicate with a service unit via the wireless communication interface. The controller is configured to activate the first indication in response to the service unit detected within a detection range, and in response to enabling a remote access to the service unit, the controller is configured to activate the second indicator. The activation of the second indicator identifies the controller of the patient support apparatus in communication with the service unit via the wireless communication interface.

System and method for identification of remotely accessed patient device

The present disclosure relates to patient support systems, such as hospital beds, and particularly to reconfigurable patient support systems movable among a number of different positions. The present disclosure further relates to control algorithms and interfaces for use in patient support systems.

Mattress bladder control using a bleed valve

An exit prediction system receives movement data, divides the movement data into segments of time, extracts features from each segment of time, and determines a pattern of movement from the extracted features. A patient exit from a patient support apparatus is predicted based on the determined pattern of movement.

Exit monitoring system for patient support apparatus

Overhead lift units are disclosed. In one embodiment, an overhead lift unit includes a carriage having wheels engageable with a rail, a lift frame coupled to the carriage such that the lift frame is suspended from the carriage, and a pair of load beams. The lift frame includes a lift strap extending from the lift frame and a pair of connection points extending from the lift frame. Each load beam of the pair of load beams is attached to one connection point of the pair of connection points of the lift frame at an inferior end of the load beam. Each load beam of the pair of load beams is attached to the carriage at a superior end of the load beam. And each load beam of the pair of load beams comprises a strain gauge operable to register a weight supported on the lift strap.

Lift systems with strain gauges incorporated in load beams and methods for operating the same

A method for controlling an angular orientation of a person support apparatus including a bladder portion containing fluidized particulate material, an upper frame, and a base frame may include adjusting a height of the upper frame with respect to the base frame with at least one of a first and second actuator at respective speeds, determining a dynamic angular orientation of the upper frame with respect to the base frame based on at least one of a respective operating characteristic of the first and second actuator, determining a corrected angular orientation based on the dynamic angular orientation and a floor angle indicative of the orientation of the base frame with respect to horizontal, comparing the corrected angular orientation with an orientation reference range, and adjusting at least one actuator speed when the corrected angular orientation is outside the orientation reference range until it is within the orientation reference range.

Methods and apparatuses for controlling angular orientations of a person support apparatus

Mattress bladder control during patient bed egress

A variable width support system includes an adjustable width person support apparatus (PSA), an adjustable width person support surface (PSS), and first and second controllers. The first controller controls a function of the PSA and receives a first input corresponding to a function of the PSA via a first user interface. The second controller controls a function of the PSS and: a) receives a second input corresponding to a function of the PSS via a second user interface when the first controller is not in communication with the second controller, and b) receives a third input corresponding to a function of the PSS via the first controller when the first controller is in communication with the second controller. The second controller controls a function of the PSS in accordance with the third input when the first controller is in communication with the second controller.

Variable width person support system and control system therefor

A method for detecting occupant position change on a support surface includes establishing a rate of change of pressure in a head end test zone and in a foot end test zone, comparing the head end rate to at least one head end rate limit, comparing the foot end rate to at least one foot end rate limit, and inferring, in response to the comparing steps, whether or not occupant migration has occurred. An associated occupant support includes a frame and a mattress. The mattress includes head and foot zones each having at least one pressurizable bladder. The support also includes a controller adapted to compare a head end rate of pressure change to a head end rate limit, to compare a foot end rate of pressure change to a foot end rate limit, and to infer, in response to the comparing steps, whether or not occupant migration has occurred.

Occupant support with a migration sensitive bladder and method for migration detection

A patient support apparatus includes detectors and a controller operable to automatically update a tare weight for use in determining a true patient weight. The detectors are configured to produce signals indicating a presence or absence of a corresponding removable component. The controller is configured to determine weights of each and every removable component on the patient support apparatus and store each weight in a memory. The controller is further configured to receive the signals produced by the detectors and detect any addition or removal of removable components of the patient support apparatus, update the tare weight, and determine a weight of a patient being supported on the patient support apparatus.

Self-compensating bed scale system for removable components

A patient support system includes a patient support apparatus and a support surface mounted on the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus is reconfigurable among a plurality of different configurations for supporting a patient on the support surface in a plurality of positions. The support surface is mounted on the patient support apparatus to move in response to reconfiguration of the patient support apparatus.

Patient support systems and methods of use

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West Chester, OH, United States of America

Aziz Ali Bhai