Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Irwin J Vanderpohl, Iii

Carl William Riley

Richard Joseph Schuman, Sr

Keith Adam Huster

James Maurice Allen

Timothy D Wildman

Williams F Collins, Jr

Patricia A Glidewell

Benjamin E Howell

A hospital bed is programmable with new firmware that is downloaded to the bed over a network. The firmware is downloaded to the bed automatically from a remote computer device. The remote computer device receives a message from the hospital bed which includes data regarding the version number of the bed's current firmware, and if the version number indicates that the firmware is an outdated version, the remote computer device downloads a new version of the firmware to the bed.

Hospital bed having wired and wireless network connectivity

A hospital bed has wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit wirelessly bed status data. A surface supported by the bed has wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit wirelessly surface status data. The wireless communication circuitry of the hospital bed and the wireless communication circuitry of the surface communicate with a network independently. A hospital bed with an integrated surface has wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit wirelessly bed status data and surface status data. The wireless bed status data and the wireless surface status data are received by wireless access points of a network of a healthcare facility.

Wireless bed connectivity

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Greensburg, IN, United States of America

Irwin J Vanderpohl, Iii