Stryker Corporation

Michael Harry Lau

Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu

William Dwight Childs

Annie Désaulniers

Richard Anthony Derenne

Michael Joseph Hayes

Michael T Brubaker

Justin Jon Raymond

Jason John Connell

Christopher Scott Jacob

Connor Feldpausch StJohn

Jerald A Trepanier

Christopher Ryan Sweeney

Connor Feldpausch St John

Joshua Elmer Mix

Kirby M Neihouser

Nicholas S Brajak

Conor Feldpausch StJohn

A portable configuration tool for configuring a headwall unit that is adapted to be electrically coupled to an outlet on a headwall communicates with a room device positioned within a common room with the headwall unit. The tool includes a housing, a transceiver for communicating with a portable computer, IR and RF transceivers for communicating with the headwall unit, and a controller adapted to receive a command from the portable computer that instructs the controller to transmit an initial message to the headwall unit using the infrared transceiver, receive an identifier from the headwall unit via the infrared transceiver that uniquely identifies the headwall unit, establish a communication link between the RF transceiver and the headwall unit, receive a configuration setting from the portable computer via the transceiver, and transmit the configuration setting to the headwall unit via at least one of the infrared or RF transceivers.

Tool for configuring headwall units used for patient support apparatus communication

A person support apparatus includes a base, a controller, and a barrier having at least one electrical device. The base includes mounting structures for releasably mounting the barrier to the base. A first electrical connector is in communication with the at least one electrical device and mounted to the barrier. A second electrical connector is in communication with the controller and mounted at one of the mounting structures for connection with the first electrical connector when the barrier is mounted to the base at the mounting structures.

Person support apparatus barrier

An autonomous accessory support and system for transporting a medical accessory for delivering therapy that is coupled to a patient via a medical line. The autonomous accessory support comprises an accessory post for supporting the medical accessory. A movement module supports the accessory post for moving the accessory post relative to the patient. A tracking module is configured to track movement of the patient or a patient support apparatus relative to the autonomous accessory support and provide a tracking input signal. A controller is in electronic communication with the movement module and the tracking module. The controller controls the movement module to reduce actual patient proximity to a target patient proximity being a distance between the accessory support and the patient or the patient support apparatus sufficient to prevent tensioning of the medical line beyond a tension threshold. The distance may be a selectable preset distance maintained by the controller.

Autonomous accessory support for transporting a medical accessory

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Bristol, IN, United States of America

Michael Harry Lau