Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

Oscar A Manguiat

Richard Henry Heimbrock

Carl William Riley

Irvin John Vanderpohl, Iii

Keith Adam Huster

Williams F Collins, Jr

Terry L Tincher

Craig A McNeely

Paul J McDaniel

A system for use with a hospital bed having circuitry and a standard AC power outlet spaced from the hospital bed is provided. The system includes a cable assembly couplable to the circuitry of the hospital bed. The cable assembly has power conductors and at least one data conductor. The cable assembly also has a plug including a first power coupler coupled to the power conductors and a first data coupler coupled to the at least one data conductor. The system also includes a second data coupler mountable adjacent the standard AC power outlet. The second data coupler is configured to couple to the first data coupler when the first power coupler is coupled to the standard AC power outlet.

Hospital bed and room communication modules

Hospital bed having communication modules

Hospital bed having wireless data and locating capability

Combined power and data cord and receptacle

A system is provided for use with a pre-existing hospital bed and a nurse call system. The system includes a first apparatus that is coupleable to a data port of the hospital bed and a second apparatus that is spaced from the hospital bed, that is spaced from the first apparatus, and that is coupleable to the nurse call system. A transmitter of the first apparatus is operable to transmit data received at the data port to a receiver that is operable to wirelessly receive data transmitted by the wireless transmitter of the first apparatus. The first apparatus and second apparatus are used in lieu of a cable that is otherwise usable to connect the hospital bed to the nurse call system via a hard-wired connection.

Hospital bed having wireless data capability

A plug and a communication module communicate wirelessly. The plug includes prongs that couple to sockets of a power outlet to receive power for a device associated with the plug. The plug carries circuitry that communicates wirelessly with circuitry of the communication module. The communication module is located near the power outlet in some embodiments.

Plug and receptacle having wired and wireless coupling

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Oscar A Manguiat