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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Robert M. Zerhusen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Provinzano, Billerica, MA (US);
Daniel Nachtigal, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/053 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/0503 (2013.01); A61G 7/0513 (2016.11); A61G 7/0533 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 2203/10 (2013.01); A61G 2203/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient control unit for controlling functions of a hospital bed includes a housing having a first side that includes a plurality of user inputs to control the functions of the hospital bed. The housing has a second side that includes a dock to secure a handheld phone in place on the housing. A hospital bed has a head-of-bed angle (HOBA) lockout selector that is used to signal a controller to prevent a head section of the bed from being moved below a threshold.