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Patent No.:

US 10376214 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2014

Patient support apparatus with patient information sensors

Applicant:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Inventors:

Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

David Terrance Becker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Annie Désaulniers, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Brandon J. Buckingham, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Michael W. Steffler, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Richard A. Derenne, Portage, MI (US);

Joshua Elmer Mix, Portage, MI (US);

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Attorney:

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP

Primary Examiner:

Niketa I Patel

Assistant Examiner:

Vynn V Huh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/117 (2016.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/005 (2006.01); A61G 7/008 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G01G 19/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6891 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/117 (2013.01); A61B 5/1115 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/4809 (2013.01); A61B 5/4812 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 5/7435 (2013.01); A61G 7/00 (2013.01); A61G 7/005 (2013.01); A61G 7/008 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/0509 (2016.11); A61G 7/0514 (2016.11); A61G 7/0524 (2016.11); A61G 7/0527 (2016.11); A61G 7/05776 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0252 (2013.01); A61G 2203/30 (2013.01); A61G 2203/32 (2013.01); A61G 2203/34 (2013.01); G01G 19/445 (2013.01);
Abstract

A person support apparatus includes sensors for monitoring aspects of a person positioned thereon. The outputs from the sensors are used to distinguish between new and prior occupants of the support apparatus, automatically zero an integrated scale system, distinguish between objects and humans on the support apparatus, determine if a person is sleeping or awake, monitor and characterize movement levels of the person, record a log of likely events regarding a support surface of the apparatus, propose identifications of objects added to or removed from the support surface, record force outputs, and/or other purposes. A person's sleep state may also be obtained and forwarded to a remote location. The sleep state data may be used to mute and/or control alerts or indicators, and/or to predict when a person is going to wake up and likely exit the support apparatus.

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