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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
David C. Newkirk, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Robert M. Zerhusen, Batesville, IN (US);
John B. Wilker, Jr., Dillsboro, IN (US);
James M. Allen, Batesville, IN (US);
Douglas A. Seim, Okeana, OH (US);
Irvin J. Vanderpohl, III, Greensburg, IN (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A user module for a patient support apparatus is provided. The user module has a user interface operably coupled thereto. The user interface includes an input device and an output device. The output device includes a visual display including textual and non-textual elements. The non-textual elements include enhanced, graphical, and animated portions relating to one or more operational features of the patient support or to a person positionable on the patient support. The input device includes one or more touch sensors corresponding to defined regions of the visual display.