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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Sujay Sukumaran, Portage, MI (US);
Celso Henrique Farnese Pires Pereira, Portage, MI (US);
Grady Sertic, St. Louis, MO (US);
Placide Nibakuze, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Anish Paul, Portage, MI (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, etc., for supporting a patient includes an exit detection system with multiple user-selectable modes of operation that each have different sensitivity levels for triggering an exit alert. The exit detection system also includes one or more non-user selectable modes of operation that are automatically implemented in response to a triggering action. For example, a transition mode may be automatically implemented when the user attempts to switch from a first user-selectable mode to a different user selectable mode, or a motion mode may be automatically implemented when movement of one or more components of the patient support apparatus occurs. In the transition mode, the exit detection system may use a least restrictive sensitivity level. In the motion mode, the exit detection system may inhibit exit alerts and/or change the criteria for issuing the exit alert.