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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2020
Umano Medical Inc., L'Islet, CA;
Anouer Kebir, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, CA;
Steve Bolduc, Beaumont, CA;
Esther Berthelot, Lévis, CA;
Pascal Rousseau, Saint-Apollinaire, CA;
Ahmed Atoubi, Saint-Nicolas, CA;
Ghislain Demers, Beaumont, CA;
Jérôme Marcotte, Lévis, CA;
UMANO MEDICAL INC., L'Islet, CA;
Abstract
Methods and systems for connecting a patient support apparatus to a hospital network and locating the patient support apparatus are provided. A patient support apparatus is associated with a communication device having a first and second communication interface for transmitting and/or receiving a first and second type of wireless signal. The patient support apparatus is electrically connected to a node serving as a power output and a wireless communication system connected to the hospital network. In response to the electrical connection, the communication device activates the first communication interface to form a wireless link with the node. In response to the patient support apparatus being electrically disconnected from the node, the communication device activates the second communication interface. The patient support apparatus is located by the node based on the second type of wireless signal.