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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2023
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Lavanya Vytla, McKinney, TX (US);
Matthew A. Cutler, Portage, MI (US);
Michael William Graves, Paw Paw, MI (US);
Paul Mandruch Radgens, Vicksburg, MI (US);
Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Portage, MI (US);
Madhu Sandeep Thota, Portage, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus for use in treating patients with behavioral health indicia. The patient support apparatus includes a support structure with a patient support deck defining a patient support surface having one or more ligature risk locations arranged outside of a ligature safety zone defined relative to the patient support surface. A sensor system is coupled to the support structure to generate data representing load acting on the support structure. A controller is disposed in communication with the sensor system and is configured to issue a ligature risk event alert in response to the data generated by the sensor system satisfying a predetermined load criteria indicating a distribution of load acting on the support structure outside of the ligature safety zone for a predetermined period.