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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2022
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jeremy L. Dunn, Portage, MI (US);
Lavanya Vytla, McKinney, TX (US);
Nikhil Mishra, Portage, MI (US);
Faisal Mahmood, Portage, MI (US);
Ross Michael Nave, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jerald A. Trepanier, Augusta, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A monitoring system for a patient and/or patient support apparatus includes one or more cameras that capture images and depth data. A computer processes the image signals and depth data and performs one or more of the following functions: (a) enabling/disabling a remote control adapted to move a component of the patient support apparatus; (b) detecting patient breathing abnormalities; (c) detecting the presence of a ligature and its attendant strangulation risk to the patient; (d) identifying a sheet and/or a patient gown in the captured images; (e) disabling/enabling controls on the patient support apparatus based on patient position; (f) synchronizing readings from one or more sensors with the image signals; (g) stitching together images captured from multiple cameras; and/or other functions. The cameras may be positioned on the patient support apparatus and/or elsewhere, and the computer may be a server and/or a controller on the patient support apparatus.