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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventor:
Alexander Josef Bodurka, Portage, MI (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/018 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/018 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61G 2203/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method to detect an unauthorized device coupled to an interface of a control system for a patient support apparatus. The interface may be wired or wireless, and the system and method may involve determining an operating signature of a device coupled to an interface. Based on the operating signature being consistent with a device signature stored in memory, the system may determine the device coupled to the interface is an authorized device.