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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2022
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Sujay Sukumaran, Portage, MI (US);
Celso Henrique Farnese Pires Pereira, Portage, MI (US);
Kurosh Nahavandi, Portage, MI (US);
Placide Nibakuze, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Grady Sertic, St. Louis, MO (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Anish Paul, Portage, MI (US);
Madhu Sandeep Thota, Portage, MI (US);
Zane Marwan Shami, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, operating table, recliner, or the like, includes a patient support structure, a user interface, a display, and a controller. The user interface comprises a display and controls for configuring various components of the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus includes an exit detection system and a monitoring system, and each system may be separately armed and disarmed. The controller uses the display to issue one or more reminders to the caregiver to put the patient support apparatus in a desired configuration before the caregiver walks away from the patient support apparatus. Reminders may be ignored or dismissed. If a reminder is dismissed, the reminder is turned off for that patient and the corresponding system is disarmed. A caregiver may re-enable a reminder after it has been turned off.