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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12718938 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2023

Patient support systems and methods for assisting caregivers with patient care

Applicant:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Inventor:

Krishna S. Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);

Attorney:

Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Shahid Merchant

Assistant Examiner:

Hunter J Rasnic

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G16H 70/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/0509 (2016.11); A61G 7/0514 (2016.11); A61G 7/0524 (2016.11); A61G 7/05769 (2013.01); A61G 7/05792 (2016.11); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G16H 70/20 (2018.01); A61G 2203/12 (2013.01); A61G 2203/16 (2013.01); A61G 2203/20 (2013.01); A61G 2203/36 (2013.01); A61G 2203/40 (2013.01); A61G 2210/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

A patient support system for providing improved guidance and/or troubleshooting with respect to a patient support apparatus. A user interface is configured to receive inputs from a user, and an information output device is configured to provide instructions to the user. A controller determines a guidance protocol for the user based on the inputs. The guidance protocol comprises user-performed actions to be performed by the user in response to the instructions provided to the user with the information output device. The guidance protocol may be initiated and/or determined based on a troubleshooting request and/or an uncorrelated sequence of user inputs. At least one of the user-performed actions may be configured to control operational functions of a patient support apparatus. Methods for improving patient care by providing the guidance and/or troubleshooting are also disclosed.

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