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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Thierry Flocard, Montpellier, FR;
Gilles Camus, Montpellier, FR;
Jean-marie Basilio, Meze, FR;
Jean-louis Viard, Grabels, FR;
Thierry Flocard, Montpellier, FR;
Gilles Camus, Montpellier, FR;
Jean-Marie Basilio, Meze, FR;
Jean-Louis Viard, Grabels, FR;
Hill-Rom Industries SA, Montpellier, FR;
Abstract
A mattress system includes a mattress, a control unit spaced from the mattress, and a connector assembly that pneumatically and electrically interconnects the control unit with the mattress. The control unit has a main housing and a plurality of user interface modules that are selectively coupleable to the control unit and that are programmed differently to provide different modes of operation for the mattress system. A pressure sensor inside the mattress detects the presence or absence of a person on the mattress. The mattress system has a bed exit alarm system that, when armed, provides a bed exit alarm if the pressure sensor in the mattress detects that a patient has exited the mattress. The connector assembly includes a dual mode connector having both electrical and pneumatic couplers and a dual lumen hose assembly that extends from the dual mode connector to the mattress.