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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Dan R. Tallent, Hope, IN (US);
Michelle Kovach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James M. Allen, Batesville, IN (US);
Timothy A. Stanley, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Aziz A. Bhai, West Chester, OH (US);
Dan R. Tallent, Hope, IN (US);
Michelle Kovach, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James M. Allen, Batesville, IN (US);
Timothy A. Stanley, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Aziz A. Bhai, West Chester, OH (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A hospital bed has a bed exit alarm system including an audible alarm that sounds when an alert condition is detected, such as when a patient exits the bed or moves toward exiting the bed. The bed exit alarm system includes at least one user input that is used to enable the bed exit alarm system and a bed exit alarm silence input that stops the audible alarm from sounding or that prevents the alarm from sounding. The bed exit alarm system is configured such that after the bed exit alarm silence input is used, the bed exit alarm system is re-enabled automatically without any action by a caregiver in response to one or more sensors sensing that the patient is, once again, supported on the bed.