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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Guy Lemire, Beaumont, CA;
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Pascal Castonguay, Lévis, CA;
Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Portage, MI (US);
Chad Conway Souke, Portage, MI (US);
Kurosh Nahavandi, Portage, MI (US);
Adam Darwin Downey, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Robert Gregory Cox, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Martin Plante, Portage, MI (US);
Guy Lemire, Beaumont, CA;
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Pascal Castonguay, Lévis, CA;
Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Portage, MI (US);
Chad Conway Souke, Portage, MI (US);
Kurosh Nahavandi, Portage, MI (US);
Adam Darwin Downey, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Robert Gregory Cox, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Martin Plante, Portage, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, gurney, surgical table, or the like, is disclosed that includes at least one form of wireless energy transfer and/or at least one form of wireless communication amongst its components. The wireless energy transfer may include the inductive transfer of electrical energy from the main body of the patient support apparatus to a mattress positioned thereon that uses electrical energy. Alternatively, the wireless energy transfer may include the inductive transfer or electrical energy from a stationary power station to the patient support itself. Or, the patient support apparatus may include both types of inductive energy transfer. The wireless communication may be between a controller on the main body of the patient support apparatus and a controller within, or coupled to, the mattress.