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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David Terrance Becker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Brandon J. Buckingham, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Michael W. Steffler, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Richard A. Derenne, Portage, MI (US);
Joshua Elmer Mix, Portage, MI (US);
Annie Désaulniers, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes multiple sensors used to monitor aspects of a patient positioned on a support surface of the patient support apparatus. The outputs from the sensors are used, alone or in combination with other signals, to perform any one or more of the following: distinguishing between new and old patients entering onto the support surface; automatically zeroing a scale system on the support apparatus; distinguishing between objects and humans positioned on the support surface; determining if a patient is sleeping or awake; monitoring and characterizing movement levels of the patient; recording for subsequent display a log of likely events regarding the support surface; proposing identifications of objects added to or removed from the support surface; automatically re-arming a patient exit alert system; recording force outputs prior to and during a patient exit from the support apparatus; and transmitting the recorded force outputs to a remote location.