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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Guy Lemire, Beaumont, CA;
Jean-Paul Dionne, Lévis, CA;
Marco Morin, Breakeyville, CA;
Richard Paré, Boucherville, CA;
Pascal Castonguay, Lévis, CA;
Luc Petitpas, L-ancienne-lorette, CA;
David Kim Soui Wan Fong, LaSalle, CA;
David T. Becker, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Christopher J. Hopper, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Michael J. Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Richard C. Mayoras, Jr., Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a deck, a plurality of side rails, a control panel, and a plurality of subsystems, such as a bed exit system that detects when a patient may exit from the support apparatus, or a lifting mechanism to raise and lower the deck. A controller is in communication with the control panel and is adapted to monitor conditions regarding the side rails and/or the other subsystems. At least one lamp is also provided on the patient support apparatus that is adapted to be illuminated in a first manner when a plurality of monitored conditions remain in a desired state, and in a second manner when at least one of the plurality of monitored conditions changes to an undesired state.