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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Safer Care Llc, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
SAFER CARE, L.L.C., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a controller and/or a procedure table. The procedure table includes a driver that moves the table, and at least one indicator that indicates status of a condition of the table. The controller includes an unlock actuator that enables the driver to move the table, and a lock actuator that prevents the driver from moving the table while enabling the at least one indicator to continue indicating the status. In some exemplary embodiments, the unlock actuator does not enable the driver to move the table until after expiration of a specified delay period that begins upon actuation of the unlock actuator. Other exemplary embodiments also include a delay period indicator that indicates initiation of the delay period upon actuation of the unlock actuator, and that terminates the indication upon expiration of the delay period.