Communications: electrical – Systems – Call station
Patent
1995-08-04
1997-12-16
Lefkowitz, Edward
Communications: electrical
Systems
Call station
34028606, 34082508, 34082552, H04Q 100
Patent
active
056990383
ABSTRACT:
A bed status information system for indicating to attending personnel the status of a patient bed includes bed condition input signal generators carried by the bed and coupled to operational elements on the bed, which have one or more monitorable conditions. The signal generators are operable to monitor a bed element condition and input signal indicative of the status of the monitored condition. An interface board on the bed processes the bed condition input signal and generates bed condition messages, which indicate the status of the monitored condition. A processing station remote from the bed is electrically coupled via a datalink to the interface board and is operable to receive the bed condition messages and indicate the status of the patient bed and its operational elements to attending personnel at a location remote from the bed, thereby eliminating the need for constant personnel attendance at the bed. The system is capable for monitoring a variety of different bed operational element systems, as well as providing a remote processing station and identification number for the bed, bed-type information, and a list of the operational capabilities of the bed.
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Jennings Bob
Myers Julie
Novak Joe
Scott Tom
Ulrich Daniel J.
Hill-Rom Inc.
Lefkowitz Edward
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