Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Sectional user supporting surface
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-03
2008-10-21
Gibson, Randy W (Department: 2841)
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Sectional user supporting surface
C005S615000, C005S689000, C177S144000, C340S666000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07437787
ABSTRACT:
A system for monitoring a patient on a hospital bed includes load cells and a controller for detecting patient movement on, exit from, and impending exit from the hospital bed, including movement across or outside a virtual boundary or region located on the bed. The controller is configured to detect changes in the distribution of patient weight among the load cells. The controller is also configured to accommodate the installation or removal of medical equipment or other tare weights on the bed, head incline adjustment, and bed frame deformation or other changes in the system causing redistribution of weight among the load cells, while minimizing false alarms. A caregiver may select between various patient monitoring modes and remotely monitor patient movement relative to a reference load cell distribution, impending patient exit from the bed and patient exit from the bed. Pressures in an air mattress may be controlled based on signals from the load cells.
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Gibson Randy W
Hill-Rom Services Inc.
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