US 11,672,442 B2
System for managing patient support apparatuses and bed sore risks
Thomas Joseph Durlach, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Ross Michael Nave, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/854,053.
Application 17/854,053 is a continuation of application No. 16/832,767, filed on Mar. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,406,287.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,947, filed on Jun. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,387, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,360, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,187, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,195, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330852 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1117 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/1115 (2013.01); A61B 5/447 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/0516 (2016.11); A61G 7/0527 (2016.11); A61G 7/0528 (2016.11); A61G 7/05769 (2013.01); A61G 7/10 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2562/02 (2013.01); A61G 2203/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A caregiver assistance system for assisting a caregiver to reduce patient fall risks, the caregiver assistance system comprising:
(a) a bed comprising:
a litter frame;
a support deck supported on the litter frame and configured to support a patient thereon;
an inflatable mattress positioned on the support deck and adapted to be changed between a plurality of states;
a memory containing an identifier uniquely identifying the bed;
a transceiver;
a plurality of sensors adapted to detect states of a plurality of fall-risk components of the bed; and
a controller in communication with the memory, the sensors, and the transceiver, the controller adapted to transmit the identifier and the states of the plurality of fall-risk components; and
(b) a caregiver assistance application adapted to be executed on a server, the caregiver assistance application configured to receive the identifier and the states of the plurality of fall-risk components of the bed and to monitor compliance of the plurality of fall-risk components with a fall risk reduction protocol, the caregiver assistance application configured to communicate with a mobile electronic device comprising a display, a user input, and a web browser configured to be able to access a particular Uniform Resources Locator (URL) associated with the caregiver assistance application, the caregiver assistance application further configured to instruct the mobile electronic device to perform the following after accessing the particular URL:
(i) display the states of the plurality of fall-risk components of the bed;
(ii) display a plurality of bed sore risk factors;
(iii) receive individual assessments of the plurality of bed sore risk factors and forward the individual assessments to the caregiver assistance application; and
(iv) display a risk-reduction step if the bed sore risk assessments indicate the patient has an elevated risk of developing bed sores.