US 11,707,391 B2
Hospital bed having rounding checklist
Keith A. Huster, Sunman, IN (US); Dan R. Tallent, Hope, IN (US); Brian J. Kendall, Batesville, IN (US); William G. Pittenger, Aurora, IN (US); Stephen C. Flint, Fortville, IN (US); Robert M. Zerhusen, Cincinnati, OH (US); Matt W. Crane, Prospect, KY (US); and James M. Allen, Batesville, IN (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/92,462.
Application 17/092,462 is a continuation of application No. 15/292,578, filed on Oct. 13, 2016, granted, now 10,857,050.
Application 15/292,578 is a continuation of application No. 13/249,336, filed on Sep. 30, 2011, granted, now 9,492,341, issued on Nov. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/391,261, filed on Oct. 8, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052449 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01)
CPC A61G 7/018 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1115 (2013.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/0507 (2013.01); A61G 7/0513 (2016.11); A61G 7/0516 (2016.11); A61G 7/0524 (2016.11); A61G 7/0527 (2016.11); A61G 7/0528 (2016.11); A61G 7/05769 (2013.01); A61G 7/05776 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 5/7435 (2013.01); A61G 2203/16 (2013.01); A61G 2203/20 (2013.01); A61G 2203/42 (2013.01); A61G 2203/44 (2013.01); A61G 2205/50 (2013.01); A61G 2205/60 (2013.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hospital bed comprising
a base frame,
a set of casters coupled to the base frame,
an upper frame assembly including a patient support deck having a plurality of movable deck sections including a head section, the movable deck sections being movable to change a position at which a patient is supported by the patient support deck,
a plurality of motors operable to move at least some of the movable deck sections,
a lift system operable to raise, lower, and tilt the upper frame assembly relative to the base frame,
a set of barriers coupled to the upper frame assembly, at least some of the barriers being movable relative to the upper frame assembly between a raised position and a lowered position,
control circuitry carried by at least one of the base frame and the upper frame assembly,
a scale system coupled to the control circuitry and operable to weigh a patient supported by the patient support deck, the scale system also operable as a bed exit monitoring system to monitor whether a patient has exited the hospital bed and to initiate an alarm if the patient has exited the hospital bed,
an angle sensor coupled to the control circuitry and operable to measure an angle at which the head section is raised relative to another portion of the upper frame assembly or relative to horizontal, and
a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to the control circuitry, the control circuitry configured to command the GUI to display a rounding checklist screen for a caregiver to use to indicate that at least one task on a rounding checklist has been completed, the rounding checklist including tasks relating to: (i) moving the head section to a position that is above 30 degrees as sensed by the angle sensor, (ii) arming the bed exit monitoring system, (iii) moving the upper frame assembly to a lowered position relative to the base frame, and (iv) setting a brake of the set of casters.