US 12,285,373 B2
Techniques for notifying persons within a vicinity of a patient support apparatus of a remote control function
Anuj Sidhu, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Alexander Bodurka, Portage, MI (US); Akash Agrawal, Maharashtra (IN); Brajesh Kumar, Aligarh (IN); Sachin Pachauri, Hathras (IN); and Chandra Bhanu Vats, Darbhanga (IN)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/125,361.
Application 17/125,361 is a continuation of application No. 16/211,925, filed on Dec. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,905,611.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/609,801, filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106478 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/0524 (2016.11) [A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/0506 (2013.01); A61G 7/1065 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0252 (2013.01); A61G 7/0528 (2016.11); A61G 7/1046 (2013.01); A61G 7/1067 (2013.01); A61G 2203/32 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A patient support apparatus comprising:
a patient support structure configured to support a patient;
a patient therapy device actuatable to at least partially move the patient to provide therapy treatment when the patient is disposed on said patient support structure;
a controller coupled to a notification system and the patient therapy device and being configured to:
receive a selection of a remote control function via a communication network, the selection of the remote control function requiring the patient therapy device to actuate;
generate a notification in response to receiving the selection of the remote control function; and
transmit an output signal to said patient therapy device based on the selection of the remote control function; and
wherein the notification system is configured to execute the notification to notify a person within a vicinity of the patient support structure at a first time, the first time being after receiving the selection of the remote control function and prior to transmitting, with the controller, the output signal to said patient therapy device based on the selection of the remote control function.