US 12,310,903 B2
Preview function for continuous lateral rotation therapy
Richard H. Heimbrock, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Robert M. Zerhusen, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,419.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/036,706, filed on Jun. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378894 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/008 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/018 (2013.01) [A61G 7/008 (2013.01); A61G 7/05769 (2013.01); A61G 2203/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus, comprising:
a patient support surface including a rotation device, and
a controller operable to control the rotation device, the controller including a processor and a non-transitory memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate the rotation device to perform a rotation preview sequence prior to the processor being operated to initiate a rotation sequence in which the patient support surface is moved to a desired angle of rotation by the rotation device and held in the desired angle of rotation for a dwell time,
wherein, during the rotation preview sequence, the controller causes the rotation device to move the patient support surface to a first evaluation position for a first predetermined period of time that is less than the dwell time, wherein the first predetermined period of time enables the caregiver to assess a patient on the patient support surface at the first evaluation position,
wherein, during the rotation preview sequence, the rotation device moves the patient support surface to a flat position after the first predetermined period of time, and
wherein, after the rotation preview sequence, the caregiver is enabled to activate the rotation sequence to move the patient support surface to the desired angle of rotation and held at the desired angle of rotation for the dwell time that is greater than the first predetermined period of time of the rotation preview sequence.