US 12,029,695 B2
Energy storage device management for a patient support apparatus
Michael J. Hayes, South Haven, MI (US); Daniel V. Brosnan, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Annie Desaulniers, Bothell, WA (US); Aaron D. Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Alexey Titov, Redmond, WA (US); Ming Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Krishna S. Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Kevin M. Patmore, Plainwell, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/836,125.
Application 17/836,125 is a continuation of application No. 16/168,144, filed on Oct. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,389,357.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/576,318, filed on Oct. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296445 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 1/02 (2006.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/08 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/08 (2013.01) [A61G 1/0275 (2013.01); A61G 5/047 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/05 (2013.01); B25J 11/009 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a patient support apparatus including:
a support structure having a base and a patient support surface for a patient;
an electrical distribution system;
one or more electrical devices; and
an energy storage device (ESD) configured to store energy to power the one or more electrical devices through the electrical distribution system;
a unit being independent from the patient support apparatus and including a charging station for coupling to and charging the ESD and one or more replacement ESDs; and
a mobile computing device independent of the patient support apparatus and the unit, the mobile computing device including a display device, one or more processors, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to provide information presentable on the display device relating to directions to navigate the patient support apparatus to the unit.