US 12,377,005 B2
Patient support apparatus control systems
Krishna S. Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Madhu Thomas, London (CA); Christopher A. George, St. Thomas (CA); Sujay Sukumaran, Portage, MI (US); Ammon K. Wright, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Marko N. Kostic, Johnson City, TN (US); William Dwight Childs, Plainwell, MI (US); and Richard A. Derenne, Portage, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/381,502.
Application 17/381,502 is a continuation of application No. 16/019,973, filed on Jun. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,096,850.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/525,368, filed on Jun. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346220 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/008 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/018 (2013.01) [A61G 7/008 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 2203/16 (2013.01); A61G 2203/20 (2013.01); A61G 2203/30 (2013.01); A61G 2203/32 (2013.01); A61G 2203/40 (2013.01); A61G 2203/42 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus comprising:
a patient support deck comprising a patient support surface and a deck section configured to move between a first section position and a second section position;
a barrier to at least partially limit patient egress from the patient support surface, the barrier being operatively attached to the deck section of the patient support deck for concurrent movement between the first section position and the second section position;
a user interface coupled to the barrier and configured to receive input from a user, the user interface including a screen to display visual content to the user, and an input device to generate an input signal in response to receiving user input;
an orientation sensor to determine an orientation of the screen of the user interface based on movement of the deck section between the first section position and the second section position; and
a controller in communication with the user interface and the orientation sensor, the controller being configured to:
perform a function of the patient support apparatus in response to receiving the input signal from the input device; and
maintain a predetermined orientation of the visual content displayed on the screen based on the orientation of the screen determined by the orientation sensor as the screen moves with the deck section between the first section position and the second section position.