US 12,144,607 B2
Exit detection system with compensation
Marko N. Kostic, Johnson City, TN (US); and Jonathan Mark Greenbank, Plainwell, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/823,923.
Application 16/823,923 is a continuation of application No. 14/918,003, filed on Oct. 20, 2015, granted, now 10,617,327.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/076,005, filed on Nov. 6, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0214599 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/005 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/06 (2006.01); A61G 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1115 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6891 (2013.01); A61G 7/005 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/0524 (2016.11); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/06 (2013.01); A61G 13/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/1113 (2013.01); A61G 7/0507 (2013.01); A61G 2203/32 (2013.01); A61G 2203/42 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A person support apparatus comprising:
a support deck adapted to support thereon an occupant of the person support apparatus;
a plurality of force sensors adapted to detect a load, the load including the support deck and the occupant when the occupant is supported on the support deck;
a siderail movable between a first position and a second position;
a siderail sensor adapted to detect whether the siderail is in the first position or the second position; and
a controller adapted to issue an alert if outputs from the plurality of force sensors meet at least one criterion, the controller taking into account a current position of the siderail when determining whether to issue the alert or not.