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Estimation and monitoring of patient torso angle

  • US 10,127,788 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2017
  • Issued: 11/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A person support apparatus comprisinga frame including a head section to support a person'"'"'s upper body and a seat section to support the person'"'"'s sacral region,an angle sensor to sense an angle of elevation of the head section,a hip position sensor to sense a distance, d, between a desired hip position and a measured hip position, andelectronics coupled to the angle sensor and to the hip position sensor, the electronics being configured to estimate the person'"'"'s actual torso angle based on the angle of elevation of the head section as sensed by the angle sensor and the distance, d, as sensed by the hip position sensor.

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