Hospital bed and room communication modules
First Claim
1. Apparatus for use in a healthcare facility having an Ethernet, the apparatus comprisinga room module situated at a fixed location in a patient room of the healthcare facility, the room module configured for both wired and wireless communication with the Ethernet,a hospital bed including a first communication module and a second communication module, the first communication module providing at least one of a wireless audio link or a wireless data link with the room module, the second communication module of the hospital bed configured for wireless communication with the Ethernet, anda patient station of a nurse call system situated in the patient room and in communication with the room module via a wired data link.
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Abstract
A system for use with a hospital bed having circuitry and a standard AC power outlet spaced from the hospital bed is provided. The system includes a cable assembly couplable to the circuitry of the hospital bed. The cable assembly has power conductors and at least one data conductor. The cable assembly also has a plug including a first power coupler coupled to the power conductors and a first data coupler coupled to the at least one data conductor. The system also includes a second data coupler mountable adjacent the standard AC power outlet. The second data coupler is configured to couple to the first data coupler when the first power coupler is coupled to the standard AC power outlet.
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1. Apparatus for use in a healthcare facility having an Ethernet, the apparatus comprising
a room module situated at a fixed location in a patient room of the healthcare facility, the room module configured for both wired and wireless communication with the Ethernet, a hospital bed including a first communication module and a second communication module, the first communication module providing at least one of a wireless audio link or a wireless data link with the room module, the second communication module of the hospital bed configured for wireless communication with the Ethernet, and a patient station of a nurse call system situated in the patient room and in communication with the room module via a wired data link.
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