Hospital bed having wired and wireless network connectivity
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1. A hospital bed for use in a healthcare facility having a network, the hospital bed comprising:
- a frame configured to support a patient, andbed control circuitry carried by the frame and configured to control a plurality functions of the hospital bed and configured to monitor status of the plurality of functions, the bed control circuitry including a wireless communication module and at least one wired module, wherein the bed control circuitry is configured to receive software upgrades transmitted via the network wirelessly for receipt by the wireless communication module and via a wired connection to the network for receipt by the at least one wired module.
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Abstract
A hospital bed is programmable with new firmware that is downloaded to the bed over a network. The firmware is downloaded to the bed automatically from a remote computer device. The remote computer device receives a message from the hospital bed which includes data regarding the version number of the bed'"'"'s current firmware, and if the version number indicates that the firmware is an outdated version, the remote computer device downloads a new version of the firmware to the bed.
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1. A hospital bed for use in a healthcare facility having a network, the hospital bed comprising:
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a frame configured to support a patient, and bed control circuitry carried by the frame and configured to control a plurality functions of the hospital bed and configured to monitor status of the plurality of functions, the bed control circuitry including a wireless communication module and at least one wired module, wherein the bed control circuitry is configured to receive software upgrades transmitted via the network wirelessly for receipt by the wireless communication module and via a wired connection to the network for receipt by the at least one wired module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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