Patient control arm with phone dock and head of bed lockout
First Claim
1. A patient control unit for controlling functions of a hospital bed, the patient control unit comprising a housing having a first side that includes a plurality of user inputs to control the functions of the hospital bed, the housing having a second side having a dock to secure a handheld electronic device in place on the housing, wherein the first and second sides face in opposite directions, wherein the dock comprises a pair of clamp members that are spaced apart from one another and that are substantially similarly shaped so that the electronic device is securable to the dock in a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the handheld electronic device is clamped at opposite sides thereof between the pair of clamp members due to a spring bias of a spring acting on a movable first clamp member of the pair of clamp members with a second clamp member of the pair of clamp members being a stationary clamp member fixed to the second side of housing, wherein the spring is located relative to the housing so that the movable first clamp member is situated between the spring and the second clamp member, and wherein when the first and second sides of the housing are generally vertically oriented, the patient control unit is devoid of any structure beneath the handheld device that engages a bottom of the handheld device when the handheld device is secured to the housing by the pair of clamp members.
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Abstract
A patient control unit for controlling functions of a hospital bed includes a housing having a first side that includes a plurality of user inputs to control the functions of the hospital bed. The housing has a second side that includes a dock to secure a handheld phone in place on the housing. A hospital bed has a head-of-bed angle (HOBA) lockout selector that is used to signal a controller to prevent a head section of the bed from being moved below a threshold.
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- 1. A patient control unit for controlling functions of a hospital bed, the patient control unit comprising a housing having a first side that includes a plurality of user inputs to control the functions of the hospital bed, the housing having a second side having a dock to secure a handheld electronic device in place on the housing, wherein the first and second sides face in opposite directions, wherein the dock comprises a pair of clamp members that are spaced apart from one another and that are substantially similarly shaped so that the electronic device is securable to the dock in a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein the handheld electronic device is clamped at opposite sides thereof between the pair of clamp members due to a spring bias of a spring acting on a movable first clamp member of the pair of clamp members with a second clamp member of the pair of clamp members being a stationary clamp member fixed to the second side of housing, wherein the spring is located relative to the housing so that the movable first clamp member is situated between the spring and the second clamp member, and wherein when the first and second sides of the housing are generally vertically oriented, the patient control unit is devoid of any structure beneath the handheld device that engages a bottom of the handheld device when the handheld device is secured to the housing by the pair of clamp members.
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