Patient support with universal energy supply system
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1. A patient support comprising:
- a patient support surface for supporting a patient thereon, said patient support having a mattress with at least one inflatable bladder and a pneumatic system, said pneumatic system being in fluid communication with the inflatable bladder and including a plurality of ports mounted to said patient support, each of said ports being accessible by a user for coupling an external device to said pneumatic system;
a DVT assembly having a housing and a DVT pump mounted in said housing, said DVT assembly being configured to mount to said patient support relative to said patient support surface, and when mounted to said patient support said DVT pump configured to be in fluid communication with said pneumatic system of said patient supportfor delivering fluid to at least one port of said ports, and said at least one said port configured for coupling to a DVT device for delivering fluid to the DVT device from said DVT pump when the DVT pump is in fluid communication with said pneumatic system of said patient support and after a user has coupled the DVT device to said at least one port; and
a patient support control system mounted in said patient support to control one more of components of said patient support and configured to communicate with the DVT assembly, and said control system configured to send signals to the DVT assembly to control the DVT pump.
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A patient support includes a patient support surface, a DVT pump mounted in the patient support, and a port mounted at the patient support in selective fluid communication with the DVT pump. Optionally, the patient support further includes a control system to detect when a DVT device is coupled or in close proximity to the port and/or the type of DVT device. Further, the control system may be configured to control the pump based on the type of DVT device coupled to the port.
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1. A patient support comprising:
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a patient support surface for supporting a patient thereon, said patient support having a mattress with at least one inflatable bladder and a pneumatic system, said pneumatic system being in fluid communication with the inflatable bladder and including a plurality of ports mounted to said patient support, each of said ports being accessible by a user for coupling an external device to said pneumatic system; a DVT assembly having a housing and a DVT pump mounted in said housing, said DVT assembly being configured to mount to said patient support relative to said patient support surface, and when mounted to said patient support said DVT pump configured to be in fluid communication with said pneumatic system of said patient support for delivering fluid to at least one port of said ports, and said at least one said port configured for coupling to a DVT device for delivering fluid to the DVT device from said DVT pump when the DVT pump is in fluid communication with said pneumatic system of said patient support and after a user has coupled the DVT device to said at least one port; and a patient support control system mounted in said patient support to control one more of components of said patient support and configured to communicate with the DVT assembly, and said control system configured to send signals to the DVT assembly to control the DVT pump. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A patient support comprising:
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an inflatable bladder forming a patient support surface to support a patient; a patient support based control system mounted in said patient support and for controlling one or more components of said patient support; a patient support based pneumatic system in fluid communication with said inflatable bladder for inflating or deflating said inflatable bladder; a recess provided in said patient support, said recess having a connection coupled to said control system and a first port in fluid communication with said patient support based pneumatic system; a DVT housing having a DVT pump, said DVT housing being configured to mount relative to said patient support surface, said DVT housing configured to couple to said connection and said first port of said recess when said DVT housing is mounted in said recess to couple said DVT pump to said control system and to said patient support based pneumatic system; said patient support further having a second port accessible by a user, and said second port in fluid communication with said DVT pump via said patient support based pneumatic system when said DVT housing is mounted in said recess and said DVT pump is in fluid communication with said pneumatic system; a DVT device, said second port configured to couple to said DVT device to deliver fluid to said DVT device from said DVT pump after said DVT device is coupled to said second port; and said DVT device including a communication device configured to send data and/or other signals to said control system on said patient support. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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