Multi-alert lights for hospital bed
First Claim
1. A patient support apparatus comprisinga frame configured to support a patient, the frame having a head end, a foot end, and a pair of laterally spaced apart sides, the head end and the foot end being spaced apart in a longitudinal dimension of the patient support apparatus, the frame having a lateral frame member at the foot end, the lateral frame member extending substantially a full distance between the laterally spaced apart sides and having an interior region, anda plurality of alert lights coupled to the lateral frame member and situated inside the interior region of the lateral frame member, the plurality of alert lights individually illuminating separate zones along the lateral frame member to convey information regarding respective alert conditions, each zone of the separate zones being sufficiently large to extend at least half the distance between a top and a bottom of the lateral frame member without extending beyond the top and bottom of the lateral frame member.
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, includes an alert light assembly or an alert light module having separate zones that are individually illuminated to convey information regarding respective alert conditions. The zones each have indicia related to a particular condition of the patient support apparatus. The illuminated zones are each sufficiently large so as to be seen from afar, such as on the order of ten feet or more. Alternatively or additionally, a GUI of the patient support apparatus displays alert indicia as part of a screen saver. Further alternatively or additionally, the patient support apparatus illuminates an alert light in a manner indicating an optimal time for taking a patient'"'"'s vital signs.
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1. A patient support apparatus comprising
a frame configured to support a patient, the frame having a head end, a foot end, and a pair of laterally spaced apart sides, the head end and the foot end being spaced apart in a longitudinal dimension of the patient support apparatus, the frame having a lateral frame member at the foot end, the lateral frame member extending substantially a full distance between the laterally spaced apart sides and having an interior region, and a plurality of alert lights coupled to the lateral frame member and situated inside the interior region of the lateral frame member, the plurality of alert lights individually illuminating separate zones along the lateral frame member to convey information regarding respective alert conditions, each zone of the separate zones being sufficiently large to extend at least half the distance between a top and a bottom of the lateral frame member without extending beyond the top and bottom of the lateral frame member.
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