Hospital bed exit detection, height limiting and tare weight recalibrating systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method for detecting an exit of a patient from a hospital bed, the method comprising:
- detecting a presence of the patient on a patient receiving surface of the bed;
upon detection of the presence the patient on the patient receiving surface, automatically monitoring the presence of the patient within a predetermined patient area on the patient receiving surface;
detecting that the patient has moved from the predetermined patient to outside the predetermined patient area; and
upon said detecting that the patient has moved outside the predetermined patient area, activating a bed alarm, thereby indicating to a user that an exit of the patient from the hospital bed has been detected.
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Abstract
A method for detecting an exit of a patient from a hospital bed, the method comprising: detecting a presence of the patient on the bed; upon detection of the patient on the bed, monitoring an indication that the patient has moved from a predetermined patient area on a patient receiving surface of the bed to outside the predetermined patient area; upon detection that the patient has moved outside the predetermined patient area, activating a bed alarm to indicate to a user that an exit of the patient from the hospital bed has been detected. There is also provided a system for detecting an exit of a patient from a hospital bed. There is further provided a method for limiting a height of a hospital bed and a method for recalibrating a tare weight condition of a hospital bed.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for detecting an exit of a patient from a hospital bed, the method comprising:
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detecting a presence of the patient on a patient receiving surface of the bed; upon detection of the presence the patient on the patient receiving surface, automatically monitoring the presence of the patient within a predetermined patient area on the patient receiving surface; detecting that the patient has moved from the predetermined patient to outside the predetermined patient area; and upon said detecting that the patient has moved outside the predetermined patient area, activating a bed alarm, thereby indicating to a user that an exit of the patient from the hospital bed has been detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A bed exit detection system for a hospital bed, the hospital bed including a patient receiving surface, the system comprising:
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a weight sensing assembly operatively connected to the bed to measure a weight of a patient received on the patient receiving surface of the bed; a patient location sensor operatively connected to the patient receiving surface, the patient location sensor being configured for detecting a presence of the patient in a predetermined patient area on the patient receiving surface of the bed; a user interface for receiving inputs from a user; a display for providing visual indications to the user; a bed exit alarm configured for providing an indication to a user that an exit of a patient from the patient receiving surface is detected; a processing unit operatively connected to the weight sensing assembly, the patient location sensor, the user interface, the display and the bed exit alarm, the processing unit being configured to receive from the weight sensing assembly an indication that the patient is received on the patient receiving surface of the bed, upon receipt of the indication that the patient is received on the patient receiving surface of the bed, to automatically monitor the presence of the patient in the predetermined patient area on the patient receiving surface, to receive from the patient location sensor an indication that the patient has moved from the predetermined patient area on the patient receiving surface to outside the predetermined patient area, thereby indicating an exit of the patient from the bed, and for activating the bed exit alarm when the exit of the patient from the bed is detected. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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