MATTRESS MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20080141460A1
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mark D. Shaw
• Original Assignee: Mark D. Shaw
• Inventors: Shaw, Mark
• Application Number:
  US12/021,724
• Publication Number:
  US 20080141460A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/600
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/12 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/05776 with at least two groups of alternately inflated chambers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A system for monitoring a mattress controller including a portable monitor having a memory, an input/output node in selective communication with the mattress controller, a processor programmed to maintain in the memory a data structure including a control data associated with the mattress controller, and selectively link with the mattress controller to communicate with the mattress controller to confirm or update the control data.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium in a portable monitor for a mattress monitoring system that includes a mattress controller, the portable monitor having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

(a) maintaining a data structure for a bed identification and one or more control data associated with said bed identification;

(b) selectively linking with the mattress controller to retrieve a current control data from the mattress controller, and comparing the current control data from the mattress controller to the control data maintained in the portable monitor.

2. The computer readable medium in a portable monitor having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1 further comprising:

updating the control data maintained in the portable monitor based on the current control data from the mattress controller.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said input/output node includes a wireless transceiver.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising a connector attachable to the mattress controller and the input/output node to establish communication therebetween.

3. A portable monitor for monitoring a mattress system that includes a mattress controller, the portable monitor comprising:

a memory;

an input/output node adapted to communicate with the mattress controller;

a processor programmed to maintain in said memory a data structure including a bed identification and a control data associated with said bed identification;

selectively link with the mattress controller;

prompt the controller for a current control data;

receive computer readable information from the mattress controller to update the control data stored in the data structure; and

control a display to report the control data to the user.

4. The portable monitor of claim 3, wherein said input/output node includes a wireless transceiver.

5. The portable monitor of claim 3, wherein said input/output node communicates with the mattress controller via a cable connected to said input/output node.

6. A system for monitoring a mattress controller comprising:

a portable monitor having a memory, an input/output node adapted to communicate with the mattress controller, and a processor programmed to maintain in the memory a data structure including a control data associated with the mattress controller, and selectively communicate with the mattress controller to confirm or update the control data maintained within the memory.