AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING PATIENT PLATFORM SUPPORT HEIGHT IN RESPONSE TO PATIENT RELATED EVENTS
First Claim
1. At a computer system, a method for responding to a support platform exiting event, the method comprising:
- accessing data from sensors that are monitoring a patient resting on a support platform, the support platform being a specified height above floor level;
determining whether the accessed data correlates with a threshold probability that the patient is attempting to exit the patient support platform; and
lowering the height of the support platform from the specified height to a lower height to reduce the potential fall distance of the patient in response to determining that the accessed data correlates with the threshold probability that the patient is attempting to exit the support platform.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for automatically adjusting patient platform support height in response to patient related events. Sensor data is accessed from sensors that are monitoring a patient resting on a support platform that is a specified height above floor level. It is detected from the accessed input data that the patient is attempting to exit the patient support platform. The height of the support platform is lowered from the specified height to a lower height to reduce the potential fall distance of the patient in response to detecting that the patient is attempting to exit the support platform. In some embodiments, a support platform is rapidly lowered to essentially floor level in a controlled manner.
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20 Claims
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1. At a computer system, a method for responding to a support platform exiting event, the method comprising:
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accessing data from sensors that are monitoring a patient resting on a support platform, the support platform being a specified height above floor level; determining whether the accessed data correlates with a threshold probability that the patient is attempting to exit the patient support platform; and lowering the height of the support platform from the specified height to a lower height to reduce the potential fall distance of the patient in response to determining that the accessed data correlates with the threshold probability that the patient is attempting to exit the support platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for use at a computer system, the computer program product for implementing a method for responding to a support platform exiting event, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to perform the following:
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access data from sensors that are monitoring a patient resting on a support platform, the support platform being a specified height above floor level; determine whether the accessed data correlates with a threshold probability that the patient is attempting to exit the patient support platform; and lower the height of the support platform from the specified height to a lower height to reduce the potential fall distance of the patient in response to determining that the accessed data correlates with the threshold probability that the patient is attempting to exit the support platform.
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18. At a computer system, a method for responding to a patient attempting to exit a bed in a healthcare facility, the bed including:
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a support platform, the support platform being a specified height above floor level; a plurality of platform lifts, each platform lift including; a pneumatic lift component configured to raise and lower in response to changes in compressed air supplied to the platform lift, including rapidly lowering to essentially floor level in response to a signal indicating a potential bed exiting event; a spring configured to lower the rate of deceleration of the corresponding lift component when the lift component is rapidly lowered to essentially floor level; and a channel permitting external components attached to the lift component to raise and lower with the lift component; a corresponding plurality of connecting brackets affixed to the support platform, each connecting bracket including a connection plate, each connection plate extending into a channel of a platform lift and attached to a pneumatic lift component of a corresponding platform lift; and a conduit connected to each of the platform lifts, the conduit for transferring compressed air at each platform lift used to regulate the height each of the plurality of lift components respectively; and a release valve couple to the conduit for releasing compressed air from the pneumatic lift components, the method comprising; accessing data from sensors that are monitoring the patient resting on the support platform; determining whether the accessed data correlates with a probability that the patient is attempting to exit the patient support platform; and signaling the release valve to release compressed air from the pneumatic lift components to lower the height of the support platform from the specified height to a lower height to reduce the potential fall distance of the patient in response to determining the accessed data correlates with the probability that the patient is attempting to exit the patient support platform. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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