System and Method for Reporting Status of a Bed
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1. A method of reporting the status of a bed for an occupant at risk of falls, comprising:
- determining if a Patient Position Monitoring (PPM) system is armed;
determining if a safeguard is in effect; and
operating a lamp module to signify a satisfactory status or an unsatisfactory status of the bed as set forth below;
Bed Status PPM Safeguard Indication Armed In Effect Satisfactory Armed Not In Effect Unsatisfactory
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Abstract
A method and system of reporting the status of a bed (12) whose occupant is at risk of an undesired event, includes indicating that the occupant is at risk of the undesired event and operating a lamp module (42) to signify a satisfactory status or an unsatisfactory status of the bed.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of reporting the status of a bed for an occupant at risk of falls, comprising:
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determining if a Patient Position Monitoring (PPM) system is armed; determining if a safeguard is in effect; and operating a lamp module to signify a satisfactory status or an unsatisfactory status of the bed as set forth below; Bed Status PPM Safeguard Indication Armed In Effect Satisfactory Armed Not In Effect Unsatisfactory - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 34, 35, 36, 37)
Auxiliary Bed Status Condition PPM Safeguard Indication Acceptable Armed In Effect Satisfactory Acceptable Armed Not In Effect Unsatisfactory Unacceptable Unsatisfactory
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34. The method of claim 1, wherein operating the lamp module includes directing light emitted from the lamp module at least partially toward a floor.
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35. The method of claim 34 wherein the light is directed predominantly toward the floor.
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36. The system of claim 15 wherein the lamp module is positioned and oriented so that light emitted from the module is directed at least partially toward a floor.
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37. The system of claim 36 wherein the light is directed predominantly toward the floor.
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16. A status reporting system for reporting whether or not an occupant of a bed is satisfactorily protected, comprising:
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a Patient Position Monitoring (PPM) system having an armed state and a disarmed state; at least one lamp module; means for conditionally governing operation of the lamp module, the means producing a message to operate the lamp module in a first manner to signify a satisfactory status of the bed or a second manner to signify an unsatisfactory status of the bed as set forth below; Manner of PPM Safeguard Operation Armed In Effect First Armed Not In Effect Second - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 38)
Status of an Auxiliary PPM Bed Status Condition Status Safeguard Indication Acceptable Armed In Effect Satisfactory Acceptable Armed Not In Effect Unsatisfactory Unacceptable Unsatisfactory
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38. The system of claim 16 including a shield for intercepting light emissions in directions toward occupants of nearby beds.
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28. A method of reporting the status of a bed whose occupant is at risk of an undesired event, comprising:
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indicating that the occupant is at risk of the undesired event; and operating a lamp module to signify a satisfactory status or an unsatisfactory status of the bed as set forth below; Is Event Specific Safeguard Bed Status At Risk? In Effect? Indication Yes Yes Satisfactory Yes No Unsatisfactory - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
Is Event Specific Auxiliary Safeguard Bed Status Condition At Risk? In Effect? Indication Acceptable Yes Yes Satisfactory Acceptable Yes No Unsatisfactory Unacceptable Unsatisfactory
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31. A retrofit kit for upgrading a bed to reveal whether or not an occupant of the bed is satisfactorily protected, comprising:
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at least one lamp module securable to the bed and configured to be responsive a SATISFACTORY message, an UNSATISFACTORY message and a NULL message; means, responsive to a PPM message indicating whether a PPM system is armed or disarmed and also responsive to state or condition information for revealing whether a risk specific safeguard is in effect for producing the SATISFACTORY or UNSATISFACTORY message as set forth below; PPM Risk Specific State Safeguard Message Armed In Effect SATISFACTORY Armed Not In Effect UNSATISFACTORY - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
Auxiliary PPM Risk Specific Condition Status Safeguard Message Acceptable Armed In Effect Satisfactory Acceptable Armed Not In Effect Unsatisfactory Unacceptable Unsatisfactory
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