SYSTEM WIDE FIRMWARE UPDATES TO NETWORKED HOSPITAL BEDS
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Abstract
A hospital bed is programmable with new firmware that is downloaded to the bed over a network. The firmware is downloaded to the bed automatically from a remote computer device. The remote computer device receives a message from the hospital bed which includes data regarding the version number of the bed'"'"'s current firmware, and if the version number indicates that the firmware is an outdated version, the remote computer device downloads a new version of the firmware to the bed.
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40 Claims
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21. A system for use in a healthcare facility having a network, the system comprising
a plurality of hospital beds coupled to the network, and at least one computer device that is remote from each hospital bed of the plurality of hospital beds and that is coupled to the network, wherein each of the plurality of hospital beds is configured to send a message to the remote computer device including data indicative of a version number of current firmware of the respective hospital bed, wherein the at least one remote computer device is configured to download a new version of firmware to each of the hospital beds of the plurality of hospital beds if the version number of current firmware of the respective hospital bed corresponds to at least one outdated firmware version.
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