EQUIPMENT, DRESSING AND GARMENT WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY TO A PATIENT BED
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1. A system comprisinga bed having at least one reader to receive wireless signals and having a patient position monitoring system that, when in an enabled state, alarms in response to at least one of the following:
- a patient exiting the bed or a patient moving toward exiting the bed by a threshold amount, anda garment having a transmitter that emits a wireless garment signal that is read by the reader, the patient position monitoring system changing from a disabled state to an enabled state in response to receipt of the wireless garment signal by the at least one reader.
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Abstract
A system comprises a patient bed having a reader to read wireless signals. In some embodiments a wound dressing has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed. In other embodiments, a garment has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed. In still further embodiments, other medical equipment has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed.
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1. A system comprising
a bed having at least one reader to receive wireless signals and having a patient position monitoring system that, when in an enabled state, alarms in response to at least one of the following: - a patient exiting the bed or a patient moving toward exiting the bed by a threshold amount, and
a garment having a transmitter that emits a wireless garment signal that is read by the reader, the patient position monitoring system changing from a disabled state to an enabled state in response to receipt of the wireless garment signal by the at least one reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- a patient exiting the bed or a patient moving toward exiting the bed by a threshold amount, and
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