Signal display system and luminaire apparatus for operating same
First Claim
1. A call system for use in hospitals, nursing homes and the like, wherein services provided may be classified in three groups in terms of importance in responding to the patient'"'"'s needs including services lowest in importance by a nurse'"'"'s aide, services of greater importance rendered by a nurse or a doctor and services of greatest importance rendered by an emergency unit or team, said call system comprising a luminaire apparatus including a call lamp to be located at a nurse'"'"'s call station, electrical circuitry for connecting the call lamp with a patient'"'"'s room at a distance from the call station and a portable call box located in the patient'"'"'s room at a patient'"'"'s bedside, said call box having constructed therein a plurality of switches for selectively energizing the call lamp and producing light signals or differing light characteristics which are arranged or coded in ascending order of importance and which are correlated with the said three classified groups of services.
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Abstract
A nurse'"'"'s call system is constructed for use in hospitals, nursing homes and the like wherein classified groups of services are provided including (a) services lowest in importance rendered by a nurse'"'"'s aide; (b) services of greater importance rendered by a nurse or a doctor; and (c) services of greatest importance rendered by an emergency unit or team including units to deal with cardiac arrest, hemorrhage, shock, suffocation, oxygen requirements, and the like. The call system comprises a luminaire apparatus including a call lamp located at the nurse'"'"'s call station, electrical circuitry connecting the call lamp with a remotely located patient'"'"'s room, and a portable call box located at the patient'"'"'s room at a patient'"'"'s bedside. The call box is provided with a plurality of switches for energizing the call lamp and producing light signals of differing light characteristics which are arranged or coded in an ascending order of importance and which are correlated with the classified groups of hospital services noted. As each light signal is received at the nurse'"'"'s call station, the characteristics of the coded light emission indicates the order of magnitude of urgency desired in obtaining a signal response, as well as the specific assistance a patient may require.
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- 1. A call system for use in hospitals, nursing homes and the like, wherein services provided may be classified in three groups in terms of importance in responding to the patient'"'"'s needs including services lowest in importance by a nurse'"'"'s aide, services of greater importance rendered by a nurse or a doctor and services of greatest importance rendered by an emergency unit or team, said call system comprising a luminaire apparatus including a call lamp to be located at a nurse'"'"'s call station, electrical circuitry for connecting the call lamp with a patient'"'"'s room at a distance from the call station and a portable call box located in the patient'"'"'s room at a patient'"'"'s bedside, said call box having constructed therein a plurality of switches for selectively energizing the call lamp and producing light signals or differing light characteristics which are arranged or coded in ascending order of importance and which are correlated with the said three classified groups of services.
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