Hospital bed
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1. A patient support comprising:
- a support deck;
a mattress comprising one or more air bladders or one or more layers of foam and an identifying feature that identifies a mattress type of the mattress supported by the support deck as being an air mattress type if the mattress has one or more air bladders and identifies the mattress type as a foam mattress type if the mattress has one or more layers of foam; and
a control system, coupled to the mattress, the control system comprising a display to prompt a user to select the mattress type of the mattress, an input device that permits the user to select the mattress type of the mattress as being one of an air mattress type and a foam mattress type, a fluid supply to supply fluid to the mattress, and a controller to cause the fluid supply to supply fluid to the air bladders in response to selection of an air mattress type and cause the fluid supply not to supply fluid to the air bladders in response to selection of a foam mattress type.
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Abstract
A hospital bed including a mattress and a frame. The width of the frame of the hospital bed is adjustable and the width of the mattress is adjustable. The hospital bed may include a frame and mattress adapted to support a heavy or large patient, including a bariatric or obese patient.
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26 Claims
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1. A patient support comprising:
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a support deck; a mattress comprising one or more air bladders or one or more layers of foam and an identifying feature that identifies a mattress type of the mattress supported by the support deck as being an air mattress type if the mattress has one or more air bladders and identifies the mattress type as a foam mattress type if the mattress has one or more layers of foam; and a control system, coupled to the mattress, the control system comprising a display to prompt a user to select the mattress type of the mattress, an input device that permits the user to select the mattress type of the mattress as being one of an air mattress type and a foam mattress type, a fluid supply to supply fluid to the mattress, and a controller to cause the fluid supply to supply fluid to the air bladders in response to selection of an air mattress type and cause the fluid supply not to supply fluid to the air bladders in response to selection of a foam mattress type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A patient support comprising:
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A mattress, including an identifying feature that distinguishes a mattress type of the mattress from other mattress types as being either an air mattress type if the mattress has one or more air bladders and identifies the mattress type as a foam mattress type if the mattress has one or more layers of foam; A support deck, to support the mattress; and A control system coupled to the mattress, the control system including a fluid supply and an input device adjacent the mattress and coupled to a controller, the input device configured to receive user input indicative of a foam mattress type and generate, based upon the user input, a signal representative of the mattress type, the controller configured to receive the signal representative of the mattress type, the controller including at least one output to cause the fluid supply to supply fluid to the mattress in response to a signal representative of an air mattress type and cause the fluid supply not to supply fluid to the mattress in response to a signal representative of a foam mattress type. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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