Wireless bed connectivity
First Claim
1. A hospital bed having a bed frame and wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit bed status data wirelessly to a network and to receive messages wirelessly from the network, the bed having a mattress associated therewith, the bed status data including information regarding at least one feature of the mattress and at least one feature of the bed frame, wherein bed status data received by the network wirelessly from the hospital bed results in a computer device of the network sending a message to control a feature of the mattress based on a state of the at least one feature of the bed frame.
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Abstract
A hospital bed has wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit wirelessly bed status data. A surface supported by the bed has wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit wirelessly surface status data. The wireless communication circuitry of the hospital bed and the wireless communication circuitry of the surface communicate with a network independently. A hospital bed with an integrated surface has wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit wirelessly bed status data and surface status data. The wireless bed status data and the wireless surface status data are received by wireless access points of a network of a healthcare facility.
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51 Claims
- 1. A hospital bed having a bed frame and wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit bed status data wirelessly to a network and to receive messages wirelessly from the network, the bed having a mattress associated therewith, the bed status data including information regarding at least one feature of the mattress and at least one feature of the bed frame, wherein bed status data received by the network wirelessly from the hospital bed results in a computer device of the network sending a message to control a feature of the mattress based on a state of the at least one feature of the bed frame.
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46. A system for use with a network of computer devices in a healthcare facility, the system comprising
a hospital bed having first wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit bed status data wirelessly to the network, a surface supported by the hospital bed and having second wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit surface status data wirelessly to the network, the second wireless communication circuitry being operable independent of the first wireless communication circuitry, and a computer device coupled to the network remotely from the hospital bed and the surface, the computer device being operable to do at least one of the following: - (i) transmit a control message to the first wireless communication circuitry of the hospital bed in response to the surface status data received from the surface by the computer device, and (ii) transmit a control message to the second wireless communication circuitry of the surface in response to the bed status data received from the hospital bed by the computer device.
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