Location detection system for a patient handling device
First Claim
1. A location detection system for a facility, said location detection system comprising:
- a patient handling device having a support surface for supporting a patient and being mobile for positioning at a location in the facility, said patient handling device further having circuitry for controlling one or more sensing, motor or therapy functions of said patient handling device and having a unique patient handling device ID, and said patient handling device including a network interface;
a location transmitting device spaced from the patient handling device for communicating a unique location identifier corresponding to the location of said patient handling device to said patient handling device;
wherein said circuitry is operable to send patient handling device status data, and said circuitry is operable to send said unique patient handling device ID and the unique location identifier from said patient handing device by way of said network interface.
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Abstract
A location detection system for a facility includes a patient handling device with a communication module with a unique ID, a locator fixed relative to the handling device for transmitting a unique location identifier corresponding to the location of the handling device, and a receiver mounted to the patient device for receiving the unique location identifier. A processing station remote from the handling device and the locator receives the unique location identifier and the unique ID and further correlates the unique ID with a patient supported by the handling device wherein the processing station can track the handling device and the patient supported thereby such that the location of the patient and handling device can be determined and monitored remotely from the handling device.
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20 Claims
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1. A location detection system for a facility, said location detection system comprising:
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a patient handling device having a support surface for supporting a patient and being mobile for positioning at a location in the facility, said patient handling device further having circuitry for controlling one or more sensing, motor or therapy functions of said patient handling device and having a unique patient handling device ID, and said patient handling device including a network interface; a location transmitting device spaced from the patient handling device for communicating a unique location identifier corresponding to the location of said patient handling device to said patient handling device; wherein said circuitry is operable to send patient handling device status data, and said circuitry is operable to send said unique patient handling device ID and the unique location identifier from said patient handing device by way of said network interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of detecting a location of a patient handling device having a support surface supporting the patient and being adapted to be transported throughout a facility, said method comprising:
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associating a unique patient handling device ID with a patient handling device; transmitting a unique location identifier corresponding to the location of the patient handling device from a location transmitting device spaced from the patient handling device; transmitting the unique location identifier and the unique patient handling device ID from the patient handling device to a remote computer device remote from the patient handling device; transmitting patient handling data to the remote computer device; and correlating the unique location identifier with the unique ID. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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