Hospital bed having alert light
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1. A bed comprising:
- a frame including a lower frame and an upper frame movable between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the lower frame,a plurality of casters coupled to the lower frame,a braking system operable to brake and unbrake the casters,a controller coupled to the frame,a patient position detection system which has multiple modes of operation from which to select for determining a location of a patient relative to the frame, each mode of the multiple modes of operation having a different sensitivity so that a different amount of patient movement is required before an alarm condition is considered to exist, andat least one alert light coupled to the frame and coupled to the controller, the controller operating to change a state of the at least one alert light in response to at least one of the upper frame not being in the lowered position and the casters not being braked by the braking system.
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Abstract
A bed includes a frame, a controller coupled to the frame, and a patient position detection system coupled to the frame and coupled to the controller. The patient position detection system has at least three modes of operation of varying sensitivities for determining whether a person supported on the frame has moved by a sufficient amount to activate an alarm.
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1. A bed comprising:
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a frame including a lower frame and an upper frame movable between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the lower frame, a plurality of casters coupled to the lower frame, a braking system operable to brake and unbrake the casters, a controller coupled to the frame, a patient position detection system which has multiple modes of operation from which to select for determining a location of a patient relative to the frame, each mode of the multiple modes of operation having a different sensitivity so that a different amount of patient movement is required before an alarm condition is considered to exist, and at least one alert light coupled to the frame and coupled to the controller, the controller operating to change a state of the at least one alert light in response to at least one of the upper frame not being in the lowered position and the casters not being braked by the braking system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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