Patient support apparatus having alert light
First Claim
1. A patient support apparatus comprisinga bed frame having a head end and a foot end,control circuitry carried by the bed frame, the control circuitry receiving information about at least two conditions of the patient support apparatus, anda light coupled to the bed frame adjacent the foot end and coupled to the control circuitry, the light being in a first state when the patient support apparatus is operating normally and the light being in a second state when the control circuitry detects an alert condition as determined by the control circuitry based on the information, wherein the first state includes the light being illuminated green and wherein the second state includes the light being illuminated a color other than green.
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a bed frame having a head end and a foot end and control circuitry carried by the bed frame. The control circuitry receives information about conditions of the patient support apparatus. A light is coupled to the bed frame adjacent the foot end and is coupled to the control circuitry. The light is in a first state when the patient support apparatus is operating normally and the light is in a second state when the control circuitry detects an alert condition.
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28 Claims
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1. A patient support apparatus comprising
a bed frame having a head end and a foot end, control circuitry carried by the bed frame, the control circuitry receiving information about at least two conditions of the patient support apparatus, and a light coupled to the bed frame adjacent the foot end and coupled to the control circuitry, the light being in a first state when the patient support apparatus is operating normally and the light being in a second state when the control circuitry detects an alert condition as determined by the control circuitry based on the information, wherein the first state includes the light being illuminated green and wherein the second state includes the light being illuminated a color other than green.
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21. A patient support apparatus comprising
a bed having a head end and a foot end, control circuitry carried by the bed, the control circuitry receiving information about at least two conditions of the patient support apparatus, and a light coupled to the bed frame adjacent the foot end and coupled to the control circuitry, wherein the light has a first state in which the light is illuminated green when no alert conditions are detected by the control circuitry based on the information and wherein the light has a second state in which the light is illuminated a color other than green when an alert condition is detected by the control circuitry based on the information, the first light indicating the alert condition in response to at least one of patient motion and a bed setting.
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26. A patient support apparatus comprising
a bed frame having a head end and a foot end, the bed frame including a mattress support deck, a plurality of sensors to sense conditions of the patient support apparatus, the plurality of sensors including a first sensor that senses a first condition of the patient support apparatus and a second sensor that senses a second condition of the patient support apparatus, control circuitry carried by the bed frame, the control circuitry receiving information from the plurality of sensors about conditions of the patient support apparatus, and a light coupled to the bed frame adjacent the foot end and coupled to the control circuitry, the light being in a first state when the information from the plurality of sensors is indicative that the patient support apparatus is operating normally and the light being in a second state when the control circuitry detects an alert condition as determined by the information from at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors, wherein the first state includes the light being illuminated green and wherein the second state includes the light being illuminated a color other than green.
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