Association of support surfaces and beds
First Claim
1. A patient support system comprisinga bed having bed control circuitry, a bed ID, and a first network interface,a support surface supported on the bed and having support surface control circuitry, a surface ID, and a second network interface, anda location transmitter device spaced from the bed, spaced from the bed control circuitry, spaced from the support surface, and spaced from the support surface control circuitry, the location transmitter device having a location ID that is transmitted from the location transmitter to the bed control circuitry and to the surface control circuitry,wherein the bed control circuitry operates to transmit the bed ID and the location ID from the bed via the first network interface to at least one access point of a network,wherein the surface control circuitry operates to transmit the surface ID and the location ID from the surface via the second interface to the at least one access point of the network,wherein the bed or the support surface has a user interface including a display screen on which is displayed a request to perform at least one identifying action using a mechanism of the bed or the surface other than the display to confirm association of the bed or surface to the location or to confirm association of the bed and surface to each other.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, beds, supports surfaces and machine readable medium for associating beds and support surface of a healthcare facility are disclosed. A surface association system for a healthcare facility may comprise a plurality of beds. The system may further comprise a computing device and a plurality of support surfaces to be placed upon beds of the plurality of beds. The computing device may associate a support surface of the plurality of support surfaces with a bed of the plurality of beds. The computing device may make the association based upon status data received from the plurality of beds and the plurality of support surfaces. The support surface and/or bed to be associated may initiate a surface association request. The computing device, in response to the surface association request, may request performance of one or more actions on the bed and/or support surface to be associated to identify the bed and/or support surface from the beds and support surfaces of the healthcare facility.
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1. A patient support system comprising
a bed having bed control circuitry, a bed ID, and a first network interface, a support surface supported on the bed and having support surface control circuitry, a surface ID, and a second network interface, and a location transmitter device spaced from the bed, spaced from the bed control circuitry, spaced from the support surface, and spaced from the support surface control circuitry, the location transmitter device having a location ID that is transmitted from the location transmitter to the bed control circuitry and to the surface control circuitry, wherein the bed control circuitry operates to transmit the bed ID and the location ID from the bed via the first network interface to at least one access point of a network, wherein the surface control circuitry operates to transmit the surface ID and the location ID from the surface via the second interface to the at least one access point of the network, wherein the bed or the support surface has a user interface including a display screen on which is displayed a request to perform at least one identifying action using a mechanism of the bed or the surface other than the display to confirm association of the bed or surface to the location or to confirm association of the bed and surface to each other.
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