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Wireless control system for a patient support apparatus

  • US 8,710,950 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2005
  • Issued: 04/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control system for a patient support apparatus, the control system comprising:

  • a device including an enable key and a function key, the function key operable to send a command via a wireless signal such that the function key controls at least one function of the patient support apparatus only if the function key is pressed within a predetermined period of time of the enable key being pressed, wherein the device does not send any wireless signal in response to only the enable key being pressed,a wireless receiver coupled to the patient support apparatus and configured to receive the wireless signal, anda circuit operatively coupled to the wireless receiver, the circuit having a user input device operable to change the circuit between a first mode of operation in which the circuit associates the device with the patient support apparatus and a second mode of operation in which the circuit controls the at least one function of the patient support apparatus in response to the wireless signal.

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