User station for healthcare communication system
First Claim
1. A user station for a healthcare communication system, the user station comprisinga housing having a front face, a pair of lateral sides that are generally perpendicular to the front face, a top side, and a bottom side, the front face having an opening,a touch screen display located inside the housing and accessible to a user through the opening in the front face,a pair of speakers located inside the housing, each speaker of the pair of speakers being situated adjacent a respective lateral side of the pair of lateral sides, each lateral side of the pair of lateral sides having a plurality of openings which serve as a speaker grill for the respective speaker of the pair of speakers, anda code call lever having a first portion situated over and above the top wall so as to cover a portion of the top wall when the call code lever is in an unactuated position and the call code lever having a second portion extending downwardly from the first portion and situated alongside one of the pair of lateral sides of the housing when the code call lever is in the unactuated position, the code call lever being configured such that no portion of the code call lever is situated in front of the front face of the housing when the code call lever is in the unactuated position, wherein the touch screen display and the code call lever are each usable to send signals to the healthcare communication system to call for assistance.
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Abstract
A user station configurable for use in a healthcare communication system, such as a nurse call system, is provided.
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1. A user station for a healthcare communication system, the user station comprising
a housing having a front face, a pair of lateral sides that are generally perpendicular to the front face, a top side, and a bottom side, the front face having an opening, a touch screen display located inside the housing and accessible to a user through the opening in the front face, a pair of speakers located inside the housing, each speaker of the pair of speakers being situated adjacent a respective lateral side of the pair of lateral sides, each lateral side of the pair of lateral sides having a plurality of openings which serve as a speaker grill for the respective speaker of the pair of speakers, and a code call lever having a first portion situated over and above the top wall so as to cover a portion of the top wall when the call code lever is in an unactuated position and the call code lever having a second portion extending downwardly from the first portion and situated alongside one of the pair of lateral sides of the housing when the code call lever is in the unactuated position, the code call lever being configured such that no portion of the code call lever is situated in front of the front face of the housing when the code call lever is in the unactuated position, wherein the touch screen display and the code call lever are each usable to send signals to the healthcare communication system to call for assistance.
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