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Patient safety system with automatically adjusting bed

  • US 9,226,696 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2014
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A patient safety system comprising:

  • an adjustable bed adjustable between at least a lowered position and a raised position, the adjustable bed including a mattress,a first sensor configured to detect the presence of a care provider; and

    a second sensor configured to detect when a patient is trying to leave the bed,wherein the second sensor is at least one ribbon sensor disposed around a perimeter edge of the mattress;

    wherein the mattress can be adjusted to an angled configuration and a generally flat configuration;

    wherein the adjustable bed is configured to automatically adjust to the lowered position when the first sensor indicates that a care provider is not present and the second sensor indicates that a patient is trying to leave the bed; and

    wherein the bed adjusts to where the mattress is in the generally flat configuration when the first sensor indicates that a care provider is not present and the second sensor indicates that a patient is trying to leave the bed.

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