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Equipment, dressing and garment wireless connectivity to a patient bed

  • US 9,711,029 B2
  • Filed: 10/09/2015
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprisinga bed having at least one reader to receive wireless signals and having a patient position monitoring system that, when in an enabled state, alarms in response to signals from one or more sensors on the bed other than the reader indicating at least one of the following:

  • a patient exiting the bed or a patient moving toward exiting the bed by a threshold amount, anda garment worn by a patient and having a transmitter that emits a wireless garment signal that is read by the reader, the patient position monitoring system changing from a disabled state to an enabled state in response to receipt of the wireless garment signal by the at least one reader.

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