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Bed exit alerts for person support apparatus

  • US 10,206,836 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2017
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hospital bed comprising:

  • a frame configured to support an occupant;

    a first indicator coupled to the frame and configured to emit light onto a floor adjacent the frame to produce an icon on the floor;

    a second indicator including a light integrated into a grip that is graspable by the occupant while exiting the hospital bed, the grip being coupled to the frame, the second indicator being operable to shine light only through an illuminable surface of the grip and not through a non-illuminable surface of the grip that faces oppositely from the illuminable surface; and

    a controller coupled to the frame and configured to control operation of the first and second indicators, wherein the controller causes the first indicator and the second indicator to illuminate to provide information relating to occupant exit from the frame.

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