HANDHELD BED CONTROLLER PENDANT WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A pendant controller for a patient bed, the pendant controller comprisinga housing sized to be held in a user'"'"'s hand,a liquid crystal display carried by the housing and viewable by the user,a set of manual buttons carried by the housing adjacent the LCD, the set of manual buttons being arranged in a row and being n in number, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, andcontrol circuitry situated in the housing and configured to drive the LCD to display a table that is m columns wide, wherein m is equal to n, and the table contains indicia with each indicia corresponding to a function associated with a respective one of the manual buttons.
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Abstract
A pendant controller for a patient bed includes a housing sized to be held in a user'"'"'s hand and a liquid crystal display carried by the housing and viewable by the user. The pendant controller has a set of manual buttons carried by the housing adjacent the LCD. The set of manual buttons is arranged in a row and the buttons are n in number, with n being an integer greater than 1. The pendant controller further includes control circuitry situated in the housing and configured to drive the LCD to display a table that is m columns wide, with m being equal to n. The table contains indicia with each indicia corresponding to a function associated with a respective one of the manual buttons.
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1. A pendant controller for a patient bed, the pendant controller comprising
a housing sized to be held in a user'"'"'s hand, a liquid crystal display carried by the housing and viewable by the user, a set of manual buttons carried by the housing adjacent the LCD, the set of manual buttons being arranged in a row and being n in number, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, and control circuitry situated in the housing and configured to drive the LCD to display a table that is m columns wide, wherein m is equal to n, and the table contains indicia with each indicia corresponding to a function associated with a respective one of the manual buttons.
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