PATIENT SAFETY SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING BED

• US 20140333440A1
• Filed: 05/12/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Inventors: Kiani, Massi Joe E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,226,696 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.4
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 21/08 Devices for prevention against falling-out, e.g. detachable sidewalls for children's beds A47D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/00 Evaluating, monitoring or diagnosing in the context of a particular type of medical care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1115 Monitoring leaving of a patient support, e.g. a bed or a wheelchair
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6892 Mats
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/012 raising or lowering of the whole mattress frame A61G7/005, A61G7/008 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0506 Head or foot boards head or foot boards for comfort or ergonomics A47C19/022
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0507 Side-rails
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0509 sliding or pivoting downwards
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0515 covering the full bed length, e.g. from head board to foot board
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons

Abstract

A patient safety system including an adjustable bed and a patient monitoring system is disclosed herein. The adjustable bed can automatically adjust to a safe default configuration when the safety system detects that a care provider has left the patient'"'"'s room or when the safety system detects that the patient is trying to leave the bed. The patient monitoring system can send an alert to the care provider and/or sound an alarm if the patient tries to leave the bed and a care provider is not present with the patient.

Claims

1. A patient safety system comprising:

an adjustable bed adjustable between at least a lowered position and a raised position,

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 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.

2. The patient safety system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one movable guard rail on a lateral side of the bed, the guard rail movable between a lowered configuration and a raised configuration, wherein in the raised configuration the guard rail obstructs the patient from falling off the bed;

wherein the bed adjusts to where the guard rails are in a raised 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.

3. The patient safety system of claim 1, further comprising an alarm linked to the first and second sensors, wherein the alarm is triggered when the first sensor does not detect the care provider and the second sensor detects that a patient is trying to leave the bed.

4. The patient safety system of claim 1, further comprising a mattress that can be adjusted to an angled configuration and a generally flat configuration, wherein the bed adjusts to where the mattress is in a 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.

5. A patient safety system comprising:

an adjustable bed adjustable between at least a first position and a second position;

a first sensor configured to determine the presence of a care provider near the patient;

wherein the adjustable bed is configured to automatically adjust from the first position to the second position when the presence of a care provider is no longer detected.

6. The patient safety system of claim 5, wherein the patient safety system further comprises:

a second sensor configured to determine if a patient located in the bed is attempting to leave the bed; and

an alarm;

wherein the alarm is triggered when the first sensor detects that the care provider is not present and the second sensor detects that a patient is trying to leave the bed.

7. The patient safety system of claim 5, wherein the adjustable bed comprises at least one movable guard rail on a lateral side of the bed, the guard rail movable between a lowered configuration and a raised configuration, wherein in the raised configuration the guard rail obstructs the patient from falling off the bed, wherein the first position comprises the guard rail in the lowered configuration and the second position comprises the guard rail in the raised configuration.

8. The patient safety system of claim 5, wherein the adjustable bed comprises a height adjustment, adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position, wherein the first position comprises the bed in the raised position and the second position comprises the bed in the lowered position.

9. The patient safety system of claim 5, wherein the adjustable bed comprises a mattress that can be adjusted to an angled configuration and a generally flat configuration, wherein the first position comprises the mattress in the angled configuration and the second position comprises the mattress in the generally flat configuration.

10. The patient safety system of claim 5, wherein the adjustable bed waits a predetermined period of time after the presence of a care provider is no longer detected before adjusting from the first position to the second position.

11. The patient safety system of claim 10, wherein the predetermined period of time is at least 5 seconds and/or less than or equal to 30 minutes.

12. The patient safety system of claim 5, wherein the first sensor detects an identifier carried by the care provider.

13. The patient safety system of claim 12, wherein the identifier is a radio frequency identification tag.

14. The patient safety system of claim 6, further comprising a monitoring station, wherein the monitoring station displays an alert when the first sensor does not detect the care provider and the second sensor detects that a patient is trying to leave the bed.

15. The patient safety system of claim 6, further comprising a pager carried by the care provider, wherein the pager displays an alert when the first sensor does not detect the care provider and the second sensor detects that a patient is trying to leave the bed.

16. A method of monitoring a patient in a bed, the method comprising the steps of:

determining whether a care provider is near the patient;

adjusting the bed to a predetermined configuration when the care provider is determined not to be near the patient.

17. The method of monitoring a patient in a bed of claim 16, the method further comprising the steps of:

determining whether a patient is trying to leave the bed;

sounding an alarm and adjusting the bed to a predetermined configuration when the patient is determined to be trying to leave the bed and the care provider is determined to have left the patient.

18. The method of monitoring a patient in a bed of claim 16, wherein the predetermined configuration comprises where guard rails on lateral sides of the bed are in a raised configuration, the bed is in its lowest height position, and a laying surface of the bed is generally flat.

19. The method of monitoring a patient in a bed of claim 16, wherein the step of determining whether a care provider is near the patient comprises using a sensor that detects an identifier carried by the care provider.