Hospital bed with nurse call system interface unit

• US 8,536,990 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2012
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Services Incorporated (Baxter International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hill-Rom Services Incorporated (Baxter International Inc.)
• Inventors: Collins, Williams F. Jr., Allen, James M., Huster, Keith A., Riley, Carl W., Glidewell, Patricia A., Vanderpohl, Irvin J. III, Schuman, Richard J., Mathura, Christopher A.
• Primary Examiner(s): POPE, DARYL C
• Application Number:
  US13/356,906
• Publication Number:
  US 20120119890A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/506, 340/517, 340/521, 340/524, 340/525, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/539.12, 340/286.02, 340/286.07
• US Class Current: 340/286.07
• 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 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1115 Monitoring leaving of a patient support, e.g. a bed or a wheelchair
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14542 for measuring blood gases A61B5/14551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6891 Furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7435 Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/42 for inclination
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/44 for weight
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/012 raising or lowering of the whole mattress frame A61G7/005, A61G7/008 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/015 divided into different adjustable sections, e.g. for Gatch position
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0516 with height adjustability
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/0527 Weighing devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1021 Inflatable cushions
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 9/0092 Cuffs therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/142 Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 3/00 : Registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus, other than vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0211 : Combination with medical sensor, e.g. for measuring heart rate, temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/028 : Communication between parent and child units via remote transmission means, e.g. satellite network
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/04 : responsive to non-activity, e.g. of elderly persons G08B21/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0438 : Sensor means for detecting
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/005 : Alarm destination chosen according to a hierarchy of available destinations, e.g. if hospital does not answer send to police station
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 : Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/22 : using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 : Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 : ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 : for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 : for remote operation

Abstract

A system for use in a healthcare facility having a nurse call system with a nurse call computer located remotely from patient rooms is provided. The system includes a hospital bed having communication circuitry configured for communicating data from the hospital bed. An interface unit is spaced from the hospital bed. The interface unit has a first connector to which the hospital bed couples via a wired connection, a second connector which is communicatively coupled to the nurse call system, and circuitry comprising a third connector for connection to an external device.

Claims

1. A system for use in a healthcare facility having a nurse call system with a nurse call computer located remotely from patient rooms, the system comprising

a hospital bed having communication circuitry configured for communicating data from the hospital bed, and

an interface unit spaced from the hospital bed, the interface unit having a first connector to which the hospital bed couples via a wired connection, a second connector which is communicatively coupled to the nurse call system, and circuitry comprising a third connector for connection to an external device, the interface unit being located in a same room in which the hospital bed is located and the interface unit having a cancel button that is used to cancel a nurse call signal, the interface unit having a unit identification (ID) that is associated with only a single room of the healthcare facility, the unit ID being transmitted by the interface unit through the second connector without transmitting the unit ID through the first and third connectors.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the third connector comprises an Ethernet port for connection of the interface unit to an Ethernet of the healthcare facility.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the Ethernet port comprises an RJ-45 port.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the data from the hospital bed is received by the interface unit according to a first communication protocol and the circuitry of the interface unit converts the data from the first protocol into an Ethernet protocol.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the data from the hospital bed is sent to the nurse call system via the second connector according to the first protocol.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data from the hospital bed is passed through to the nurse call system via the first and second connectors of the interface unit.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the data from the hospital bed that is passed through to the nurse call system includes the nurse call signal.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the data from the hospital bed that is passed through to the nurse call system includes a signal for controlling room lighting.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the data from the hospital bed that is passed through to the nurse call system includes a signal for controlling entertainment.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the third connector comprises a JTAG connector.