Hospital bed

摘要

A patient support apparatus includes a deck, a plurality of side rails, a control panel, and a plurality of subsystems, such as a bed exit system that detects when a patient may exit from the support apparatus, or a lifting mechanism to raise and lower the deck. A controller is in communication with the control panel and is adapted to monitor conditions regarding the side rails and/or the other subsystems. At least one lamp is also provided on the patient support apparatus that is adapted to be illuminated in a first manner when a plurality of monitored conditions remain in a desired state, and in a second manner when at least one of the plurality of monitored conditions changes to an undesired state.

主权项

1. A bed comprising:
a deck for supporting a patient; a plurality of side rails movable between raised and lowered positions; a lifting mechanism adapted to raise and lower said deck; a bed exit system adapted to detect a patient's exit from the bed, the bed exit system including a plurality of load cells adapted to support said deck; a control panel including a first control for controlling movement of said deck and a second control for arming the bed exit system; a lamp; a third control; and a controller in communication with said control panel via a controller area network (CAN), said controller adapted to monitor conditions regarding at least two of said bed exit system, said lifting mechanism, and said plurality of side rails; said controller adapted to begin monitoring the conditions in response to activation of said third control, said controller further adapted to illuminate said lamp in a first manner if all of the monitored conditions remain in a desired state and in a second manner if any one or more of the monitored conditions change out of the desired state.