ARTICULATING BEDDING SYSTEMS
Interactive articulating bedding systems for caring comfort of an individual in need thereof and processes generally include and a mattress and an adjustable foundation supporting the mattress. The interactive articulating bedding system and process generally include sleep diagnostics including a plurality of sensors at different locations within the interactive articulating bedding system configured to measure at least one health condition comprising heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, and/or oxygen level and provide output signals indicative of the at least one health condition. The at least one health condition can be provided to a third party so that they may remotely monitor wellness of the individual.
1 . An interactive articulating bedding system configured for caring comfort of an individual comprising:
a mattress;
an adjustable foundation supporting the mattress comprising a linkage assembly operable to articulate one or more surfaces of the foundation from a planar configuration to a non-planar configuration, height adjustable legs, and motion activated lights coupled to a rigid member of the adjustable foundation;
sleep diagnostics comprising a plurality of sensors at different locations within the articulating bedding system configured to measure at least one health condition comprising heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, and/or oxygen level and provide output signals indicative of the at least one health condition; and
a data acquisition device configured to receive the output signals from the sleep diagnostics, wherein the data acquisition device includes a processor and a network interface, wherein the processor is configured to communicate with the articulating bedding system to adjust a height of one or more of the height adjustable legs upon a command; automatically and periodically articulate the adjustable foundation to reposition the individual on the mattress, and process the output signals to determine whether the output signals are below or above a threshold, and wherein the network interface is configured to receive processed information from the processor and communicate the processed information with a third party related to the at least one health condition.
2 . The interactive articulating bedding system of claim 1 , wherein the third party is a caretaker.
3 . The interactive articulating bedding system of claim 2 , wherein the processed information comprises alerts indicative of at least one of the health conditions being below or above a threshold value.
4 . The interactive articulating bedding system of claim 2 , wherein the processed information comprises values associated with the at least one of the health conditions being monitored to the third party.
5 . The interactive articulating bedding system of claim 2 , wherein the processed information comprises a history of values over a period of time associated with the at least one of the health conditions being monitored to the third party.
6 . The interactive articulating bedding system of claim 3 further comprising communicating the processed information with emergency services when the processed information is indicative of at least one of the health conditions being below or above the threshold value.
7 . A process for monitoring at least one health condition while an individual is sleeping, the process comprising:
providing an interactive articulating bedding system comprising a mattress, an adjustable foundation supporting the mattress, a sleep diagnostic system including a plurality of sensors at different locations within the interactive articulating bedding system configured to measure at least one health condition comprising heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, and/or oxygen level and provide output signals indicative of the at least one health condition to a data acquisition device including a processor, and a network interface for communicating processed information to a third party; wherein the adjustable foundation comprises a linkage assembly operable to articulate one or more surfaces of the adjustable foundation from a planar configuration to a non-planar configuration, height adjustable legs, and motion activated lights coupled to a rigid member of the adjustable foundation;
detecting ingress and egress from the interactive bedding system and illuminating an area about the adjustable foundation with the motion activated lights;
adjusting a height of a sleeping surface of the mattress relative to ground by adjusting a height of one or more of the height adjustable legs upon a command;
automatically and periodically articulating the adjustable foundation to reposition the individual on the mattress; and
communicating processed information related to the at least one health condition from the processor via the network interface to a third party.
8 . The process of claim 7 , wherein adjusting the height of the sleeping surface of the mattress relative to ground by adjusting the height of one or more of the height adjustable legs comprises simultaneously lowering two of the height adjustable legs along a length dimension to provide ingress or egress to the interactive articulating bedding system.
9 . The process of claim 7 , wherein illuminating the area about the adjustable foundation with the motion activated lights comprises illuminating a pathway.
10 . The process of claim 7 , wherein the third party is a caretaker and the process further comprises providing an alert to the third party when the at least one health condition is lower than or exceeds a predetermined threshold.
11 . The process of claim 10 further comprising notifying emergency services in addition to notifying the third party.
12 . The process of claim 7 , wherein the processed information comprises values associated with the at least one of the health conditions being monitored to the third party.
13 . The process of claim 7 , wherein the processed information comprises a history of values over a period of time associated with the at least one of the health conditions being monitored to the third party.