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Granted Patent B2
US 12,683,020 · App. 19/019,666 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Wireless bed locating system

Inventors: Craig A. McNeely (Columbus, IN); Carl W. Riley (Milan, IN); Keith A. Huster (Sunman, IN); Irvin J. Vanderpohl (Greensburg, IN); Patricia A. Glidewell (Cary, NC); David C. Ferguson (Wake Forest, NC); Simeon Zhao (Apex, NC); Daleep Bhatia (Cary, NC)
Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
G16H40/63A61G12/00G06Q50/22G16H40/20G16H40/67A61G7/018
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Patent No.
US 12,683,020
App. No.
19/019,666
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, beds, supports surfaces and machine readable medium for associating beds and support surface of a healthcare facility are disclosed. A surface association system for a healthcare facility may comprise a plurality of beds. The system may further comprise a computing device and a plurality of support surfaces to be placed upon beds of the plurality of beds. The computing device may associate a support surface of the plurality of support surfaces with a bed of the plurality of beds. The computing device may make the association based upon status data received from the plurality of beds and the plurality of support surfaces. The support surface and/or bed to be associated may initiate a surface association request. The computing device, in response to the surface association request, may request performance of one or more actions on the bed and/or support surface to be associated to identify the bed and/or support surface from the beds and support surfaces of the healthcare facility.

Claims (24)

1 . A patient support system for use in a healthcare facility having a network, the patient support system comprising

a bed having bed control circuitry, a bed ID, a receiver coupled to the bed control circuitry, and a network interface coupled to the bed control circuitry,

a support surface supported on the bed and having a surface ID and support surface control circuitry, the support surface control circuitry being in communication with the bed control circuitry and being configured to transmit the ID to the bed control circuitry, and

a location transmitter spaced from the bed and spaced from the support surface, the location transmitter having a location ID that is wirelessly transmitted from the location transmitter to the bed control circuitry via the receiver of the bed,

wherein the bed control circuitry is configured to wirelessly transmit via the network interface the bed ID, the surface ID received from the support surface control circuitry, and the location ID received from the location transmitter such that the surface ID is wirelessly transmitted to the network via the bed control circuitry and the network interface of the bed.

2 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the surface control circuitry is further configured to transmit surface status data to the bed control circuitry and wherein the bed control circuitry is configured to wirelessly transmit at least some of the surface status data to the network via the bed control circuitry and the network interface of the bed.

3 . The patient support system of claim 2 , wherein the bed control circuitry is configured to wirelessly transmit bed status data to the network via the network interface along with the location ID, the bed ID, the surface ID, and the at least some of the surface status data.

4 . The patient support system of claim 3 , further comprising a remote computer that receives the bed ID, the surface ID, and the location ID transmitted from the network interface of the bed and the remote computer being configured to associate the bed having the bed ID and the support surface having the surface ID to a location corresponding to the location ID.

5 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the location transmitter transmits wirelessly to the receiver of the bed using infrared (IR) signals and wherein the network interface transmits wirelessly to the network using WiFi signals.

6 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the support surface control circuitry is configured to communicate wirelessly with the bed control circuitry.

7 . The patient support system of claim 6 , wherein the support surface and bed control circuitry are configured to communicate wirelessly using radio frequency (RF) transceivers.

8 . The patient support system of claim 6 , wherein the support surface and bed control circuitry are configured to communicate wirelessly using inductive coupling.

9 . The patient support system of claim 6 , wherein the support surface and bed control circuitry are configured to communicate wirelessly using capacitive coupling.

10 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the bed control circuitry is configured to receive surface control commands from the network via the network interface and to communicate the surface control commands to the surface control circuitry to control at least one function of the support surface.

11 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the bed further comprises a user interface coupled to the bed control circuitry, the user interface having user inputs that are selectable to control functions of the bed and to control functions of the support surface, the bed control circuitry being configured to communicate surface control commands to the surface control circuitry to control at least one function of the support surface in response to selection of at least one of the user inputs of the user interface.

12 . The patient support apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the bed further comprises a footboard and the user interface is mounted to the footboard.

13 . The patient support apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the bed further comprises a siderail and an additional user interface coupled to the siderail.

14 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the bed control circuitry and/or the network interface is further configured to be communicatively coupled to the network via a wired communications link.

15 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the bed has an indicator to indicate a status regarding whether the bed is successfully communicating wirelessly with the network via the network interface.

16 . The patient support system of claim 1 , further comprising a bed station spaced from the bed and spaced from the support surface, the location transmitter being included in the bed station, and the bed station including a power outlet.

17 . The patient support system of claim 1 , further comprising a bed station spaced from the bed and spaced from the support surface, the location transmitter being included in the bed station, and the bed station including a port configured to connect to equipment used for patient care.

18 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the location transmitter is configured to permit the location ID to be reconfigured from a current value to a new value.

19 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the location transmitter is included in a standalone unit that is not coupled to the network other than through the bed.

20 . The patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the bed control circuitry communicates with the surface control circuitry via a cable.

Continuity (9)
Continuation 18150910 · Jan 6, 2023
Continuation 17113201 · Dec 7, 2020
Continuation 16739486 · Jan 10, 2020
Continuation 15273831 · Sep 23, 2016
Continuation 14098704 · Dec 6, 2013
Continuation 13242255 · Sep 23, 2011
Continuation 12961608 · Dec 7, 2010
Continuation 11846906 · Aug 29, 2007
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