Patient support with improved control

US10052249B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

• Derick Elliott · Portage, US
• David Mayen Moreno · Keyano, CA
• Martin Plante · Portage, US
• Chad Rohrer · Amsterdam, NL
• David Kim Soui Wan Fong · LaSalle, CA
• Annie Désaulniers · Kalamazoo, US
• Jeffrey Joseph Thompson · Castle Rock, US
• Dennis J. Wrobleski · Grand Rapids, US
• Frederick W. Blanchard · North Charleston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2018
• Expiry date: May 22, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2210/50
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient support includes a frame, a patient support surface supported at the frame, a display incorporated into the frame, and a user interface incorporated into the frame. The patient support frame includes a controller incorporated into the frame, which has a plurality of prompts stored therein. The user interface is in communication with the controller and may be used to select a selected prompt from the plurality of prompts stored in the controller. When a prompt is selected, the controller generates a display image or text associated with the selected prompt at the display in response to a passage of time or an input to provide a visual prompt to the user.