Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User interface for power drive system of a patient support apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 病人支援装置动力驱动系统用户界面
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Application No.: US13024617Application Date: 2011-02-10
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Publication No.: US08474073B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Stephen R. Hamberg , Robert M. Zerhusen , Christian H. Reinke
- Applicant: Stephen R. Hamberg , Robert M. Zerhusen , Christian H. Reinke
- Applicant Address: US IN Batesville
- Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Batesville
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: A61G7/08
- IPC: A61G7/08

Abstract:
A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a patient support coupled to the frame, a plurality of casters and a wheel coupled to the frame, a motor coupled to the wheel and operable to rotate the wheel to propel the patient support apparatus along a floor, and an electrical system comprising a controller configured to signal operation of the motor to rotate the wheel to propel the patient support apparatus along the floor. The electrical system further includes user inputs adjacent at least one end of the frame and adjacent at least one side of the frame. The user inputs including forward and reverse switches that are engaged to determine whether the patient support apparatus is propelled in a forward direction or a rearward direction, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110126354A1 USER INTERFACE FOR POWER DRIVE SYSTEM OF A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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