公开(公告)号：WO2023043519A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：PCT/US2022/035358

申请日：2022-06-28

Applicant: STRYKER CORPORATION

Inventor： TREPANIER, Jerald A. ,  HIETBRINK, Jonathan A.

IPC: A61G7/05 ,  H04B7/15 ,  H04B5/02 ,  G16H40/60

Abstract: A headwall unit is mounted a headwall of a hospital room and acts as a communication conduit between a bed (or other patient support apparatus) and a conventional communications outlet built into the headwall of the hospital room. The communications outlet is communicatively coupled to a standard nurse call system and an in-room television. The headwall unit is adapted to wirelessly forward audio signals from a remotely positioned nurse to the bed, and to receive wireless audio signals corresponding to a patient's voice from the bed and to forward the received audio signals to the communications outlet. The headwall unit is further adapted to detect infrared communications from both the bed and a television remote control. Communications from the television remote control are automatically analyzed by the headwall unit to determine the type of television in the room and the correct signals to use for controlling the television.