Touch screen control of a hospital bed

A hospital bed includes a frame having at least one movable frame portion and circuitry coupled to the frame. The hospital bed also has a touch screen coupled to the frame and coupled to the circuitry. The touch screen is operable to display a plurality of screens for controlling bed functions, incl...

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Main Authors Zerhusen, Robert Mark, Reeder, Ryan A, Vogel, John D, Cerimele, Michael E, Riley, Carl W, Wildman, Timothy D
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.12.2012
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Summary:A hospital bed includes a frame having at least one movable frame portion and circuitry coupled to the frame. The hospital bed also has a touch screen coupled to the frame and coupled to the circuitry. The touch screen is operable to display a plurality of screens for controlling bed functions, including displaying a frame control screen having at least one icon which is touched by a user to command the circuitry to actuate movement of the movable frame portion of the frame.