Patent ID: 11938072
Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 20:
21. The patient support apparatus comprising of claim 1, wherein
the patient support surface further comprises a core including at least one patient support element and a ticking having an upper layer overlying the core, and
wherein the RADAR system includes at least one RADAR antenna situated beneath the core, the at least one RADAR antenna emitting a pulse that travels through the core and that is reflected by either the patient or the upper layer of the ticking as a reflected signal back to the at least one RADAR antenna, and processor circuitry that determines a time-of-flight (TOF) of the pulse and the reflected signal to determine whether the patient supported on the patient support surface is at risk of contraction of pressure ulcers due to improper immersion into the patient support surface.