Patent ID: 11872169
Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A hospital bed comprising: a frame, a mattress carried by the frame and configured to support a patient, a plurality of barriers coupled to the frame, the plurality of barriers including a headboard, a footboard, and a plurality of siderails, the plurality of siderails each being movable between raised and lowered positions, a controller carried by the frame and operable to provide frame control signals to control functions of the frame and mattress control signals to control functions of the mattress, the functions of the mattress including a turn assist function and a lateral rotation function, and a user interface coupled mechanically to the footboard and coupled electrically to the controller, the user interface including a touchscreen display operable to receive user input commands that are communicated to the controller, the controller providing the frame control signals and the mattress control signals based on the user input commands, wherein the user interface is operable to display a turn assist screen that is used to provide turn assist commands to the controller to operate the turn assist function in which the patient is turned a single time to the patient's left or to the patient's right, wherein the user interface is operable to display a lateral rotation screen that is used to provide lateral rotation commands to the controller to operate the lateral rotation function in which the patient is turned multiple times, back and forth between the patient's right and left sides, wherein the turn assist function and the lateral rotation function are disabled if any of the siderails of the plurality of siderails are in the lowered position.