Patent ID: 11931312
Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A therapy system comprising
a pneumatic therapy device a including a compression sleeve and a conduit having a first end coupled to the compressions sleeve and a second end,
a patient support apparatus, the patient support apparatus including
a frame including a scale system,
a source of pressurized air,
a distribution assembly including a conduit for directing a flow of pressurized air from the source of pressurized air, an outlet coupleable to the second end of the conduit of the pneumatic therapy device, and a sensor for detecting a pressure, and
a controller including a processor and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that are executable by the processor to control the source of pressurized air, distribution system, and user interface, the instructions cause the controller to be operable to determine the weight of a patient on the frame with the scale system, correlate the weight of the patient with an amount of pressure to be applied to the patient by the pneumatic therapy device, and operate the source of pressurized air and distribution assembly to operate the pneumatic therapy device at a correlated pressure,
wherein the memory device includes further instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to determine if the pressure in the sleeve of the pneumatic therapy device meets a pre-programmed correlation with the weight sensed by the scale system, and, if it does, continue to operate the pneumatic therapy device based on the pre-programmed correlation.