Patent ID: 11908305
Assignee: CURBELL MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  A | IPC A  G  H

Claim 17:
18. A method of providing a nurse call audio signal to a pillow speaker, comprising:
providing a pillow speaker having a patient interface device (PID) and a pillow speaker hub,
wherein the pillow speaker hub is in communication with a nurse call system, and
wherein the pillow speaker hub is further in communication with the PID;

detecting, at the pillow speaker hub, a nurse call signal from the nurse call system, and asserting a nurse call indicator for the pillow speaker if a nurse call signal is detected;
digitizing a nurse call audio signal received at a nurse call audio port of the pillow speaker hub and transmitting the digitized nurse call audio signal to the PID;
receiving a digital nurse call microphone signal from the PID; and
transmitting the digital nurse call microphone signal to the nurse call system as an analog microphone signal on the nurse call audio port.