Patent ID: 11957632
Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A charging system for a medical facility, comprising: a patient support apparatus including: a base frame having a head end; an upper frame coupled to the base frame; a wheel operably coupled to the base frame to engage a floor surface, and a controller operably coupled to at least one of the base frame and the upper frame; a rechargeable battery operably coupled to the base frame, wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the rechargeable battery; a transmitting assembly including a wall primary element configured to be coupled to a wall surface and a floor primary element configured to be coupled to the floor surface of said medical facility, wherein the wall primary element is configured to be positioned above the wheel and spaced from the floor surface by a distance equal to a height of the wheel;
a receiving assembly coupled to the base frame at the head end adjacent to the wheel, wherein the receiving assembly is in communication with the rechargeable battery, and wherein the receiving assembly includes a wall secondary element and a floor secondary element spaced from the floor surface at a distance equal to the height of the wheel and oriented in different directions to selectively communicate with the floor primary element and the wall primary element, respectively, to charge the rechargeable battery, and further wherein the wall secondary element is oriented and fixed in a first direction outward from the head end away from a foot end of the base frame and the floor secondary element is oriented and fixed in a second direction toward the floor surface; and an alert feature in communication with the controller of the patient support apparatus, wherein the alert feature is configured to emit an alarm when the controller indicates the rechargeable battery is at or below a predetermined charge level.