Patent ID: 9427365
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A61G,A61H,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A patient support apparatus comprising a patient support structure having a surface configured to support a patient in a recumbent position, the patient support structure being configured to provide at least one therapy to a patient by operation of therapy components that are carried on the patient support structure and that alter the surface upon which the patient lies, and a therapy enabler token that is spaced from the patient support structure and that is in wireless communication with the patient support structure when located within communicative proximity of the patient support structure, the at least one therapy being disabled when the therapy enabler token is not within communicative proximity of the patient support structure, the therapy components remaining on the patient support structure when the therapy enabler token is not within communicative proximity of the patient support structure, and the at least one therapy being enabled in response to the therapy enabler token being brought into communicative proximity of the patient support structure.