Patent ID: 9228885
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A47C,A61G,G01G

Claim Text:
1. A patient support system comprising a patient support apparatus including a base, a deck having a head-deck section movable relative to the base and a deck sensor configured to detect a head-deck position corresponding to the position of the head-deck section, and a scale coupled to the deck and configured to detect the weight of a patient supported on the deck, wherein the base includes a lower frame adapted to engage a floor, an upper frame coupled to the deck to support the deck above the floor, and a lift system coupled to the lower frame and to the upper frame, and the deck includes a foot-deck section movable relative to the base and the deck sensor is configured to detect a foot-deck position corresponding to the position of the foot-deck section, and the lift system is configured to move the upper frame relative to the lower frame, and a control system including a user interface and a controller coupled to the deck sensor, the scale, and the user interface, the controller configured to display an icon including a first portion that graphically indicates if the head-deck section of the patient support apparatus is in one of a set of predetermined head-deck positions that allow an accurate weight of the patient to be detected by the scale, wherein the icon includes a second portion and a third portion, and the second portion graphically indicates if the foot-deck section of the patient support apparatus is in one of a set of predetermined foot-deck positions that allow an accurate weight of the patient to be detected by the scale, and the third portion graphically indicates if the upper frame of the base is in one of a set of predetermined frame positions that allow an accurate weight of the patient to be detected by the scale.