Patent ID: 9517034
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A61B,A61G,A61H,A61M,G07C,G08B,G08C,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A system for alerting caregivers carrying wireless communication devices of alert conditions associated with a hospital bed having a frame, the system comprising at least one computer device that is remote from the hospital bed and that receives data from the hospital bed; a display screen associated with the computer device; the computer device being operable to display at least one template screen on the display screen; the at least one template screen permitting a user to select types of alerts, including alerts regarding features of the frame, to which designated caregivers are to be notified; a default template with preprogrammed alert conditions being assigned by the computer device to each patient based on information received by the computer device from a second computer device of another system; the computer device being operable to initiate a communication to the wireless communication device of at least one of the designated caregivers in response to the data received from the hospital bed being indicative of at least one of the alert conditions of the default template or at least one of the types of alerts selected on the at least one template screen.