Patent ID: 8844820
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61B,A61G,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A patient support apparatus comprising a patient support, a multi-directional optical reader secured to the patient support and configured to detect a first indicia without input from a user, the first indicia having a predetermined pattern, the predetermined pattern including information associated with a location of the first indicia, and a control system including a processor in communication with the multi-directional optical reader, a transmitter in communication with the processor, and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing an identifier associated with the patient support apparatus, wherein the processor receives a signal from the multi-directional optical reader indicative of data from the first indicia detected by the multi-directional optical detector and performs a set of instructions automatically in response to the multi-directional optical reader communicating the data from the first indicia, the set of instructions performed by the processor including (i) linking the data from the first indicia with the identifier, and (ii) communicating the linked data from the first indicia and identifier to a network external to the patient support apparatus, the network associating the linked data from the first indicia and identifier with a location in the network so as to determine the location of the patient support apparatus.