Patent ID: 8604916
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: A61G,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A patient support system comprising a bed having bed control circuitry, a bed ID, and a first network interface, a support surface supported on the bed and having support surface control circuitry, a surface ID, and a second network interface, and a location transmitter device spaced from the bed, spaced from the bed control circuitry, spaced from the support surface, and spaced from the support surface control circuitry, the location transmitter device having a location ID that is transmitted from the location transmitter to the bed control circuitry and to the surface control circuitry, wherein the bed control circuitry operates to transmit the bed ID and the location ID from the bed via the first network interface to at least one access point of a network, wherein the surface control circuitry operates to transmit the surface ID and the location ID from the surface via the second interface to the at least one access point of the network, wherein the bed or the support surface has a user interface including a display screen on which is displayed a request to perform at least one identifying action using a mechanism of the bed or the surface other than the display to confirm association of the bed or surface to the location or to confirm association of the bed and surface to each other.