Patent ID: 7962981
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A61G,A61M,B60T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A patient support apparatus comprising: a patient support, a barrier extending about at least a portion of said patient support, said barrier including a footboard; a sensor detecting the status of a component independent of said patient support and said barrier and the non-weight status of a patient at said support apparatus; a control system, said control system including a touch screen display for selecting a function associated with the component or a non-weighing function of associated with the patient and a graphical user interface for displaying icons at said touch screen, and said touch screen being mounted at said barrier and being reconfigurable to display at least one icon in response to a selection of the function to allow a user to monitor or control a parameter associated with the selected function; and said sensor in communication with said control system, said sensor detecting the parameter associated with the selected function and said control system displaying the status detected by said sensor at said display when the user selects the function associated with the component or the patient.