Patent ID: 9126571
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61G,A61M,B60T,G16H

Abstract:
1. A patient support apparatus comprising; a frame; a barrier, said barrier including a side rail, a footboard or a headboard; a patient support surface including a deck, said deck having a plurality of articulatable deck sections, said patient support surface supported at said frame, said barrier extending around at least a portion of said patient support surface and having an exterior side facing outwardly from the patient support apparatus and an interior side facing inwardly toward said patient support surface; a plurality of functional components associated with said patient support surface or said frame; an electrical control system mounted in said patient support apparatus, said control system including at least one actuator for moving one or more of said articulatable deck sections and a sensor for monitoring a condition at said patient support apparatus, said functional components including said sensor and said actuator, said control system further including a computer system incorporated into said patient support surface or said frame and in operative communication with at least one of said plurality of functional components for controlling or monitoring said at least one functional component; said control system further including a touch-screen display in communication with said computer system through said barrier for controlling said at least one functional component, said touch-screen display positioned in said barrier wherein said touch-screen display is incorporated into said barrier and accessible at said exterior side or said interior side for access by a user, said touch-screen display configured to allow the user to select said at least one functional component and control or monitor a function associated with the selected at least one functional component; and a touch selectable icon at said touch-screen display associated with said function associated with the selected functional component and operable to adjust said function of the selected functional component, and a second icon representing said function and changing in response to a user actuating said touch selectable icon.