Patent ID: 8306666
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A61B,A61G

Abstract:
1. An interactive patient system comprising: a patient support apparatus; sensing means associated with the patient support apparatus, the sensing means in the form of a programmable transponder configured to send and receive a radio-frequency location signal; presence identification means associated with a region of a patient, the presence identification means including a programmable transponder and memory, the programmable transponder and memory releasably attachable to skin or clothing of a patient and adapted to receive a radio-frequency location signal and send location data and other treatment data stored in the memory via a radio-frequency signal; and altering means configured to alter a property of the patient support apparatus in proximity to the presence identification means upon identification of an activity signal, thereby effecting an activity in the vicinity of the region of the patient; wherein the activity signal is associated with transmission or identification of at least one radio-frequency location signal and other data stored in the memory between the sensing means and the presence identification means.