Patent ID: 8121856
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: A61B,G16H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A remote diagnostic monitoring system for a patient support system, the remote diagnostic monitoring system comprising: a sensor system coupled to the patient support system and configured to generate sensor data relating to at least one parameter of the patient support system; a communication adapter coupled to the sensor system and configured to transmit the sensor data; a nurse call system coupled to the patient support system via the communication adapter; and a monitoring device located geographically distant from the patient support system, coupled to the communication adapter by a first datalink, and configured to receive the sensor data and determine a diagnostic status of the patient support system based on the received sensor data, wherein the monitoring device transmits updated firmware to the patient support system via the communication adapter for changing programming of the patient support system, wherein at least some of the sensor data generated by the sensor system is communicated to the nurse call system via the communication adapter, wherein the monitoring device receives a user request for a specific subset of data from among a plurality of available subsets of data, wherein the monitoring device communicates the user request to the patient support system via the communication adapter and the patient support system responds to the user request by transmitting to the monitoring device via the communication adapter the specific subset of data without transmitting other subsets of data of the plurality of available subsets of data, wherein the specific subset of data relates to at least one of a position of a portion of a bed frame and a feature of an air mattress.