Patent ID: 8789222

Claim:
A patient support apparatus comprising: a mattress having a plurality of inflatable bladders and a plurality of devices for carrying out a plurality of functions at said mattress, said functions including (i) adjusting the firmness of the mattress to provide a firmness function, and (ii) a therapeutic treatment of a patient supported on said mattress, said therapeutic treatment including moving a patient relative to at least a portion of said mattress; a control system in operative communication with said plurality of devices for controlling said devices and for operating on at least one of said inflatable bladders; said control system including a touch-screen display including a menu portion and an active window portion, said menu portion having a plurality of touch selectable buttons, at least one of said touch selectable buttons associated with said therapeutic treatment, said control system displaying a dynamic icon representative of a parameter associated with said therapeutic treatment and displaying at said active window portion at least one touch selectable parameter button operable to modify the therapeutic treatment, and said control system changing the dynamic icon in response to a change in the parameter wherein the operator is provided visual feedback on their selection of the therapeutic treatment and on a change to the parameter of the therapeutic treatment; and said menu portion being displayed and remaining visible on said touch-screen display after a user selects at least one of said touch selectable buttons and with the functions of said touch selectable buttons maintaining their associations with their respective touch selectable buttons such that an operator can easily select between each of said touch selectable buttons of said menu portion and their corresponding functions.