Patent ID: 8258963

Claim:
A bed comprising a frame, a controller coupled to the frame, and a patient position detection system coupled to the frame and coupled to the controller, the patient position detection system having at least three modes of operation of varying sensitivities for determining whether a person supported on the frame has moved by a sufficient amount to activate an alarm, wherein the patient position detection system is configured to provide for selection of first, second, and third modes as a selected mode, the first mode of operation resulting in an alarm being activated in the event the first mode is the selected mode and the patient moves by a first amount, the second mode of operation resulting in the alarm being activated in the event the second mode is the selected mode and the patient moves by a second amount greater than the first amount, and the third mode of operation resulting in the alarm being activated in the event the third mode is the selected mode and the patient moves a third amount greater than the second amount.