Communication System for a Patient Support Device

JP2025520241A5Pending Publication Date: 2026-06-15STRYKER CORP

Patent Information

Authority / Receiving Office: JP · JP
Patent Type: Applications
Current Assignee / Owner: STRYKER CORP
Filing Date: 2023-06-07
Publication Date: 2026-06-15

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⚠Technical Problem

Existing patient support devices lack effective systems for tracking the location of assets within a healthcare facility and facilitating communication between patients and caregivers, especially when patients move around, which increases caregiver workload and reduces patient recovery efficiency.

⚗Method used

A patient support device system equipped with ultra-wideband wireless transceivers, a display, and a controller that determines the position of objects relative to the device using RF communication, enabling automatic association and dissociation of objects, nurse call communication, and departure detection alerts, and integrating with existing nurse call systems.

🎯Benefits of technology

Enhances asset tracking, facilitates patient communication, reduces caregiver workload, and improves patient recovery by automating the association of assets with patients, alerting caregivers to patient movement, and integrating with existing nurse call systems.

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Abstract

The patient support device includes a plurality of ultra-wideband wireless transceivers, a display, a controller, and a near-field transceiver. The controller is adapted to determine the position of an object relative to the patient support device using wireless radio frequency (RF) communication between the plurality of ultra-wideband wireless transceivers and the object, to determine whether the object is located inside or outside a spatial volume, to automatically associate the object with the patient support device when the object is located inside the communication range of the near-field transceiver, to automatically dissociate the object from the patient support device when the object is located outside the spatial volume, to transfer and / or display data from the object when the object is associated, and not to transfer and / or display data when the object is not associated. This object is a nurse call device, a departure detection sensor, a second patient support device, etc.

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