557 results about "Patient support" patented technology

A patient support apparatus for transporting a patient over a floor surface is described herein. The patient support apparatus includes a drive system with a drive member, a user interface arranged for selective user engagement by a user to operate the drive system, and a control system for operating the drive system. The control system includes a processor configured to determine that the patient transport apparatus is traveling on an inclined floor surface, monitor the user interface for changes in user engagement by a user, and operate the drive system to decelerate the drive member to one of a plurality of positions based on the changes in user engagement.

The invention discloses a multi-angle particle therapy system without a rotating rack and a using method thereof, and relates to the technical field of particle therapy equipment, and the treatment system comprises an accelerator, an irradiation system, a control system, a patient supporting system and an imaging system. The patient supporting system comprises a containing and fixing device, a two-dimensional translation system, a rotating system and a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical positioning system, the containing and fixing device is connected with the two-dimensional translation system, the two-dimensional translation system is connected with the rotating system, and the two-dimensional translation system controls the relative position of a patient and a rotating center; the rotating system rotates a patient to an appointed angle of a treatment plan or cooperates with the imaging system to obtain a three-dimensional image of the patient, and the irradiation system irradiates a tumor target area; the use method comprises the following steps: generating a treatment plan by reconstructing a three-dimensional CT image, and completing irradiation at different angles according to the treatment plan. According to the treatment system, multi-angle irradiation on a patient can be realized under the condition that a rotating rack is not used, and the manufacturing period and cost of the particle treatment system can be reduced.

A patient transport apparatus includes a base, a patient support deck, a plurality of wheels, a plurality of brakes, and an electro-mechanical braking system. The electro-mechanical braking system includes a linkage and an electrical braking assembly. The linkage is operatively coupled to the brakes to place the brakes in a braked state, a released state, or other state. The electrical braking assembly includes an actuator assembly that moves the linkage via a driving member. A user interface includes an input control for user engagement. A brake control circuit includes a hold circuit to generate an enable signal with a predetermined voltage in response to the user engagement with the input control, maintain the enable signal for a predetermined period following user disengagement with the input control, and operate the actuator assembly with the enable signal to move the driving member within the predetermined period.

A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a support surface, a caregiver control panel, a patient control panel, and a controller. The caregiver control panel includes a lock out control that, when manually activated by a caregiver, locks out one or more particular controls on the patient control panel. The controller is also adapted to automatically lock out the one or more particular controls, irrespective of the state of the lock out control, in response to a triggering event. The triggering event may include one or more of the following: the arming of an exit detection system, the arming of a monitoring system, the passage of a predetermined time period, the use of a scale, the zeroing of the scale, the receipt of a fall risk score for the patient, etc. The caregiver control panel may allow the caregiver to select what patient controls are automatically locked out.

A patient support apparatus and a method of notifying persons within a vicinity of the patient support apparatus are disclosed. The patient support apparatus includes a patient support structure for supporting a patient, an actuator for moving the patient, a notification system, and a controller coupled to the notification system and the actuator. The controller receives a selection of a remote control function via a communication network, generates a notification in response to receiving the selection of the remote control function, and transmits an output signal to the actuator based on the selection of the remote control function. The notification system executes the notification prior to the controller transmitting the output signal to the actuator.

A bed is provided having a base frame, a patient support assembly connected to the base frame. The patient support assembly is rotatable adjacent the foot end of the bed to place the patient support assembly, including the head section and foot section thereof, in a generally vertical position to allow a patient to exit the bed in a standing orientation.

A radiotherapy system is configured to receive an open-field X-ray beam from a superficial radiotherapy machine and direct the beam through a grid module configured to spatially fractionate the open-field beam into a group of spaced-apart microbeams. A patient applicator defines an enclosed space having a patient support surface for supporting a target body part. A beam receiver of the patient applicator receives the group of microbeams directed at the target body part on the support surface. The enclosed space is defined by a wall structure comprising shielding sufficient to absorb the radiation emitted by the superficial radiotherapy machine. The patient applicator 80 can be portable, and the superficial radiotherapy machine can be wheeled.

A patient support, such as a mattress, includes a plurality of inflatable bladders. Depth sensors are included in the support that measure the degree of penetration of a patient into the mattress. An air pressure sensor is also included that measures the pressure inside at least one bladder. A suitable inflation level of the mattress is determined by monitoring the rate of change of the depth with respect to air pressure as the bladder is either inflated or deflated. By detecting an inflection point in the graphical relationship of the depth and pressure outputs, a suitable inflation point for the bladders is determined that reduces interface pressures experienced by the patient, yet does not overly sink the patient into the mattress to a degree of discomfort. Analyzing the outputs of the depth and pressure sensors can also be used to detect a patient's heart rate and respiration rate.

A patient support system may include a pelvic bolster assembly and a thoracic bolster assembly. Each of the assemblies may be attached to a conventional surgical table frame by the surgical table frame's longitudinal rails. A plurality of adjustment mechanisms and components are provided to allow for easy and safe manipulation of a patient before and during surgery.

A bed is provided having a base frame, a patient support assembly connected to the base frame. The patient support assembly is rotatable adjacent the foot end of the bed to place the patient support assembly, including the head section and foot section thereof, in a generally vertical position to allow a patient to exit the bed in a standing orientation.

The invention discloses a CT scanning patient supporting framework, device and method based on vertical and horizontal dual-purpose adaptation, and relates to the technical field of CT equipment. The direction adjusting supporting structure is arranged on the bottom supporting base structure in a controllable positioning type through connection mode; the two groups of horizontal driving structures are respectively assembled at the top and bottom of the lifting upright post structure; the supporting assembly structure is in transmission assembly connection with the lead screw assembly; and the positioning assembly is arranged on the supporting assembly structure and is connected with the control module through a circuit. The problem that in the prior art, a CT scanning device is poor in adaptability corresponding to different vertical and horizontal states is solved.

A patient support apparatus includes a support surface including a topper. An opening is formed in a side of the support surface. A cavity extends from the opening into the support surface. An inlet port is positioned within the cavity and fluidly coupled to the topper. A pneumatic blower is configured to removably position within the cavity and has an outlet port that couples to the inlet port.

A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, operating table, recliner, or the like, include a litter frame, a support deck, a battery, an AC connector for receiving electrical power, a plurality of motorized actuators, and a control system. The control system limits the amount of electrical power available to the motorized actuators to different levels depending upon whether the AC connector or the battery is powering the patient support apparatus. The control system may also or alternatively change the power available to the motorized actuators depending upon whether a mattress therapy is currently in progress or not. Still further, the control system may pause battery recharging during actuator movement, may utilize one or electronic fuses to control power delivery, and / or wake up sleeping (or shut down) microcontrollers using a specialized network transceiver command that cause the recipient transceiver to wake up its associated microcontroller.

A system and method to detect an unauthorized device coupled to an interface of a control system for a patient support apparatus. The interface may be wired or wireless, and the system and method may involve determining an operating signature of a device coupled to an interface. Based on the operating signature being consistent with a device signature stored in memory, the system may determine the device coupled to the interface is an authorized device.

A patient support apparatus that is adaptable to multiple modes of transport includes a variable length base and a drive system that includes two independently drivable wheels that are responsive to inputs from a user to steer the patient support apparatus. A barrier assembly is secured to the upper frame by a tab which is received into a receiver formed in a head end of the frame.

The present disclosure relates to a frame and patient support, and surgical methods using the frame and patient support. The frame and patient support can be used to support and manipulate the patient prior to, during, and after surgery to articulate the patient's body to facilitate stabilization of the patient's spine. The frame and patient support can be configured for rotation about a rotational axis, and the frame and patient support can include a lower-leg-support, an upper-leg-support, a pelvic-support, a torso-support, and a head-and-arm support for supporting corresponding portions of the patient's body.

A patient support includes a mattress with an inflatable bladder, where the inflatable bladder has a cavity and an upper bladder wall forming an outwardly facing side for facing and supporting the patient on the patient mattress and forming an inwardly facing side facing into the cavity. The patient support further includes a light transmitter operable to emit light through the cavity to impinge on the inwardly facing side of the upper bladder wall and a light receiver operable to detect a reflection of the light off the inwardly facing side of the bladder wall, with the light receiver generating a signal responsive to detecting the reflection. A controller is in communication with the light transmitter and is operable to determine immersion of a patient into the mattress based on the signal from the light receiver.

A patient support apparatus and a method of notifying persons within a vicinity of the patient support apparatus are disclosed. The patient support apparatus includes a patient support structure for supporting a patient, an actuator for moving the patient, a notification system, and a controller coupled to the notification system and the actuator. The controller receives a selection of a remote control function via a communication network, generates a notification in response to receiving the selection of the remote control function, and transmits an output signal to the actuator based on the selection of the remote control function. The notification system executes the notification prior to the controller transmitting the output signal to the actuator.

A patient transport apparatus includes a base, a patient support deck, a plurality of wheels, a plurality of brakes, and an electro-mechanical braking system. The electro-mechanical braking system includes a linkage, a manual actuator, and an electrical braking assembly. The linkage is operatively coupled to the brakes to place the brakes in a braked state, a released state, or other state. The manual actuator moves the linkage manually to place the brakes in one of the states. The electrical braking assembly includes an actuator assembly that moves the linkage with electrical power to place the brakes in one of the states.

A portable configuration tool for configuring a headwall unit that is adapted to be electrically coupled to an outlet on a headwall communicates with a room device positioned within a common room with the headwall unit. The tool includes a housing, a transceiver for communicating with a portable computer, IR and RF transceivers for communicating with the headwall unit, and a controller adapted to receive a command from the portable computer that instructs the controller to transmit an initial message to the headwall unit using the infrared transceiver, receive an identifier from the headwall unit via the infrared transceiver that uniquely identifies the headwall unit, establish a communication link between the RF transceiver and the headwall unit, receive a configuration setting from the portable computer via the transceiver, and transmit the configuration setting to the headwall unit via at least one of the infrared or RF transceivers.

A surface and accessory system for temperature regulation and microclimate management of a patient includes a surface assembly including an outer covering and a spacer material. A pneumatic assembly is in fluid communication with the interior. The pneumatic assembly includes a housing. A blower is disposed within the housing. A flow rate valve is operably coupled to the discharge outlet of the blower. The flow rate valve is configured to adjust a discharge flow rate of the blower. A controller is communicatively coupled to the blower and the flow rate valve. The controller is configured to adjust at least one of an operating speed of the blower and a restriction setting of the flow rate valve to selectively generate a cooling effect and a heating effect with airflow directed by the blower through the surface assembly.

A patient transport apparatus includes a support structure. The support structure includes a base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. One or more handle assemblies are coupled to the frame to maneuver the patient transport apparatus. The handle assemblies include one or more handles to be manipulated by a user. The handles are capable of being adjusted to facilitate maneuvering of the patient transport apparatus, such as pushing / pulling the patient transport apparatus along a floor surface, lifting the patient transport apparatus over obstacles, loading the patient transport apparatus into an emergency vehicle, and / or unloading the patient transport apparatus from the emergency vehicle.

An imaging system is for capturing images of a patient during a medical scan. A set of one or more cameras captures images of the patient such that, after applying distortion and perspective correction steps, pixel rows correspond to locations along an axis parallel to the direction of patient support movement and pixel columns correspond to locations along an axis perpendicular to the patient support. Patient motion of interest can then be identified based on image movements in the pixel column direction between sequential captured images. A measure of patient motion can then be derived.

A patient support apparatus includes a base frame, lift mechanism supporting an upper frame relative to the base frame, a load frame, and a plurality of deck sections, a patient support surface, and a number of barriers positioned about the patient supporting surface. The patient support apparatus includes a notification system for visually notifying a caregiver of a condition or status of a component of the patient support apparatus.

A patient support system is provided for use on a litter of a patient support apparatus. The patient support system includes an expandable patient support and a control assembly connectable to the expandable patient support. The control assembly includes a user interface with a display and a controller configured to display a predetermined sequence of graphical animations on the display to graphically instruct a user to perform a plurality of tasks after the user selects a new width for the expandable patient support on the user interface.

A handheld contamination detection device for a healthcare setting includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an end surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. A light source is coupled to the end surface. The light source emits ultraviolet light away from the body. A user-interface is coupled to the top surface of the body. The user-interface includes a touch screen. A controller is communicatively coupled with the light source and the user-interface. The controller receives a command input from the user-interface and activates the light source in response to the command input.

A support apparatus includes an upper frame having an upper support surface and first and second side surfaces. A surface assembly includes an outer ticking, first straps extending from the outer ticking proximate to a head end, second straps extending from the outer ticking proximate to a foot end, and a strap connector coupled to a distal end of each of the first and second straps. Mating connectors are coupled to at least one of the upper frame and the outer ticking. The first and second straps extend along the first and second side surfaces to engage with the mating connectors to couple the surface assembly to the upper frame. An engagement between the strap connectors and the mating connectors is maintained while permitting a sliding engagement between the upper support surface and the outer ticking as the upper frame articulates between multiple positions.

A lift, a head support, and methods for use thereof for use with a surgical frame are provided. The lift and the head support can be used with the surgical frame that is capable of reconfiguration before, during, or after surgery. The surgical frame can include a main beam that can be rotated, raised / lowered, and tilted upwardly / downwardly to afford positioning and repositioning of a patient supported thereon, and the lift and the head support can be used in lifting the patient from a table / gurney and positioning the patient with respect to the main beam.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods used to monitor patient activity and / or patient health status without accidentally affecting the operational activity of a patient support apparatus. The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of using one or more light indicators to identify different states of a patient monitoring device.

A reconfigurable patient transport system may include a patient support apparatus and a patient transport apparatus. The patient support apparatus may include a hinge member, a left support board, and a right support board each coupled to the hinge member. The left support board may comprise a left proximal segment and a left wing segment each removably coupled to a left distal segment. The right support board may comprise a right proximal segment and a right wing segment each removably coupled to a right distal segment. The patient transport apparatus may comprise a support frame and an intermediate frame coupled to the support frame. The intermediate frame may comprise a support deck configured to support a patient. The patient transport apparatus may further comprise a left siderail bracket and a right siderail bracket each configured for engagement with one of the wing segments of the support boards.