The present invention relates to patient support apparatuses—such as cots, stretchers, beds, surgical tables, wheelchairs, chairs, and the like—and more particularly to wireless methods and structures for transferring data and/or power to or from such devices, or components of such devices.
Patient support apparatuses are commonly used in healthcare environments for supporting patients. Such support apparatuses often include electrical components, such as, but not limited to, motors, actuators, lights, control panels, sensors, and still other devices. Such devices may receive their electrical power from one or more batteries provided on the patient support apparatus, or from a wired connection to a conventional electrical wall outlet.
The present invention provides improved methods and structures for delivering electrical power to a patient support apparatus, and/or delivering electrical power to a component of the patient support apparatus. In other embodiments, the present invention also provides improved methods and structures for communicating electronic signals between components of the patient support apparatus. In various of the embodiments, the present invention reduces the weight and bulk of various components of the patient support apparatus, improves the ease in which the support apparatus may be cleaned, and helps to reduce the work involved in connecting the support apparatus, or a component of the support apparatus, to a source of power.
According to one embodiment, a patient support is provided that includes a base, a frame, an elevation adjustment mechanism, a deck, a plurality of electronic control circuits, a wired communication network, and a wireless link. The elevation adjustment mechanism raises and lowers the frame with respect to the base. The deck is supported on the frame and includes a plurality of sections adapted to support a patient thereon. The plurality of electronic control circuits are each adapted to control at least one specific function of the patient support apparatus, and each of the electronic control circuits located in different locations of the patient support apparatus. The wired communication network transports messages between a first subset of the electronic control circuits. The wireless link transports messages between a second subset of the electronic control circuits, wherein the second subset of electronic control circuits includes at least one electronic control circuit that is not in common with the first subset of electronic control circuits.
According to another aspect, a patient support apparatus is provided that includes a base, a frame, an elevation adjustment mechanism, a deck, an electrical power supply, an inductive coil, and a controller. The elevation adjustment mechanism raises and lowers the frame with respect to the base. The deck is supported on the frame and includes a plurality of sections adapted to support a patient thereon. The electrical power supply supplies electrical power to at least one motor positioned on the patient support apparatus. The inductive coil is positioned on the patient support apparatus and is adapted to receive electrical power from the electrical power supply. The controller controls electrical current that flows through the inductive coil so as to inductively transfer electrical power from the inductive coil to a mattress positioned on the deck.
According to yet another aspect, a patient support apparatus is provided that includes a base, a patient support surface, a rechargeable battery, an on-board inductive coil, and a controller. The base includes a plurality of wheels. The patient support surface provides a surface on which a patient may be supported. The rechargeable battery provides electrical power to at least one electronic device positioned on the patient support apparatus. The on-board inductive coil receives electrical power from an off-board inductive coil when the on-board and off-board inductive coils are positioned within inductive proximity to each other. The controller controls the receipt of electrical power via the on-board inductive coil and supplies the electrical power to the battery for recharging the rechargeable battery.
According to other aspects, the first subset of electronic control circuits may include a first electronic control circuit adapted to control the raising and lowering of the frame with respect to the base, along with a second electronic control circuit adapted to control a user interface on the patient support apparatus. The second subset of electronic control circuits may include a third electronic control circuit adapted to control the inflation of a mattress positioned on the deck.
The wired communication network may be a controller area network (CAN), a LONWorks network, a LIN network, an RS-232 network, a Firewire network, a DeviceNet network, or any other type of network or fieldbus that provides a communication system for communication between electronic control circuits. Regardless of the specific type of network, the wireless link may be between a node on the network and an electronic control circuit adapted to control the inflation of a mattress positioned on the deck, wherein the electronic control circuit that is adapted to control the inflation of a mattress positioned on the deck is an electronic control circuit that is not part of the network.
A battery may be positioned inside of the mattress to supply electrical power to a blower positioned inside of the mattress.
First and second housings for the first and second inductive coils, respectively, may also be provided, and the housings may be configured to selectively engage together in a manner that orients the first and second inductive coils in a desired relative orientation to each other for inductive energy transfer therebetween. The first housing may be mounted to a foot section of the deck.
An indicator may be provided on the patient support apparatus that provides a human-perceptible signal to a caregiver when the first and second housings are engaged. The indicator may include a light and/or the indicator may emit an aural signal. The light may be a separate stand-alone light, or it may be an icon, graphic, or other portion of a display screen.
The patient support apparatus may further include an electronic control circuit that controls the first inductive coil and that includes circuitry adapted to detect when the first and second housings are engaged with each other. One of the first and second housings may include an elongated projection having a sloped wall, and the other one of the first and second housings may include an elongated recess adapted to receive the elongated projection.
The patient support apparatus may further include an inductive coil positioned on an underside of the patient support apparatus that is adapted to inductively couple with a stationary inductive coil positioned on or in a floor.
A controller may automatically determine when a mattress inductive coil is positioned on the support deck and in alignment with the inductive coil. The inductive coil may be positioned at a foot end of the patient support apparatus. A wireless transceiver may be coupled to the patient support apparatus that wirelessly communicates with a mattress controller contained within the mattress. A control panel may be positioned on the patient support apparatus and include at least one control for controlling a feature of the mattress. The control panel communicates with the wireless transceiver such that a signal relating to the control of the feature may be transmitted from the wireless transceiver to the mattress controller.
A controller may be included that initiates a message to an off-board controller of the off-board inductive coil when the rechargeable battery is charged. The message may cause the off-board controller to terminate the inductive transfer of electrical energy from the off-board inductive coil to the on-board inductive coil.
A brake may be provided on the patient support apparatus and the controller may only allow electrical power to inductively recharge the rechargeable battery when the brake is activated. The patient support apparatus may be one of a chair, a bed, a stretcher, a cot, or a surgical table. The patient support apparatus may further include an electrically powered wheel adapted to assist caregivers in moving the patient support apparatus from one location to another.
An actuator may be included that moves the on-board coil between an extended and a retracted position. The actuator may be configured to automatically move the on-board coil to the extended position when a brake on the patient support apparatus is activated.
According to still other aspects, the patient support apparatus may include one or more on-board coils that inductively receive electrical energy from one or more off-board electrical coils that occupy a greater area than the on-board coil or coils. The greater area of the off-board coil or coils may allow efficient inductive coupling to occur between the off-board and on-board coils in a variety of different positions and a variety of different orientations, thereby avoiding the need for a specific position and/or orientation to be achieved between the two coils before efficient inductive coupling can occur.
Before the embodiments of the invention are explained in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the details of operation or to the details of construction and the arrangement of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention may be implemented in various other embodiments and of being practiced or being carried out in alternative ways not expressly disclosed herein. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of “including” and “comprising” and variations thereof is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items and equivalents thereof. Further, enumeration may be used in the description of various embodiments. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the use of enumeration should not be construed as limiting the invention to any specific order or number of components. Nor should the use of enumeration be construed as excluding from the scope of the invention any additional steps or components that might be combined with or into the enumerated steps or components.
The present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein the reference numerals appearing in the following written description correspond to like-numbered elements in the several drawings. A diagram of a patient support apparatus 20 that may incorporate one or more aspects of the present invention is illustrated in
A. Patient Support Apparatuses
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Deck 26 of patient support apparatus 20 is adapted to support a mattress 38 (
For any of the patient support apparatuses described herein, one or more control panels (e.g. control panel 92 of
In some embodiments, mattress 38 may be a mattress that includes one or more internal fluid bladders that may be selectively inflated to different pressures for providing maximum comfort to a patient positioned thereon, as well as for performing various therapies on the patient. Such mattresses typically include a blower or pump that is controlled by suitable electronics within the mattress. The blower or pump is controlled to change or maintain the fluid pressure within the various bladders in whatever manner is desirable. In many instances, one or more manifolds are included within mattress 38 so that different sections of the mattress can be controlled individually.
The actuators and controls on the patient support apparatus 20, as well as the controls and blower inside mattress 38, are typically powered by electricity. Patient support apparatus 20 includes a power cable (not shown) that plugs into a conventional electrical wall outlet for receiving electrical power therefrom. In some embodiments, support apparatus 20 may include one or more batteries that enable the support apparatus to maintain some, or all, of its electrical functions while its power cable is disconnected from the electrical wall outlet. Such uses of battery power are typical when support apparatus 20 is being moved from one location to another.
In order to provide electrical power to the control circuitry within mattress 38, patient support apparatus 20 may include an inductive coupler 50 (
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Inductive coupler 50 is adapted to inductively supply electrical power from patient support apparatus 20 to mattress 38. The inductive transfer of electrical energy from patient support 20 to mattress 38 may be carried out by a controller 60 (
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The sloped nature and dimensions of surfaces 80 and 82 also help ensure that housings 52 and 54 align with each other when mattress 38 is positioned on support deck 26. If the alignment is slightly off, the sloped surfaces will act as cam surfaces that translate the downward gravitational force on the mattress 38 (or other downward force exerted onto mattress 38) into a horizontal force, urging the mattress to slide in the needed direction for alignment of housings 52 and 54. When properly aligned, projection surface 82 fits completely within the interior space defined by sloped interior surface 80 of mattress housing 54. This alignment causes top wall 86 of patient support housing 52 to touch, or nearly touch, the underside of top wall 70 of mattress housing 54.
The sloped projection surface 80 of patient support housing 52 and the sloped interior surface 82 of mattress housing 54 are generally smooth, non-porous surfaces that are free from crevices, grooves, indentations, or other sharp changes in topology. This facilitates the cleaning and/or sterilization of both mattress 38 and patient support apparatus 20.
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Controller 60 (
In one embodiment, a control panel 92 (
In some embodiments, control panel 92 may be built into patient support apparatus 20 and include other menus and/or controls for controlling any of the other functions of patient support apparatus 20. In other embodiments, control panel 92 may be part of a pendant, or other device, that is not an integral part of patient support apparatus 20, but which may be selectively coupled and decoupled thereto. Control panel 92 may receive data from mattress controller 62 (or another controller on mattress 38 that is in communication with mattress controller 62) by way of a wireless communication channel that will be discussed in greater detail below.
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Any of the patient support apparatuses described herein—such as, but not limited to, support apparatus 20—may include an electrical communication network 102, such as is shown in
Electrical communication network 102 may be a controller area network (CAN), or it may be another type of communication network. Such other types may include LONWorks, LIN, RS-232, DeviceNet, or still other types of networks. The network may include only the two network layers of CAN, or it may include more than two layers, such as CANOpen.
Each node typically includes a circuit board that contains the electronics necessary for controlling a user interface, one or more actuators, one or more sensors, and one or more other electrical components. For example, in
In the illustrated embodiment, node #3 is provided for controlling one or more motors, actuators, and/or the brake of patient support apparatus 20. Node #4 is shown controlling inductive coil 56 of patient support apparatus 20. Node #4 includes patient support controller 60, as well as the associated electronic necessary for allowing controller 60 to communicate with network 102 (and any other suitable or desired electronics). In the illustrated embodiment of
Mattress 38 is depicted diagrammatically in
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Patient support controller 60 and mattress controller 62 may communicate mattress control data, as well as status data, over wireless communication link 106. In other embodiments, such mattress control and status data may be transferred by other controllers that are in communication with link 106. Regardless of the specific components transferring such information, the mattress control data may include commands that are entered on one of the control panels, such as control panel 92, of patient support apparatus 20 for controlling mattress 38. Thus, for example, a caregiver may use control panel 92 to enter commands for changing the inflation pressure inside of one or more fluid bladders of mattress 92. The control panel will communicate those commands to controller 60, or another controller, via communication network 102. Controller 60, or another controller, will then wirelessly transmit those commands via wireless link 106 to mattress controller 62, or to another controller on mattress 38. In this manner, it is possible to control mattress 38 via patient support apparatus 20 without any wires, cables, or other physical coupling between support apparatus 20 and mattress 38. Similarly, because of the inductive transfer of energy to mattress 38 from support apparatus 20, there is no need for any power supply wires, cables, or other physical connections between mattress 38 and support 20 for supplying electrical power. The combination of inductive power transfer and wireless communication therefore enables mattress 38 to be completely separable from patient support apparatus 20. This eliminates the need for caregivers to physically couple any cables or the like from mattress 38 to patient support 20 before using mattress 38. Similarly, this eliminates the need for caregivers to physically disconnect any cables or the like from mattress 38 when mattress 38 is removed.
Mattress controller 62 may be in communication with one or more sensors on mattress 38, such as, but not limited to, pressure sensors and/or a battery level sensor. Mattress controller 62 may transmit the readings from these sensors, or data related to the readings from these sensors, to patient support controller 60 by way of link 106. Patient support controller 60 may then display this information to a caregiver on one or more control panels positioned on patient support apparatus 20. Controller 60 may communicate this information to the display directly, or by way of network 102. In an alternative, the sensors on mattress 38 may communicate their data to a separate controller on mattress 38 that then transmits this information via wireless link 106 to patient support apparatus 20.
Patient support controller 60 may also communicate via link 106 with one or more sensors and/or sensing sheets that may be placed on or in mattress 38, and which may not be in direct communication with mattress controller 62. Examples of one type of sensing sheet that may wirelessly communicate via link 106 with patient support apparatus 20 are disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/546,546 filed Oct. 1, 2011 by applicant Geoffrey Taylor and entitled Pressure Sensing Mat, the complete disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. Controller 60 may also communicate via link 106 with any of the sensing sheets disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/449,182 filed Mar. 4, 2011, by applicant Richard Derenne and entitled Sensing System for Patient Supports, the complete disclosure of which is also hereby incorporated by reference herein. When communicating with any of the mattress sensors and/or sensor sheets disclosed in these applications, controller 60 may communicate information from the mattress sensors and/or sensing sheet to communication network 102. Any appropriate node on network 102 may then use this information in carrying out its intended function. For example, if the sensing sheet detects an undesired amount of pressure being exerted on a specific portion of the patient, a node (such as node #3) may automatically be programmed to change the orientation of one or more of deck sections 40-46 to try to alleviate such pressure. The data sensed by the mattress sensors and/or sensing sheet may also be transmitted off of patient support apparatus to a remote location, such as a server, or other computer, that forwards the information to an electronic medical record, a caregiver alerting system, a work flow system, an admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) system, or any other suitable system. In such embodiments, network 102 may include an additional node (not shown) for managing such remote communication.
In another embodiment, controller 60 may be configured to change the pressure inside one or more bladders of mattress 38 in response to data received from any of the sensing sheets disclosed in applications 61/546,546 or 61/449,182. For example, if controller 60 receives information from one of these sensing sheets that a patient is experiencing undesired interface pressure at a specific region on his or her body, controller 60 may then issue one or more commands via link 106 to mattress controller 62 to change the inflation of one or more bladders within mattress 38. Algorithms for changing the inflation of mattress 38 based upon sensed patient interface pressure are disclosed in, for example, commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/075,937 filed Mar. 15, 2008 by applicant Geoffrey Taylor and entitled Adaptive Cushion Method and Apparatus for Minimizing Force Concentrations on a Human Body, the complete disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Patient support controller 60 includes an AC to DC power converter 120 that converts the AC power received from a conventional electrical outlet to DC power. The DC power may be any suitable voltage. In one embodiment, the DC power may be 24 volts. In other embodiments, this voltage may be different. Further, in at least one embodiment, AC to DC power converter 120 also supplies DC power to all, or at least some, of the other electrical components on patient support apparatus 20. In this manner, patient support apparatus 20 may only have a single AC to DC power converter, instead of multiple AC to DC power converters.
Power converter 120 feeds DC power to a suitable microcontroller 122 for controlling the operation of patient support coil 56, as well as managing communications over wireless link 106. Microcontroller 122 controls a bridge controller 124 and a field effect transistor (FET) driver 126 that, in combination, generate an AC signal for driving patient support coil 56. A current sensing circuit 128 senses the current flowing through coil 56 and passes its output to a phase sense and voltage follower circuit 130. Phase sense and voltage follower circuit 130 analyzes any shift in the current flowing through coil 56. This analysis may be used to automatically detect whether or not mattress coil 58 is adjacent to coil 56 or not. That is, controller 60 may periodically ping coil 56 to determine if coil 58 is adjacent or not. Such pinging may take place multiple times a second until coil 58 is detected. Once detected, the phase analysis performed by circuit 130 may be used to monitor whether coil 58 remains in near proximity to coil 56 or not.
The pinging of coil 56 may take place multiple times a second. Such pinging may involve driving coil 56 with a small amplitude wave of electrical current and monitoring the relationship between the phase and current in coil 56 by circuit 130. Depending upon the phase relationship, the presence of absence of mattress coil 58 can be inferred, as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art. The amount of current used in pinging coil 56 may be substantially less than that which flows through coil 56 during inductive energy transfer. This reduces power consumption, as well as electromagnetic interference with other electrical or electronic devices. The duration of a single current ping may also be less than a single cycle time used during inductive charging. In other words, the current used during pinging is less than that used during a single cycle of inductive coupling, and it also may last for less time than the length of a single inductive coupling cycle.
The output of circuit 130 is fed to a current limiting control circuit 132 that, in conjunction with microcontroller 122, limits the current flowing through coil 56. This current limiting may be used to prevent undesired and/or excessive amounts of current flowing through coil 56, as well as in limiting the amount of current that is used during the pinging process described above.
Microcontroller 122 is also in communication with a network transceiver 134, which, in the embodiment shown in
One embodiment of a mattress controller 62 is also depicted in more detail in
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that battery 64 is an optional component. In some embodiments, battery 64 may be omitted and controller 62 may be configured to supply electrical energy directly to all of the electrical consumers on mattress 38. This supply of electrical energy will only occur substantially at the time when mattress 38 is inductively coupled to patient support apparatus 20. It will also be understood that the electrical source of power for patient support apparatus controller 60 (and coil 56) could be a battery carried on board patient support apparatus 20, thereby allowing patient support apparatus 20 to inductively supply electrical energy to mattress 38 even when the electrical power cord of patient support apparatus 20 is not plugged into an electrical outlet.
Mattress controller 62 of
By supplying inductive electrical power to mattress 38, patient support apparatus 20 eliminates the need for power cords running between mattress 38 and patient support apparatus 20. The size of mattress control box 94 may also be reduced because various electrical components, such as a transformer, that were present in prior wired mattress controllers can be eliminated. The elimination of both power and data cables between mattress 38 and patient support apparatus 20 also eliminates the potential for damage to such cables and/or the circuitry connected thereto that was present in prior art designs. Such damage could occur when attempting to lift or remove a mattress from a patient support deck 26 without first unplugging the cables. Further, because such cables do not need to be unplugged in the present design, cleaning underneath mattress 38 is easier because mattress 38 only needs to be lifted, instead of both unplugged and lifted, as in the prior art.
In the illustrated embodiment, patient support controller 60 is configured to supply up to 120 watts of power to mattress 38. Other amounts of energy can also be inductively transferred. Controller 60 may also be configured to terminate power to coil 56 when no mattress 38 is present, or if mattress housing 54 is not aligned with patient support housing 52. In some embodiments, as was noted, controller 60 may periodically check for the presence of mattress 38, and it if is not found, no current will be supplied to coil 56. This eliminates or reduces the likelihood of coil 56 causing undesired electromagnetic interference with any nearby electronic devices. When mattress 38 is present and housings 52 and 54 are aligned, controller 60 may be configured to automatically begin transferring power to mattress 38, or it may await a prompt from a user indicating such transfer should occur. In one embodiment, mattress controller 62 may automatically terminate current to coil 56 when battery 64 is fully charged. In another embodiment mattress controller 62 may automatically terminate current to coil 56 only when mattress 38 is not consuming any, or any significant amounts of, electrical energy, and battery 64 is fully charged. Controller 60 may receive information about the charge status of battery 64 and/or the electricity usage of mattress 38 via wireless link 106.
In an alternative inductive power station 180′, a conductive plate 188 is positioned on or underneath floor 182. Plate 188 is coupled to a source of alternating current such that it radiates an electromagnetic wave that induces a voltage on a coil or plate positioned on the patient support apparatus. Plate 188 or coil 186 can thus be used to wirelessly transmit power from stations 180 or 180′ to a mobile patient support apparatus, such as patient support apparatus 20′.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that, in some embodiments, patient support apparatus 20 may only include the inductive coil 154 and not the coil 56. In such embodiments, patient support apparatus 20 inductively receives the power it needs, but does not have the ability to inductively transfer electrical energy to any mattress 38 positioned thereon. Power to such a mattress may be supplied by an electrical cable, and communication may take place either wirelessly or by a data cable. In other embodiments (e.g.
It will further be understood by those skilled in the art that, although
B. Vehicular Patient Support Apparatuses
Any one or more of the aspects of the patient support apparatuses described above with respect to
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In the illustrated embodiment, the cot fastening system comprises a loading and unloading device 414 that loads patient support 410 into and unloads patient support 410 from the emergency vehicle, as well as fastens patient support 410 in the vehicle when patient support 410 is loaded into the vehicle. Additionally, an arresting device used in a cot fastening system, such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,287,794, which is incorporated by reference herein its entirety, can be used to fasten the patient support in the vehicle. As will be more fully described below, when patient support 410 is fully loaded into the vehicle, the vehicle based power supply will recharge the rechargeable power supply of the patient support 410. Similarly, when the loading and unloading device (414) is in a preselected position in the vehicle, its rechargeable power supply will be recharged by the vehicle based power supply.
To charge the rechargeable power supplies, the vehicle incorporates an induction based power supply system 416. Although described in reference to an ambulance and an ambulance cot, it should be understood that the present invention has broader application, including to other patient supports, such as beds, infant incubators, or the like, and to other vehicles, including a helicopter. Further as previously noted, the vehicle based power supply may be the vehicle battery or another power supply provided in the vehicle.
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As best understood from
In the illustrated embodiment, rechargeable power supply 422 and recharging circuit 424 are provided at the foot end 426 of patient support 410 and, further, such that receiving coil 424a is aligned with transmitting coil 418a when the patient support 410 is fully inserted or positioned in vehicle 412 by loading and unloading system 414. By providing a loading and unloading system 414 that loads the patient support 410 into a vehicle 412, the location of the patient support in the vehicle can be controlled such that its location when fully inserted is repeatable and, further, done in a manner to allow the transmitting and receiving coils to be closely aligned and/or in registry with each other to ensure the proper physical positioning of the respective coils, which will reduce the power loss in the wireless transfer of power and optimize the inductive coupling efficiency.
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Mounted to carriage 434 is an arm 440, which is adapted to lift the head end of the patient support to allow an attendant to guide patient support 410 onto carriage 434 to couple the patient support to carriage 434 so that when carriage 434 is pushed or retracted into the vehicle, patient support 410 will be guided into the vehicle. Arm 440 comprises a generally U-shaped member with two arm portions and a transverse member, with the two arm portions pivotally mounted at their distal or proximate their distal ends to carriage 434.
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Arm 440 is moved between its generally horizontal position and lowered position by driver 444, such as a linear actuator, including a hydraulic cylinder, which is mounted at one end in carriage 434 and at its opposed end to arm 440. When the linear actuator is extended, arm 440 is moved to its generally horizontal orientation, and when the linear actuator is contracted arm 440 moves to its lowered position to receive patient support 410. Driver 444 is electrically coupled to and powered by rechargeable power supply 428, which as noted above is recharged when loading and unloading device 414 is fully retracted into the vehicle.
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Similarly, patient support 410 includes an electrically powered device 446 that is powered by rechargeable power supply 422. In the illustrated embodiment, the electrically powered device is a driver, namely an elevation mechanism, for raising the base 448 of patient support 410 relative to the patient support surface 450, which in a cot is referred to as a litter, so that patient support 410 can be configured in a more compact configuration when being loaded into vehicle 412.
In the illustrated embodiment, carriage 434 include a releasable latch 452 which is configured to engage the guide wheel support 454 of patient support 410, which is mounted to the head end of patient support 410. For example, a suitable latching device is described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,796,757, which is commonly assigned to Stryker Corporation of Kalamazoo, Mich. and is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein. Guide wheel support 454 supports a wheel or bearing 456 that supports the head end of the patient support 410 on the vehicle deck when patient support 410 is inserted into the vehicle, as would be understood by those skilled in the art. Similarly, arm 440 may include a guide wheel 458, which rides on deck 438 to support arm 440 when arm 440 is in its horizontal orientation. Further, to facilitate manual removal or retraction of the patient support from the vehicle, arm 440 may also include a handle 460 at or proximate its distal end.
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Alternately or in addition, either circuit 420 or 430 and 418 or 424 may include an impedance matching circuit to improve the resonant frequency match between the respective circuits, which will improve transmission and hence efficiency of the power transmission, as known to those skilled in the art. For example, the impedance matching circuit may include feedback loops that check the resonance of the power supply circuit (418, 420) and of the receiving circuit (424, 430) so the impedance of the power supply circuit can be adjusted. The feedback loop(s) may provide a dynamic circuit that seeks resonance between the two circuits. As a result, the power circuit can automatically adjust the frequency of the applied current to the transmitting coil to maintain the frequency resonant with the frequency of the receiving circuit, such as described in EP0700574B1, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
In addition to power transmission, coil 424a may be used to wirelessly transmit data from patient support 410 to vehicle 412 through induction. For example, modulated data signals may be transmitted to coil 424a, which can then wirelessly transmit the data signal to the receiving coil using induction, in this case coil 418a, which generates a reception signal. The reception signal is then demodulated by a demodulator. The demodulator then may transmit the signal to a processor or storage device, where it can be processed or stored for later use.
For example, power management data may be transmitted from patient support 410 to vehicle 412. Patient support 410 may include a storage device, for example, for storing data relative to the charging and using of rechargeable power supply 422. This data may be stored on the power supply or battery or on the charger. Power management data may include, for example, the number of times the battery is charged and the length of use of the battery, which data may be processed for evaluation or stored for later evaluation. Therefore, in this application, the receiving coil at the patient support becomes a transmitting coil for transmitting the data to a receiving coil, for example coil 418a, which then becomes a receiving coil.
Other data that may be transmitted includes the identification of the patient support or data related to the patient. For example, the patient support may incorporate an RFID tag, which identifies the type of patient support, and an RFID reader may be provided on the loading and unloading device so that the loader will recognize the patient support and, for example, know when to actuate the linear actuator to lift the head end of the patient support and how high, for example. Similarly, the identification of the patient support may be transmitted to the vehicle using data transmission by induction rather than RF transmission in a similar manner noted above.
Patient data that may be transmitted may include patient weight. For example, patient support 410 may incorporate load cells, which are coupled to an onboard processor that determines the weight of the patient based in the signals from the load cells. This data may be displayed at the patient support, for example, by a LCD display or other types of displays, so that the EMS personnel can determine the correct dosage of a medicine or treatment for example. This data similarly can be transmitted from patient support 410 to the storage device on the vehicle, which data can then be stored or processed for later use.
Alternately or in addition, the data may be inductively transmitted to a storage device on a handheld device (e.g. for an EMT or for EMS services) that includes a receiving coil that is in communication with the data storage device in the handheld device.
Further, the data in the storage device in either the vehicle or the handheld device may be transmitted, for example, wirelessly to a hospital storage device, including to a patient database. In addition, the transmission of the data may be made directly between the patient support coil (424a) and a hospital receiving coil when the patient support is delivered to the hospital, with the hospital receiving coil in communication with the hospital storage device.
When data transmission is also provided, frequency-shift keying techniques may be used to minimize the disturbance on the power transmission, such as described in EP0700574B1.
In addition or alternately to drivers 444 and 446, other drivers and/or other electrically power devices may be powered by rechargeable power supplies 422 and 428. For example, loading and unloading device 414 may incorporate a driver to move carriage relative to the tracks under power to thereby pull or push the patient support relative to the deck. Further, patient support 410 may include a fifth wheel to power the patient support, which may also be powered by rechargeable power supply 422 when patient support 410 is being maneuvered through a hospital or at an accident site or the like. Further, electrically powered accessories mounted at patient support 410 may also be powered by rechargeable power supply 422. It can be appreciated that the power demand on the rechargeable power supply 422 can be significant; hence, the inductive recharging system of the present invention may significantly prolong the life of the power supply 422, as well as, power supply 428. Moreover, by eliminating the electrical connections, no direct physical contact between the two electrical circuits occurs, which reduces the risk of electrical shock to the patient or the caregiver. In addition, with electrical connectors, repetitive coupling and decoupling can cause wear and tear on the connections. Further, electrical connections require greater precision in the alignment between the connectors.
As noted above, patient support 410 may be secured in the vehicle using other fastening systems. Referring to
Device 514 includes a carriage or trolley 534 that is mounted on track 536, which is in turn mounted to the deck 538 of a vehicle. In the illustrated embodiment, track 536 comprises a rectangular tubular track with opposed guide surfaces 536a for guiding carriage 534. Carriage 534 is movably mounted on track 536 for linear movement along track 536 by an intermediate elongate member 535, such as an inverted, generally channel-shaped member. Intermediate member 535 includes a plurality of bearing assemblies 535a, for example a plurality of vertically oriented rollers, that engage sides 536a of track 536 and guide member 535, as well as carriage 534, along track 536. The rollers or bearings are mounted in member 135 between upper and lower inwardly extending flanges by fasteners 535b. Intermediate elongate member 535 also includes a second plurality of bearings 535c, such as wheels or rollers, mounted in the channel-shaped member for engaging deck 538 to thereby provide vertical support to member 535 and carriage 534 as they moves along track 536.
Carriage 534 similarly comprises an inverted, generally channel-shaped member and also includes a plurality of bearing assemblies 534a, which are similarly secured between inwardly extending flanges by fasteners 534b and that engage opposed sides 535d of member 535 so that carriage 534 is movably mounted to member 135. In this manner, carriage 534 and member 535 form a nested rail arrangement in which member 535 can be extended from track 536, and carriage 534 can be extended from member 535 beyond the end of track 536 to extend carriage 534 further from the vehicle, for example, than the first embodiment.
Similar to device 414, device 514 includes a pair of pivotal arms 540a and 540b, which are pivotally mounted to carriage 534 and which are moved between a raised or inclined position, shown for example in
Arms 540a and 540b are pivoted by at least one actuator housed in carriage 534, which is mounted on one end to base 540c and mounted at its other end to carriage 534. Thus when the actuator is contacted, arms 540a and 540b will be lowered relative to carriage 534, and when the actuator is extended the arms will be raised back to their raised or inclined position illustrated in
As best seen in
Similar to device 414, the rechargeable power supply located in carriage 534 may be used to power the actuator that raises or lowers arms 540a and 540b. In addition, carriage 534 may include a driver to move carriage 534 relative to member 535 and/or relative to track 536, which may also be powered by the carriage's on board rechargeable power supply.
To secure the patient support 410 to loading and unloading device 514, loading and unloading device 514 similarly includes at least one latch 560 for fastening the patient support 410 to carriage 534. Referring to
Referring to
The center yoke 678 is formed from two rods 682, 683 arranged as mirror images about the centerline of the antler system 676. Each rod 682, 683 includes a longitudinal segment 684, 685 and an outwardly divergent segment 686, 687, each outwardly divergent segment 686, 687 rising to a rearwardly directed hook or “ear” 688, 689.
The forward yoke 680 includes a central segment 690 secured to the ambulance cargo floor and two outwardly divergent arms 691, 692. The arms each terminate in an “ear” 693, 694 that is joined with a respective ear 688, 689 of the center yoke 678.
Positioned at central segment 690 is a transmitting circuit and transmitting coil 618a, which are electrically coupled to a power supply, such as a battery on the vehicle, for wirelessly transmitting power to a rechargeable power supply on support 610. Similar to support 410, support 610 optionally includes a rechargeable power supply and a recharging circuit that is electrically coupled to the rechargeable power supply. In the illustrated embodiment, the rechargeable power supply and recharging circuit are located at the head end of the patient support 610 so that when patient support 610 is fully loaded into the vehicle, the recharging circuit receiving coil will be aligned with central segment 690 and further with transmitting coil 618a of the transmitting circuit.
As patient support 610 (only the retractable head section 697 of support 610 is shown) is rolled into the vehicle head end first, as shown by the arrow in
In this manner, when support 610 is fully retracted onto system 614 and preferably locked in its locked position, the receiving coil of the recharging circuit for the rechargeable power supply of support 610 is positioned in close proximity to transmitting coil 618a of antler system 614 so that the rechargeable power supply of support 610 can be charged using wireless power transmission from the antler system. For further details of antler system 614 and support 610 reference is made to US 2006/0075558 referenced above.
Accordingly, the aforementioned embodiments provide a power system that eliminates the need for direct electrical connectors and reduces the concern for battery management, while enhancing safety. Further, the loading and unloading device of the present invention may provide a greater range of motion and extension from the vehicle than heretofore known to further facilitate the loading and unloading of the patient support from a vehicle equipped with the loading and unloading device.
C. More Vehicular Patient Support Apparatuses
Referring to
System 710 includes an ambulance cot 712 and a cot loading and unloading apparatus 714, which is configured for mounting in the cargo area 716 of an ambulance 718. Cot loading and unloading apparatus 714 is configured to assist in the loading or unloading of a cot into or out of ambulance 718 by providing cantilevered support to the cot either before the cot is loaded into the ambulance so that as soon as the cot is engaged and lifted by the loading and unloading apparatus the collapsible legs or base of the cot can be folded and the cot loaded into the ambulance or when the cot is being unloaded. By cantilevered support it is meant that an attendant need not provide any significant vertical support to the cot and instead need only simply guide and push or pull the cot into or out of the ambulance once it is supported by the loading and unloading apparatus.
Cot loading and unloading apparatus 714 includes a base 720, which is mounted in the cargo area of the ambulance, and a transfer track 722, which is mounted on the base. Cot loading and unloading apparatus 714 also includes a trolley 724, which is mounted on the transfer track for movement therewith along the base. The track 722 and trolley 724 are configured to provide a nested rail arrangement to provide greater extension of the trolley from the emergency vehicle. Additionally, the nested rail arrangement is provided with at least one latch and more optionally, a series of latches that couple the track to the base and allow the trolley 724 to move along the track and thereafter release the track so it too can move with the trolley relative to the base to thereby fully extend the trolley from the vehicle (
Base 720 is formed from an extrusion, such as aluminum extrusion, which is anchored to the cargo area by a sub-anchor assembly. Track 722 is also formed from an extrusion and straddles base 720 and, further, is guided on base 720 by bearings 732, such as rollers or wheels, which are mounted to base 720 and which ride along inner rails 728.
The underside of trolley 724 forms an inverted channel, which straddles track 722 and is mounted to track 722 by a plurality of bearings 804, such as wheels or rollers, that ride along outer rails 720 until bearings 804 reach end caps 728b, which form the stops at the end of track 722. When trolley 724 reaches the end of track 722, trolley 724 is adapted to disengage the latch that anchors the position of track 722 along base 720 so that thereafter track 722 rides along base 720 along with trolley 724 to an extended position as shown in
To engage cot 712, trolley 724 includes an arm assembly 734 with a pair of cantilevered of arms 734a, 734b and a trolley frame 736 to which arm assembly 734 is mounted for pivotal movement by a transverse member 738. Arms 734a, 734b are pivoted between a lowered, pre-engaged position (
Drive mechanism 740 is configured to raise arms 734a, 734b at a first speed when the arms are deployed, but not loaded by an applied force, for example when not loaded with a cot, but is configured to raise the arms (734a, 734b) when in their deployed position at another, slower speed or speeds when the arms are loaded with an applied load, for example when engaged with and lifting a cot. For example, the slower speed at which the arms are raised may be variable or may have two or more discrete speeds for specific ranges of motion. Further, drive mechanism 740 may be configured to lower the arms 734a, 734b at a first speed when the arms are not subject to an applied load, e.g. not lifting a cot, but to lower the arms at another slower speed or speeds if the arms are subject to an applied load, e.g. lifting a cot. Alternately, the driver mechanism may be configured to raise or lower the arms at a slower speed only when the arms are loaded with a weight that exceeds the weight of a cot, for example, when a cot is supporting a patient. Optionally, the arms could be moved (raised or lowered) at one speed when fully unloaded, another slower speed when loaded with a cot, and yet another even slower speed or speeds when the arms are moving (lifting or lowering) a cot that is supporting a patient.
Dive mechanism 740 is mounted to trolley frame 736 and, in the illustrated embodiment, comprises a hydraulic drive mechanism, namely a hydraulic cylinder 742 and a hydraulic power unit 744. Rod 742a of cylinder 742 includes a bushing 742b on its rod end and also a switch 742c, which is used by control system 900 to determine the load on the arms. Bushing 742b is connected to outer side 738a of transverse member 738 by a pin 738c, such as a clevis pin, with the other end of cylinder 742 mounted to frame 736 by a pivot 742d, which in turn is secured to frame 736 by a fastener 742e. A return spring may also be provided that is mounted on one end to the frame and at another end to the arm assembly, which provides a counter balancing force to the cylinder to reduce the load on the cylinder when the hydraulic mechanism is actuated to raise arms 734a and 734b and also slow the lowering of arms 734a, 734b when the release button described below is actuated.
As previously noted, trolley 724 is adapted to engage cot 712. Trolley 724 includes a pair of latches 770 for engaging cot 712. Frame 736 supports two latches 770, one at each side of frame 736. Latches 770 are mechanically actuated and released, but may also be electrically released. Latches 770 each include a latch plate 772a and latch arm 772b. Latch plate 772a and latch arm 772b are mounted in a bracket 74 that forms a housing for mounting latch 770 to frame 736. Latch arm 772b is pivotally mounted in bracket 74 for movement between an unlocked position in which arm 772b is pivoted through an open side of the bracket for engagement by the cot (or for release of the engagement of the cot) and a locked position. Latch arm 772b is biased in its unlocked position by a spring (not shown), which is configured with an over center arrangement so that the spring also biases the latch arm in its locked position after latch arm 772b is moved out of its locked position. To release latch plate 772b from its locked position, latch arm 772b includes a pin 776 for actuation by a solenoid 780, which is controlled by control system 900, more fully described below.
Solenoid 780 is mounted to frame 736 by a bracket 782 and includes a plunger 778 that is coupled to a bracket that engages pin 776. Thus, when solenoid 780 is activated, plunger 778 will lower and the bracket will pull on pin 776 to allow the biasing force of the spring to move latch arm 772b to its unlocked position. As will be more fully disclosed below, latch 770 may also be manually released by manual release assembly 880.
When cot 712 is aligned with the rear opening of the ambulance and trolley 724 is fully extended along base 720, and arms 734a, 734b are lowered, cot 712 can then be pushed toward the ambulance so that arms 734a, 734b extend into the cot beneath the head end wheeled frame 786 of cot 712. Cot 712 is then pushed and guided by guide surfaces formed on housing 788 of trolley 724 and into a pair of recesses 788a also formed in housing 788, which are configured to guide wheels 786a into engagement with the latches (770) on trolley 724. Each wheel 786a includes a laterally extending pin 790 for engagement by latches 770.
Base 720 is anchored to the cargo deck of the ambulance by a sub-anchor assembly 792. Anchor assembly 792 includes an anchor member or plate 792a, which is fastened in or on the deck by a plurality of attachment brackets 794. Plate 792a is generally channel-shaped whose channel is covered by a cap plate 796 and ends are covered by end caps 798. Plate 792a optionally provides through holes to allow cabling to extend from the loading and unloading apparatus to the vehicle power supply system. As will be more fully described below, system 710 may incorporate an inductive charging system for charging batteries on the trolley and the cot. Anchor plate 792a may also provide anchorage for an optional safety hook 802 that can be engaged, for example, by a frame member of cot 712 after unloading the cot from or before loading the cot onto loading and unloading apparatus.
To anchor trolley 724 and the cot 712 during transport, base 720 supports a latch mechanism 805 for engaging trolley 724. Referring to
Latch mechanism 805 includes a pawl 806, which is pivotally mounted in housing 808 by a pivot pin 806a and biased in an extended or locking position by an actuator 810. Pawl 806 is also coupled to a manual release plate 812 via a pin connection. Plate 812 supports a button 812a that extends through a mounting bezel 812b on housing 808 so that it is accessible to an attendant in the front of the ambulance cargo area. Plate 812 is also coupled to a pair of springs 814 to thereby return button 812a to its non-release position after the pressure on the button is removed. Optionally, plate 812 is also coupled to a release mechanism 815 (
Actuator 810 includes a plunger 816 that is biased by a spring 818 to apply a downward force on a pivot actuator 820, which is also pivotally mounted in housing 808 by a pivot pin 820a and which is coupled to pawl 806 by a link 820b to thereby urge pawl in its extended position. To engage latch 805, trolley 724 includes a stop ramp 26a, which is mounted to the underside of frame 726 in top plate 800c of rail portion 800 by a pair of fasteners 724c. In this manner, when trolley 724 is pushed along track 722 toward the front cargo area of the ambulance, stop ramp 724b will ride on the ramped surface 806b of pawl 806, with the weight of the trolley then depressing pawl 806 so that it pivots about pin 806a against the biasing force plunger 810. Once block 724b has moved past the end of the ramped surface 806a of pawl 806, plunger 810 will return pawl 806 to its extended locked position behind ramp 724b and thereby lock trolley 724 as well as track 722 in their full retracted positions along base 720. Also to provide lateral support at latching mechanism 805, a pair of retaining plates 805a are mounted to housing 808 adjacent either side of pawl 806.
In addition, to further secure cot 712 when fully loaded, the foot end of cot 712 includes a foot end fastener 830 (
Referring to
As noted above, to release trolley 724 from its full retraced and locked position at latch mechanism 805, an attendant need only push button 812a, which causes pawl 806 to pivot about pin 806a into its lowered or depressed position in housing 808. Alternately, latch mechanism 805 may be released by release mechanism 815. Referring to
Control system 900 may include an inductive charging system, such as described in copending application entitled POWERED PATIENT SUPPORT AND FASTENING SYSTEM WITH INDUCTIVE BASED POWER SYSTEM, Ser. No. 60/949,005, filed Jul. 11, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
In the illustrated embodiment, control system 900 includes two control systems, a cot-based control system 902 and a loading and unloading apparatus-based control, for example, a trolley-based control system 904. Each control system 902, 904 includes a control board 908 and 910 (with a microprocessor and memory storage unit), which are in communication with user input devices 902a and 204a, which are provided at cot 712 and trolley 724, respectively. User input devices 902a and 904a each include user actuatable buttons or switches 904b (only user input device 904a is shown in detail) to allow a user to input signals for raising or lowering arms 734a, 734b. Further, user input device 904a also include a manual dump button 904c, which when pressed presses against a linkage 904d that couples to the manifold to release fluid from the cylinder into a reservoir so that the arms can be quickly lowered.
Control system 902 and 904 also each include a communication board 912, 914 with wireless transmitters and/or receivers, such as RF devices, inductive devices, acoustic device, optical devices, or infrared devices, between the cot-based control system 902 and trolley-based control system 904 so that cot-based control system 902 can control the devices at loading and unloading apparatus. Communication may be one-way or two-way communication.
To determine the height, angles, speeds, stop points/conditions, and acceleration, system 710 also includes an arm angle position sensor 916, which is mounted to frame 736 by a mounting bracket 916a and is coupled to arm assembly 734 by a link 916b, which is used to determine the angular position of the arms. Its values are referenced against preset registers to determine speeds, stop points/conditions, and acceleration. Control system 900 may also include a sensor 918 to detect when trolley 724 is latched at latching mechanism 805 and to provide feedback to control system 900 when trolley 724 is latched. Further, control system 900 may include one or more USB port devices to allow information, data, programming upgrades, or programming to be uploaded to the respective cot-based control system 902 and/or trolley-based control system 904. In addition, system 900 may incorporate a plurality of indicators 924, such as LEDs, to provide status indication, such as low battery, a power light (to indicate that the system is powered), and other operational indicators.
As noted above, control system 900 may incorporate an inductive charging system for charging the battery 920 on the loading and unloading apparatus and/the battery 922 on the cot. Primary and secondary coils may be electrically coupled to the respective batteries and located on the cot, on the trolley, and in the base to allow recharging of the respective batteries through induction. Further, the charge regulation circuitry for the trolley battery may reside on the trolley-based control board 910, while the charge regulation circuitry for the cot battery may reside on the cot-based control board 908.
For example, latch mechanism 805 may house a primary coil 930, which couples to the electrical system of the vehicle through the sub-anchor assembly 792, and trolley 724 may house a secondary coil 932, which is in communication with trolley-based control board 910, so that when aligned with coil 930 in the latch mechanism 806 (when trolley is moved to its fully retracted position), electricity can be generated by inductive coupling to recharge the trolley battery (which is housed in trolley) from the vehicle's electrical system. Similarly, base 720 may include another primary coil 934 adjacent fastener 832, which is also coupled to the vehicle electrical system, for example through sub-anchor assembly 792, and cot 712 may include a coil 936 (
Alternately, the system of the present invention may incorporate electrical contacts to provide direct electrical coupling between the trolley and the base, as described in the reference patent, and further may provided a cabling between the cot and trolley based control systems rather than the wireless connection described herein.
The above description is that of current embodiments of the invention. Various alterations and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and broader aspects of the invention as defined in the appended claims, which are to be interpreted in accordance with the principles of patent law including the doctrine of equivalents. This disclosure is presented for illustrative purposes and should not be interpreted as an exhaustive description of all embodiments of the invention or to limit the scope of the claims to the specific elements illustrated or described in connection with these embodiments. For example, and without limitation, any individual element(s) of the described invention may be replaced by alternative elements that provide substantially similar functionality or otherwise provide adequate operation. This includes, for example, presently known alternative elements, such as those that might be currently known to one skilled in the art, and alternative elements that may be developed in the future, such as those that one skilled in the art might, upon development, recognize as an alternative. Further, the disclosed embodiments include a plurality of features that are described in concert and that might cooperatively provide a collection of benefits. The present invention is not limited to only those embodiments that include all of these features or that provide all of the stated benefits, except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth in the issued claims. Any reference to claim elements in the singular, for example, using the articles “a,” “an,” “the” or “said,” is not to be construed as limiting the element to the singular.
This application claims priority as a continuation application to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/517,973, filed Oct. 20, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,289,336, and entitled PATIENT SUPPORT WITH ENERGY TRANSFER, by Applicants Clifford Edwin Lambarth, et al., which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/296,656, filed Nov. 15, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,864,205, and entitled PATIENT SUPPORT WITH WIRELESS DATA AND/OR ENERGY TRANSFER, by Applicants Guy Lemire, et al., which is a continuation-in-part application to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/769,959, filed Jun. 28, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,056,163, and entitled PATIENT SUPPORT, filed by inventors Martin Stryker, Guy Lemire, and Martin Castonguay, which in turn claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. Nos. 60/817,528, filed Jun. 28, 2006, and 60/830,397, filed Jul. 11, 2006. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/296,656 also claims priority as a continuation-in-part application to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/886,987, filed Sep. 21, 2010 and entitled AMBULANCE COT AND LOADING AND UNLOADING SYSTEM, by applicants Clifford Lambarth et al., which claims priority to U.S. provisional applications 61/248,374, filed Oct. 2, 2009, and 61/248,654, filed Oct. 5, 2009, and which claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/145,037, filed Jun. 24, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,887,113, entitled POWERED PATIENT SUPPORT AND FASTENING SYSTEM WITH INDUCTIVE BASED POWER SYSTEM, which in turn claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/949,005, filed Jul. 11, 2007. The disclosures of all of the aforementioned patents and patent applications are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
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