Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu,Michael Joseph Hayes,Aaron Douglas Furman,Abel Laban-Dick Manumbu
申请号：
US13790762
公开号：
US09306322B2
申请日:
2013.03.08
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A patient support apparatus—such as a bed, stretcher, cot, chair, operating table, or the like—includes at least one electrical connector having at least one magnet integrated therein for magnetically retaining the connector with a complementary connector. The connector and the complementary connector may be designed such that they are retained together substantially only by magnetic forces, rather than frictional forces. Multiple magnets may be included within the connectors such that the connectors only couple together in a specific orientation. The connector may connect the patient support apparatus to a mattress positioned thereon, to a wall outlet, to a removable footboard or headboard, to a removable pedestal, or to other devices. The connector may include an internal safety switch that turns on a high voltage connection only when a low voltage connection is established.
