Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu,Joshua Elmer Mix,Richard A. Derenne
申请号：
US15996037
公开号：
US20180350464A1
申请日:
2018.06.01
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
Patient care devices, including beds, cots, stretchers, recliners, chairs, thermal control systems, and IV poles, include a user interface for controlling an aspect of the patient care device, a port for communicating with an external device, and a control system. The control system determines when an external device is communicating with the port, what type of device the external device is, and if the patient care device includes software for allowing the user interface to act as a user interface of the external device. In some embodiments, the control system receives a device type identifier when an external device is coupled to the port, selects a software module for communicating with the coupled external device, and uses the selected software module for communicating with the coupled external device. Multiple external devices may be connected to the port and display data on a display of the patient care device.
