PATIENT IMMERSION AND SUPPORT SURFACE LIFE DETERMINATION USING RADAR AND RFID

A patient support system for supporting a patient includes a core support structure which includes supportive foam. The support structure has an upper surface and a lower surface. A radar apparatus, including at least one antenna situated beneath the upper surface and spatially separated therefrom,...

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Hauptverfasser:	Sauser, Frank E, Baker, Steven D
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES BEDS CHAIRS CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY COFFEE MILLS DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES FUNERAL DEVICES FURNITURE HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SOFAS SPICE MILLS SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL TESTING TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS
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Zusammenfassung:	A patient support system for supporting a patient includes a core support structure which includes supportive foam. The support structure has an upper surface and a lower surface. A radar apparatus, including at least one antenna situated beneath the upper surface and spatially separated therefrom, is adapted to emit a pulse which travels through the support structure and is reflected, by either the upper surface or a surrogate thereof, as a reflected signal back to the radar antenna. The emitted pulse and reflected signal comprise a ranging signal. The patient support system also includes circuitry that determines a life parameter of the core support structure as a function of at least the ranging signal. The patient support system also includes an RFID tag having a memory. The RFID tag is in communication with the circuitry.