DE202017007443U1 - Sickbed - Google Patents

Abstract

Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) with a lying surface (110) and a chassis (120), the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) having a drive device (130) for driving a movement of the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) and has a control device (140), the control device (140) being designed to at least temporarily control the drive device (130) and / or the chassis (120) in order to bring about a travel movement of the hospital bed (100; 100a; 100b).

Description

The invention relates to a hospital bed with a lying surface and a chassis.

Conventional hospital beds, which are also referred to as patient beds, can usually be moved by applying force manually. This requires one or more people and, depending on the occupancy of the hospital bed (with or without patient and possibly accessories), a comparatively large amount of manual effort is required.

The object of the present invention is to improve a hospital bed of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that the utility of the hospital bed is increased and the above-mentioned disadvantages are at least reduced or entirely avoided.

In the case of the hospital bed of the type mentioned at the beginning, this object is achieved in that the hospital bed has a drive device for driving a travel movement of the hospital bed and a control device, the control device being designed to at least temporarily control the drive device and / or the chassis in order to achieve a To effect travel movement of the hospital bed. This advantageously eliminates the need for manual movement by one or more people, which not only saves effort, but also working time.

In preferred embodiments, the control device is designed to autonomously control the travel movement of the hospital bed at least at times. The control device is particularly preferably designed to control the travel movement of the hospital bed largely autonomously, so that, for example, manual control is only required for comparatively short times, for example in an emergency mode provided in some embodiments (e.g. in the event of a fault in the drive device and / or the control device) .

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the hospital bed has at least one supply storage unit with a storage device, the at least one supply storage unit being designed to at least temporarily store at least one of the following elements, in particular in the storage device: electrical charge ( e.g. by means of at least one battery and / or an accumulator and / or a capacitor, in particular a double-layer capacitor, and / or combinations thereof), a fluid (e.g. by means of at least one fluid tank), in particular pressurized gas, solids or solids (e.g. by means of at least a container).

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the at least one supply storage unit is assigned a connection unit which is designed to connect the storage device of the supply storage unit to an external supply unit. In this way, one or more of the aforementioned elements can be “recharged” by the external supply unit in further embodiments, for example by (re) charging an accumulator and / or filling a fluid tank and / or a container for solids.

In a further preferred embodiment, the connection unit can also have means for inductive transmission of electrical energy, so that at least one accumulator or other electrical energy storage device of the hospital bed can be charged without making galvanic contact with an external unit. For example, charging zones for inductive charging can be provided in a structure surrounding the hospital bed, which the hospital bed can approach autonomously in preferred embodiments in order to charge its electrical energy storage device automatically and without contact. In further preferred embodiments, receiving coils that can be used for inductive charging can also be advantageously used for electromagnetic or magnetic information transmission, with preferably low-frequency magnetic or electromagnetic signals being generated, for example by reference electrodes in a floor, which can be received by the receiving coils. In this way, it is also possible to advantageously determine the position of the hospital bed or to provide support during autonomous driving.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the hospital bed has at least one module interface for the, preferably releasable, mechanical fastening of at least one functional module to the hospital bed. As a result, the functions of the hospital bed can advantageously be flexibly expanded by one or more function modules or adapted to the particular application.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the module interface (in particular in addition to the aforementioned mechanical interface for the preferably detachable mechanical fastening of the at least one functional module) has at least one wireless or wired optical and / or electrical interface, which in further embodiments is also part of the module interface be can. In this way, electrical and / or electronic or optical or wireless data connections can also be established between components of the hospital bed, in particular the control device of the hospital bed, and the one or more functional modules.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the hospital bed has at least one functional module, the functional module preferably being releasably connectable to the hospital bed. As an alternative or in addition, at least one functional module can be permanently connected or connected to the hospital bed.

• - ein oder mehrere Mobiliarteile, z.B. Nachttisch, Armauflage, Ablagen für Handtücher,
• - Tisch, insbesondere Esstisch, und/oder eine entsprechend für die Aufnahme von Essenstabletts geeignete Vorrichtung,
• - Vorrichtung zum Aufrichten einer Person im Bereich des Krankenbetts bzw. einer im Krankenbett befindlichen Person, beispielsweise muskelkraftbetätigt und/oder motorisch, insbesondere elektromotorisch, unterstützt,
• - Vorrichtung zum Übernehmen einer Person aus einem anderen Bett in das Krankenbett, wobei die Vorrichtung insbesondere einen Roboter aufweist,
• - Vorrichtung zum Übergeben einer Person aus dem Krankenbett in ein anderes Bett,
• - orthopädische Vorrichtungen wie z.B. Gestänge oberhalb des Bettes mit Möglichkeiten, sich hochzuziehen,
• - Medikamentengeber zum Verabreichen eines oder mehrerer Medikamente,
• - wenigstens eine erste Messeinrichtung zum Erfassen wenigstens einer physikalischen Größe im Bereich des Krankenbetts,
• - wenigstens eine zweite Messeinrichtung zum Erfassen wenigstens einer physiologischen Größe insbesondere einer im Bereich des Krankenbetts befindlichen Person, wobei die wenigstens eine physiologische Größe insbesondere umfasst: Blutdruck, Puls, Herzfrequenz, Temperatur, Körpergewicht,
• - eine Kameraeinrichtung zur Aufnahme von Bildern und/oder Videos,
• - eine Lageerfassungseinrichtung zur Erfassung einer Lage einer Person in dem Krankenbett,
• - eine Bewegungserfassungseinrichtung zur Erfassung wenigstens einer Bewegung einer Person in dem Krankenbett und/oder einer zeitlichen Abfolge von Bewegungen der Person,
• - eine Überwachungseinrichtung zur Ermittlung von Zuständen und Veränderungen des Patienten,
• - eine Alarmierungsvorrichtung für die Auslösung von Alarmen durch den Patienten,
• - Ausgabemodule zur Ausgabe von visuell und/oder akustisch wahrnehmbaren Informationen, z.B. für Patientenwerte, Zustandswerte des Krankenbetts,
• - Kommunikationsmodul zur Herstellung einer Datenverbindung mit einer externen Einheit,
• - Telefon und/oder Radio und/oder Fernseher und/oder Internetterminal.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the at least one functional module has at least one of the following components:

• - one or more pieces of furniture, e.g. bedside table, armrest, shelf for towels,
• - Table, in particular dining table, and / or a device suitable for holding food trays,
• - Device for erecting a person in the area of the sickbed or a person in the sickbed, for example muscle-powered and / or supported by a motor, in particular by an electric motor,
• - Device for transferring a person from another bed to the hospital bed, the device in particular having a robot,
• - Device for transferring a person from the sick bed to another bed,
• - orthopedic devices such as rods above the bed with possibilities to pull yourself up,
• - Medication dispenser for administering one or more medications,
• - At least one first measuring device for detecting at least one physical variable in the area of the hospital bed,
• - At least one second measuring device for detecting at least one physiological variable, in particular a person located in the area of the hospital bed, wherein the at least one physiological variable comprises in particular: blood pressure, pulse, heart rate, temperature, body weight,
• - a camera device for taking pictures and / or videos,
• - a position detection device for detecting a position of a person in the sick bed,
• - a movement detection device for detecting at least one movement of a person in the hospital bed and / or a chronological sequence of movements of the person,
• - a monitoring device for determining conditions and changes in the patient,
• - an alarm device for triggering alarms by the patient,
• - Output modules for the output of visually and / or acoustically perceptible information, e.g. for patient values, status values of the sick bed,
• - Communication module for establishing a data connection with an external unit,
• - Telephone and / or radio and / or television and / or internet terminal.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the hospital bed is designed to recognize and avoid impending collisions with surrounding people and / or things.

For example, in some embodiments it can be provided that the hospital bed has at least one camera and / or capacitive proximity sensors and / or inductive proximity sensors and / or ultrasonic sensors and / or comparable sensors, by means of which an approach of objects or people to the hospital bed and vice versa can be determined is. As an alternative or in addition, provision can also be made for the sick bed or its control device to be designed to provide corresponding information (camera images and / or sensor data from position sensors and / or position sensors that are attached, for example, externally to the sick bed (e.g. on other movable and / or stationary Units, e.g. on other beds and / or on parts of a building)) from external units and to evaluate this data (possibly together with locally obtained data), in particular to determine whether objects or people are approaching the sickbed and / or vice versa.

In further preferred embodiments, it is provided that the sickbed has its (planned or current) travel path or other (planned or currently occurring) movements (e.g. rotation around the vertical axis of the sickbed) depending on a previously e.g. The approach or presence of persons and / or objects in the vicinity of the hospital bed determined by the methodology is influenced or changed or movement is at least temporarily completely prevented. In order to collisions, in particular with people, can advantageously be safely avoided.

In further embodiments, the sick bed is designed to detect an externally caused movement of the sick bed or, more generally, an external force acting on the sick bed, as occurs, for example, when a person tries to move or rotate the sick bed (in particular without driving to the hospital bed, to carry out the movement under its own power, e.g. by means of its drive device). For this purpose, appropriate sensors can be provided, e.g. in the chassis or the drive device (e.g. detection of an external force acting on the hospital bed and / or blocking of the path of the hospital bed by determining a current increase in a control current of an electric motor of the drive device; if the e.g. electric drive of the hospital bed counteracts such an external force has to work, this can be recognized by the characteristic change (increase) in the control current mentioned above as an example). In further embodiments, with such a detection of an externally caused movement of the hospital bed or, more generally, of an external force acting on the hospital bed, an operation, in particular driving operation, of the hospital bed can be adapted. For example, in such situations, the hospital bed can slowly move back in some embodiments or move in a certain direction with the aim of reducing the externally acting force.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the sick bed limits a movement speed (translation and / or rotation) to a predeterminable maximum value after a person in its environment has been recognized or a person and / or an object are approaching.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the drive device is integrated into the chassis. In further embodiments, the control device or at least one component thereof can also be integrated into the chassis.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the control device is designed to exchange data with an external unit.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the control device is designed to control an operation of the at least one functional module at least temporarily.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the control device is designed to determine a destination to which the hospital bed is to travel and to drive to the destination, in particular the determination of the destination and / or the approach to the destination autonomously (i.e. preferably completely independently , in particular without interaction with an operator) is carried out through the hospital bed.

For this purpose, the hospital bed or its control device can, in further embodiments, have information relating to a surrounding structure, in particular a topology of a building in which the hospital bed is positioned, which in particular also enable an automated or autonomous route search or route planning within this structure.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the control device is designed to coordinate a planned travel movement or trajectory of the hospital bed with at least one external unit.

In some embodiments, the coordination with the external unit can include sending information to the external unit, the information to be sent characterizing a planned travel path of the hospital bed and / or further parameters of the actual current or planned movement of the hospital bed such as a speed, an estimated stopping distance, an acceleration, a yaw rate (angular velocity of a possible rotational movement of the hospital bed about a vertical axis) and the like.

In some embodiments, the coordination with the external unit can alternatively or additionally comprise receiving information from the external unit, wherein, for example, one or more of the information mentioned above for the case of sending can also be the object of receiving.

In this way, in particular, several identical or similar hospital beds according to one or more of the present embodiments can coordinate their current movements in space or their planned movements in space and / or, for example, avoid each other or set a priority for priority travel in urgent cases ( Determine or determine emergency patients, for example.

According to further embodiments, a comparable coordination can also be carried out between at least one hospital bed according to one or more of the present embodiments and one take place differently designed unit, which is designed for communication or for data exchange (sending and / or receiving) with the hospital bed. The differently designed unit can be, for example, other autonomous or partially autonomous units such as, for example, robots (for example cleaning robots) and / or other cyber-physical systems (CPS).

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that at least one, in particular digital, identification transmitter is provided. The identification transmitter can be provided, for example, to identify a specific hospital bed and / or a component (for example functional module) thereof.

Further aspects of the present invention are indicated by the protection claims.

Further features, possible applications and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, which are shown in the figures of the drawing. All of the features described or shown form the subject matter of the invention individually or in any combination, regardless of how they are summarized in the claims or their reference, and regardless of their formulation or representation in the description or in the drawing.

• 1 schematisch eine Seitenansicht eines Krankenbetts gemäß einer ersten Ausführungsform,
• 2 schematisch eine Seitenansicht eines Krankenbetts gemäß einer weiteren Ausführungsform,
• 3A schematisch ein vereinfachtes Flussdiagramm eines Betriebsverfahrens für ein Krankenbett,
• 3B schematisch ein vereinfachtes Flussdiagramm eines Betriebsverfahrens für ein Krankenbett, und
• 4 schematisch Aspekte einer weiteren Ausführungsform des Krankenbetts.

In the drawing shows:

• 1 schematically a side view of a hospital bed according to a first embodiment,
• 2 schematically a side view of a hospital bed according to a further embodiment,
• 3A schematically a simplified flow diagram of an operating method for a hospital bed,
• 3B schematically a simplified flow diagram of an operating method for a hospital bed, and
• 4th schematically aspects of a further embodiment of the hospital bed.

1 shows schematically a side view of a hospital bed 100 according to a first embodiment. The sick bed 100 has a lying surface 110 for receiving a person, for example a patient (not shown) and a chassis 120 , which in the present case has, for example, unspecified rollers and can thus be moved on a substrate, for example a floor (also not shown).

According to the invention, the sickbed 100 furthermore a drive device 130 for driving a travel movement of the hospital bed 100 and a control device 140 on, the control device 140 is designed for this purpose, at least temporarily, the drive device 130 and / or the chassis 120 to control a travel movement (e.g. translatory movement and change of direction) of the hospital bed 100 to effect, see also the block arrows between the components 120 , 130 . This advantageously eliminates the need for manual movement by one or more people, known from conventional hospital beds, which saves not only effort but also working time and particularly precise movements of the hospital bed 100 are also made possible in spatially restricted environments.

In some embodiments, a control of the drive device 130 by the control device 140 include, for example, an acceleration or a deceleration or the specification of a desired movement speed and / or direction of movement. In preferred embodiments, the drive device is 130 also advantageously designed to support the hospital bed 100 to decelerate from a state of motion with non-vanishing speed with a predeterminable delay, so that a gentle transport is guaranteed. The same applies to corresponding acceleration processes from a resting state. In some embodiments, fuzzy logic or artificial intelligence, for example, can also be used for these control processes in order to enable particularly precise and gentle movements.

In further embodiments, one or more aspects of the aforementioned control of movement of the hospital bed 100 alternatively or additionally with the control of the chassis 120 by the control device 140 be accomplished. A common control of components of the chassis 120 (for example for steering, so for example for setting an angular position in the case of rollers) and the drive device 130 (for example for accelerating and / or braking) is also possible in further embodiments.

In other embodiments, the chassis 120 also different from above in 1 be designed as an example. For example, instead of the rollers shown, a caterpillar drive or chain drive with caterpillar chains or other suitable components of the chassis can also be used 120 be provided. A combination of a caterpillar drive (not shown) with the rollers of the chassis shown as an example 120 is also conceivable. With preferred Embodiments of a caterpillar drive, an isolated rotation of the hospital bed about a vertical axis is advantageously possible, which increases the maneuverability of the hospital bed 100 beneficial increases.

In preferred embodiments, the control device is 140 trained to drive the bed 100 at least temporarily to be controlled autonomously. The control device is particularly preferred 140 trained to drive the bed 100 To be controlled largely autonomously, so that, for example, manual control is only required for comparatively short times, for example in an emergency operation provided in some embodiments (for example in the event of a fault in the drive device 130 and / or the control device 140 ).

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the hospital bed 100 at least one optional supply storage unit 150 with a storage device 152 having, wherein the at least one supply storage unit 150 is designed to at least temporarily at least one of the following elements, in particular in the memory device 152 to store: electrical charge (e.g. by means of at least one battery and / or an accumulator and / or a capacitor, in particular double-layer capacitor ("ultracap"), and / or combinations thereof), a fluid (e.g. by means of at least one fluid tank), in particular under Pressurized gas, solids or solids (for example by means of at least one container).

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the at least one supply storage unit 150 a connection unit 155 is assigned, which is designed to the memory device 152 the supply storage unit 150 with an external supply unit 200 to connect, compare the unmarked block arrow between the components 155 and 200 the 1 . In this way, in further embodiments, one or more of the aforementioned elements can be supplied by the external supply unit 200 Be “recharged”, for example by (re) charging an accumulator and / or filling a fluid tank and / or a container for solids.

In further embodiments, at least one accumulator for storing workable electrical charge and / or a fluid tank, in particular pressure tank, for storing fluids and / or gases (for example oxygen, nitrogen) is detachable or non-detachable from the hospital bed 100 connected or in at least one component of the hospital bed 100 , for example in the chassis 120 , integrated. This results in a particularly small configuration, which also provides a comparatively low center of gravity and increased security against tipping over. Furthermore, in other embodiments, this accumulator can also be used to at least temporarily supply electrical energy to other systems or modules 162a (see below) can be used.

In preferred embodiments, the bed is the hospital bed 100 designed to autonomously the at least one external supply unit 200 to drive or to visit, for example in a period in which the sick bed 100 is not required for the care or positioning of a patient. This advantageously ensures that the relevant resources or elements are provided by the supply unit 200 in particular via the connection unit 155 can be refilled so that the sickbed 100 is then fully operational.

In other embodiments, the hospital bed 100 be designed, for example, to recognize an operating state in which it is not required for the positioning of a patient, and after the detection of the relevant operating state, a corresponding supply unit 200 to approach. In some embodiments, such a supply unit can be provided, for example, in an area of a hospital building that is comparatively little frequented by customers or patients or staff, for example also on a different floor, for example a basement, than the typical area of use during an operation together with a sick person or person. Patient

2 shows a further embodiment 100a a hospital bed according to the invention. In this embodiment it is provided that the hospital bed 100a at least one module interface 160 for, preferably releasable, mechanical attachment of at least one functional module to the hospital bed 100a having. This allows the functions of the sickbed 100a advantageously flexible thanks to one or more function modules 162a , 162b , 162c can be expanded or adapted to the respective application. The sick bed 100a can therefore also be used advantageously as a care bed or generally as a patient bed, both in hospitals and in nursing homes and in application scenarios in the field of home care.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the module interface 160 (in particular in addition to the aforementioned mechanical interface for the preferably releasable mechanical fastening of the at least one functional module 162a , 162b , 162c) has at least one wireless or wired optical and / or electrical or electronic interface, which in further embodiments can also be part of the module interface. In this way, electrical and / or electronic or optical or wireless data connections (or connections for electrical energy transmission, for example) between components of the hospital bed can also be made 100a , in particular the control device 140 ( 1 ) of the hospital bed, and the one or more functional modules. For example, by means of the module interface 160 on the one hand a functional module 162a mechanically at the bedside 100a can be arranged, and at the same time an electronic data connection, for example for preferably bidirectional data transmission between the functional module 162a and for example the control device 140 , (and / or an electrical power supply connection) can be established.

3A shows schematically a simplified flow diagram of an operating method for a hospital bed 100 , 100a . In a first step 400 controls the control device 140 ( 1 ) at least temporarily the drive device 130 and / or the chassis 120 of the sickbed 100 , 100a to move the bed 100 , 100a to effect. In an optional further step 410 exchanges the control device 140 Data with an external unit. The external unit can be the supply unit, for example 200 , compare 1 , act, or another unit (not shown), which is designed to work with the hospital bed or the control device 140 to communicate.

3B shows schematically a simplified flow diagram of an operating method for a hospital bed 100 , 100a . In the step 450 determines the control device 140 ( 1 ) a destination to which the hospital bed 100 , 100a should drive. In the optional step below 460 drives the sickbed 100 , 100a that previously in step 450 determined destination. Both steps are particularly preferred 450 , 460 run completely autonomously by the hospital bed. The bedside can be preferred 100 , 100a in further embodiments, also autonomously cover further distances of several tens of meters or even several hundred or thousand meters.

In further preferred embodiments described below with reference to FIG 4th are described, it is provided that the sick bed 100b at least one functional module 162a having, the functional module 162a preferably detachable with the hospital bed 100b is connectable. As an alternative or in addition, the at least one functional module can be used 162a also inextricably linked to the sick bed 100b be connectable or connected.

• - ein oder mehrere Mobiliarteile 1620, z.B. Nachttisch, Armauflage, Ablagen für Handtücher,
• - Tisch 1621, insbesondere Esstisch, und/oder eine entsprechend für die Aufnahme von Essenstabletts geeignete Vorrichtung,
• - Vorrichtung 1622 zum Aufrichten einer Person im Bereich des Krankenbetts 100b bzw. einer im Krankenbett 100b befindlichen Person, beispielsweise muskelkraftbetätigt und/oder motorisch, insbesondere elektromotorisch, unterstützt,
• - Vorrichtung 1623 zum Übernehmen einer Person aus einem anderen Bett (nicht gezeigt) in das Krankenbett 100b, wobei die Vorrichtung 1623 insbesondere einen Roboter aufweist,
• - Vorrichtung 1624 zum Übergeben einer Person aus dem Krankenbett 100b in ein anderes Bett,
• - orthopädische Vorrichtungen 1625 wie z.B. Gestänge oberhalb des Bettes 100a mit Möglichkeiten, sich hochzuziehen,
• - Medikamentengeber 1626 zum Verabreichen eines oder mehrerer Medikamente,
• - wenigstens eine erste Messeinrichtung 1627 zum Erfassen wenigstens einer physikalischen Größe im Bereich des Krankenbetts,
• - wenigstens eine zweite Messeinrichtung 1628 zum Erfassen wenigstens einer physiologischen Größe insbesondere einer im Bereich des Krankenbetts befindlichen Person, wobei die wenigstens eine physiologische Größe insbesondere umfasst: Blutdruck, Puls, Herzfrequenz, Temperatur, Körpergewicht,
• - eine Kameraeinrichtung 1629 zur Aufnahme von Bildern und/oder Videos,
• - eine Lageerfassungseinrichtung 1630 zur Erfassung einer Lage einer Person in dem Krankenbett 100b,
• - eine Bewegungserfassungseinrichtung 1630 zur Erfassung wenigstens einer Bewegung einer Person in dem Krankenbett und/oder einer zeitlichen Abfolge von Bewegungen der Person,
• - eine Überwachungseinrichtung 1631 zur Ermittlung von Zuständen und Veränderungen des Patienten,
• - eine Alarmierungsvorrichtung (nicht gezeigt) für die Auslösung von Alarmen durch den Patienten,
• - Ausgabemodule (nicht gezeigt) zur Ausgabe von visuell und/oder akustisch wahrnehmbaren Informationen, z.B. für Patientenwerte, Zustandswerte des Krankenbetts,
• - ein Kommunikationsmodul (nicht gezeigt) zur Herstellung einer Datenverbindung mit einer externen Einheit,
• - ein Telefon (nicht gezeigt) und/oder Radio und/oder Fernseher und/oder Internetterminal.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the at least one functional module 162a has at least one of the following components:

• - one or more pieces of furniture 1620 , e.g. bedside table, armrest, shelf for towels,
• - Table 1621 , in particular a dining table, and / or a device suitable for holding food trays,
• - Contraption 1622 for raising a person in the area of the sickbed 100b or one in the sick bed 100b the person located, for example muscle-powered and / or motorized, in particular with an electric motor, supported,
• - Contraption 1623 for transferring a person from another bed (not shown) to the sick bed 100b , the device 1623 in particular has a robot,
• - Contraption 1624 for delivering a person from the sickbed 100b in another bed,
• - orthopedic devices 1625 such as rods above the bed 100a with ways to pull yourself up,
• - medication providers 1626 for administering one or more drugs,
• - At least one first measuring device 1627 for recording at least one physical variable in the area of the hospital bed,
• - At least one second measuring device 1628 for detecting at least one physiological variable, in particular a person located in the area of the hospital bed, the at least one physiological variable including in particular: blood pressure, pulse, heart rate, temperature, body weight,
• - a camera device 1629 for taking pictures and / or videos,
• - a position detection device 1630 for detecting a position of a person in the sick bed 100b ,
• - a motion detection device 1630 for recording at least one movement of a person in the sickbed and / or a chronological sequence of movements of the person,
• - a monitoring device 1631 to determine conditions and changes in the patient,
• - an alarm device (not shown) for triggering alarms by the patient,
• - Output modules (not shown) for the output of visually and / or acoustically perceptible information, e.g. for patient values, status values of the sick bed,
• - a communication module (not shown) for establishing a data connection with an external unit,
• - a telephone (not shown) and / or radio and / or television and / or Internet terminal.

In further embodiments, the control device 140 for example an arithmetic unit 142 (for example a microcontroller and / or digital signal processor and / or microprocessor and / or programmable logic module, in particular FPGA) have one of the computing unit 142 allocated storage unit 144 , for example having a main memory (RAM) and / or a read-only memory (ROM) or a non-volatile memory, for example a FLASH EEPROM.

The control device particularly preferably has 140 in other embodiments also a module 146 for executing artificial intelligence (KI) algorithms, in particular for executing one or more artificial neural networks, which can be used particularly advantageously for controlling an autonomous operation or driving operation of the hospital bed according to the embodiments.

In further advantageous embodiments, the control device 140 a transceiver (transmitter / receiver) 148 for wireless data transmission with at least one external unit 200 on. The transceiver 148 can, for example, be designed as a WLAN transceiver and thus, for example, be compatible with the IEEE 802.11 protocol family. As an alternative or in addition, the transceiver can also be designed to establish a wireless data connection using a cellular mobile radio system, for example of the fourth generation ( 4G) and / or the fifth generation ( 5G) to manufacture.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the drive device 130 ( 1 ) into the chassis 120 is integrated and / or detachably or non-detachably connected to this, which results in a particularly small configuration.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the control device 140 is designed to exchange data with an external unit. The external unit can, for example, be a supply unit already mentioned above 200 act and / or a possibly present optional control unit that controls the operation of several hospital beds according to the embodiments and / or several identical or similar hospital beds according to the embodiments.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the control device 140 is designed to at least temporarily operate the at least one functional module 162a ( 4th ) or to control at least one component thereof. For example, the control device 140 for this the KI module 146 to use. For example, the control device 140 at least temporarily the medication provider 1626 steer.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the control device 140 is designed to determine a destination to which the sickbed 100 , 100a , 100b should drive and drive to the destination, in particular the determination of the destination and / or the approach to the destination being carried out autonomously (that is, preferably completely independently, in particular without interaction with an operator) by the sick bed. For this purpose, in further embodiments, a functionality of the KI module can preferably also be used 146 be used.

In other embodiments, the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b or its control device 140 About information relating to a surrounding structure, in particular a topology of a building in which the hospital bed is positioned ("navigation information", for example also including room plans or building plans, the arrangement of elevators and the like, maps including dynamic information from which, for example, the position of others possibly autonomously movable units emerges), which in particular also enables an automated or autonomous route search or route planning within this structure.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the control device 140 is designed to coordinate a planned travel movement or trajectory of the hospital bed with at least one external unit, for example with other hospital beds and / or cleaning robots and / or elevators and the like located in the vicinity.

In further advantageous embodiments, the hospital bed or its control device is designed for this purpose, for example using a wireless data connection to signal an elevator and / or another infrastructure device or a component of the surrounding structure (automatic door, lighting control) its presence and / or further information regarding its operation, so that the hospital bed can, for example, autonomously request an elevator or an automatic door can open or control the lighting in a room.

In some embodiments, the coordination between the hospital bed and the external unit can include sending information to the external unit, the information to be sent characterizing a planned travel path of the hospital bed and / or further parameters of the actual current or planned movement of the hospital bed, for example a speed, an estimated stopping distance, an acceleration, a yaw rate (angular speed of a possible rotational movement of the hospital bed about a vertical axis) and the like.

In some embodiments, the coordination with the external unit can alternatively or additionally comprise receiving information from the external unit, wherein, for example, one or more of the information mentioned above for the case of sending can also be the object of receiving.

In this way, in particular, several identical or similar hospital beds according to one or more of the present embodiments can coordinate their current movements in space or their planned movements in space, and / or, for example, avoid each other or a priority for passing urgent cases (Emergency patients for example) Determine or define.

According to further embodiments, a comparable coordination can also take place between at least one sick bed according to one or more of the present embodiments and a differently designed unit which is designed for communication or data exchange (sending and / or receiving) with the sick bed. The differently designed unit can be, for example, other autonomous or partially autonomous units such as, for example, robots (for example cleaning robots) and / or other cyber-physical systems.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that at least one, in particular digital, identification transmitter (not shown) is provided. The identification transmitter can be provided, for example, to identify a specific hospital bed and / or a component (for example functional module) thereof.

In further embodiments, the hospital bed or its lying surface 110 also digitally controlled or electrically adjustable (e.g. height and / or inclination of the lying surface 110 and / or head part and / or foot part), for example driven by an electric motor, possibly under the control of the control device 140 .

• - Autonomes Fahren des Krankenbetts 100, 100a, 100b zu Zielen, insbesondere Zielen innerhalb einer Struktur, beispielsweise eines Gebäudes, insbesondere eines Krankenhauses,
• - diese Ziele können infolge autonomer „Entscheidungen“ beziehungsweise Berechnungen des Krankenbetts bzw. seiner Steuerungseinrichtung 140 angefahren werden, und/oder unter Steuerung bzw. Vorgabe durch eine externe Einheit bzw. eine Bedienperson (als Schnittstelle zwischen der Bedienperson und dem Krankenbett kann bei weiteren Ausführungsformen beispielsweise ein Personal-Computer und/oder ein mobiler Computer, insbesondere ein Tablet-Computer und/oder ein Smartphone mit einer entsprechenden Steuersoftware vorgesehen sein),
• - das Krankenbett kann dazu ausgebildet sein, eine Situation (eigene Betriebssituation und/oder Verkehrssituation in seinem Umfeld und/oder soziale Situation (Vorhandensein von einer oder mehreren natürlichen Personen und/oder Auswertung von Interaktionen zwischen diesen Personen bzw. Ermittlung einer Abwesenheit von Interaktionen zwischen diesen Personen)) und/oder einen Zustand einer Person im Bereich des Krankenbetts, besondere einer auf der Liegefläche 110 angeordneten Person zu erkennen, z.B. Hautfarbe, Gewicht, Lage, Bewegung eines Patienten aus allen Messwerte, seiner Diagnosen, Sensor- und Kameraergebnissen, historischen Daten, Daten aller anderen Krankenbetten, sonstiger Daten, die z.B. über ein öffentliches Netzwerk (beispielsweise das Internet) und/oder ein privates Netzwerk (beispielsweise ein Datennetzwerk eines Krankenhauses) erreicht werden können (beispielsweise Informationen bzw. Daten eines Expertensystems)
• - die Steuerungseinrichtung 140 kann dazu ausgebildet sein, aus erfassten Daten zu lernen, Schlussfolgerungen abzuleiten, Wahrscheinlichkeiten zu errechnen und dergleichen, beispielsweise mittels des KI Moduls 146 bzw. generell einer Funktionalität, die durch die Hardware und/oder eine entsprechend vorgesehene Software der Betreuungseinrichtung 140 vorgesehen ist.
• - Die Steuerungseinrichtung kann dazu ausgebildet sein, einen Betrieb des Krankenbetts bzw. wenigstens einer Komponente des Krankenbetts (Einstellungen des Krankenbetts bzw. der Funktionsmodule, insbesondere medizinischen Module) in Abhängigkeit von der Identität eines Patienten und/oder dem erkannten Verhalten eines Patienten steuern. Z.B. kann die Steuerungseinheit 140 erkennen, wie die Stellung der Kopflehne (Kopfteil des Krankenbetts bzw. der Liegefläche 110) eines Patienten beim Essen in der Vergangenheit war und beim Bringen des Essens diese Stellung automatisch herstellen.
• - Einstellungen der Medikamentengabe automatisch bei Kenntnis der Identität des Patienten,
• - Warnung an medizinisches Personal z.B. über eine Notruffunktion absetzen, wenn sich ein Patient untypisch bewegt. Die Information hierzu können von den entsprechenden Sensormodulen geliefert werden.
• - Kommunikation mit anderen medizinischen Einrichtungen,
• - Kommunikation mit anderen digitalen oder auch autonomen Einheiten z.B. im Krankenhaus, z.B. mit dem Reinigungsroboter, um diesem temporär Platz zu machen bzw. eine Vorrangfahrt des Krankenbetts zu signalisieren,
• - Kommunikation der Steuerungseinrichtung 140 mit anderen Menschen, z.B. Meldung auch per Sprache an medizinisches Personal,
• - Kommunikation zwischen Patient und anderen Menschen oder Maschinen, z.B. kann der Mensch bzw. Patient, der das Krankenbett gerade nutzt, Wünsche gegenüber medizinischem Personal oder gegenüber einer Maschine mit Spracherkennung und weiterer Verarbeitung des Gesagten äußern,
• - Kommunikation mit einer möglichen übergeordneten Steuerung,
• - Bei weiteren Ausführungsformen kann das Krankenbett bzw. seine Steuerungseinrichtung 140 ein Navigationssystem aufweisen, insbesondere ein „Indoor“-Navigationssystem, das zur Navigation in Räumen, insbesondere geschlossenen Räumen, ausgebildet ist.
• - Bei weiteren Ausführungsformen kann das Krankenbett bzw. seine Steuerungseinrichtung 140 ein „Indoor“- Ortungssystem aufweisen, das zur Ortung in Räumen, insbesondere geschlossenen Räumen, ausgebildet ist.

Further advantageous embodiments and aspects are described below, each of which can be combined with one another individually or in any combination with one or more of the embodiments described above. In particularly preferred embodiments, the relevant functionality can be at least partially controlled by the control device 140 to be provided.

• - Autonomous bed driving 100 , 100a , 100b to goals, especially goals within a structure, for example a building, especially a hospital,
• - These goals can be achieved as a result of autonomous “decisions” or calculations of the hospital bed or its control device 140 be approached, and / or under control or specification by an external unit or an operator (as an interface between the operator and the hospital bed, for example, a personal computer and / or a mobile computer, in particular a tablet computer and / or a smartphone with appropriate control software can be provided),
• - The hospital bed can be designed to identify a situation (own operational situation and / or traffic situation in its environment and / or social situation (presence of one or more natural persons and / or evaluation of interactions between these persons or determination of an absence of interactions between these people)) and / or a condition of a person in the area of the sickbed, especially one on the lying surface 110 to recognize the person ordered, e.g. skin color, weight, position, movement of a patient from all measured values, his diagnoses, sensor and camera results, historical data, data from all other hospital beds, other data, e.g. via a public network (e.g. the Internet) and / or a private network (for example a data network of a hospital) can be reached (for example information or data from an expert system)
• - the control device 140 can be designed to learn from recorded data, to derive conclusions, to calculate probabilities and the like, for example by means of the AI module 146 or in general a functionality that is provided by the hardware and / or a correspondingly provided software of the care facility 140 is provided.
• The control device can be designed to control operation of the hospital bed or at least one component of the hospital bed (settings of the hospital bed or the functional modules, in particular medical modules) depending on the identity of a patient and / or the recognized behavior of a patient. For example, the control unit 140 recognize how the position of the headrest (head part of the hospital bed or the lying surface 110 ) a patient has been eating in the past and automatically establish this position when the food is brought.
• - Settings for medication administration automatically if the patient's identity is known,
• - Send a warning to medical personnel, e.g. via an emergency call function, if a patient moves atypically. The information on this can be supplied by the corresponding sensor modules.
• - communication with other medical institutions,
• - Communication with other digital or autonomous units, e.g. in the hospital, e.g. with the cleaning robot, in order to temporarily make room for this or to signal a priority journey of the sick bed,
• - Communication of the control device 140 with other people, e.g. reporting by voice to medical staff,
• - Communication between the patient and other people or machines, e.g. the person or patient who is currently using the hospital bed can express wishes to medical staff or to a machine with speech recognition and further processing of what has been said,
• - Communication with a possible higher-level controller,
• - In further embodiments, the hospital bed or its control device 140 have a navigation system, in particular an “indoor” navigation system which is designed for navigation in rooms, in particular closed rooms.
• - In further embodiments, the hospital bed or its control device 140 have an "indoor" location system that is designed for location in rooms, in particular closed rooms.

In further embodiments, the hospital bed or its control device 140 be designed to monitor or recognize the presence of identification transmitters (for example, RFID transponders or the like). In this way, in some embodiments it can be documented, for example, who approached the sickbed and when, and who worked on the bed when (nurses, doctors, ...).

In further embodiments, the bedside has a detection unit for activities carried out directly on the bed and / or output units (display, loudspeaker, headphones), very generally input units that enable a person to transfer data to the control device 140 of the hospital bed or to transmit it to other external units using its wireless data connection, if available.

According to another embodiment, possible input lists are, for example: keyboard, touchscreen, language, pen, joystick.

In further embodiments, the hospital bed has at least one display device for physical or physiological parameters that are provided by the hospital bed or its control device 140 or a function module assigned to it or provided therein 162a can be determined or evaluated, for example at least one display for the output of the cardiac function, the circulatory function, the drug administration, the patient file, the patient history, the state of charge of stores, in particular store electrical energy or store fluid or store solids of the hospital bed, maintenance status of components of the sick bed, operational valuation and management of the sick bed.

In another photographer embodiment, the hospital bed is designed in such a way that the lying surface 110 is completely removable, for example from the chassis 120 or other components is removable, resulting in a particularly simple cleaning.

With more In embodiments, the sickbed has an assignment unit for assigning a digital identification or the identification transmitter of the sickbed to a specific patient. In further embodiments, the sick bed has an assignment unit for assigning all modules connected to the sick bed for digital identification of the sick bed.

Further aspects are in further embodiments: an assignment unit for the assignment of all modules connected to the sickbed to the specific patient, an assignment unit for the assignment of the information and data generated and / or measured by the modules connected to the sickbed to the specific patient.

In further embodiments, the following is provided: a transmission of the modules connected to the patient bed 162a , 1626 , .. generated and / or measured information and data as data sets in a database, the data sets each containing at least one feature that identifies the specific patient. In further embodiments, the database can preferably be at least partially local in the control device 140 and / or be arranged in an external unit.

In further embodiments it is provided that the control device 140 is designed to transfer information and data generated and / or measured by the modules connected to the hospital bed, in particular as data records, to a database, for example after establishing a plug connection (or a wireless data connection) between the hospital bed and the relevant module, wherein the data records each contain at least one feature that identifies the specific patient.

Further possible aspects according to further embodiments are: Automatic transmission of the identification of the hospital bed to the connected modules 162a , 1626 , .., especially when establishing a plug connection or wireless data connection, - Automatic transmission of the identifications and specifications of the connected modules to the control device 140 of the hospital bed, in particular when establishing a plug connection or wireless data connection, - automatic transmission of the data and information generated and / or measured by a module to the control device 140 of the hospital bed after establishing a plug connection or wireless data connection between the hospital bed and the relevant module.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b is designed to avoid collisions with surrounding people and / or things.

For example, it can be provided in some embodiments that the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b at least one camera 1629 ( 4th ) and / or capacitive proximity sensors and / or inductive proximity sensors and / or ultrasonic sensors and / or comparable sensors, by means of which objects or people can approach the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b and vice versa can be determined. Alternatively or in addition, it can also be provided that the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b or its control device 140 is designed to provide corresponding information (camera images and / or sensor data from position sensors and / or position sensors, which are attached e.g. externally to the hospital bed (e.g. on other movable and / or stationary units, e.g. on other beds and / or on parts of a building)) from external units 200 and to evaluate this data (possibly together with locally obtained data), in particular to determine whether objects or people are approaching the sickbed 100 , 100a , 100b and / or vice versa.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b his (planned or current) travel path or other (planned or currently occurring) movements (e.g. rotation around the vertical axis of the hospital bed) depending on an approach or presence of people and previously ascertained e.g. by means of the aforementioned sensors or methodology / or objects in the vicinity of the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b influences or changes or a movement at least temporarily completely prevented. In this way, collisions, in particular with people, can advantageously be safely avoided.

In other embodiments, the bed is sick 100 , 100a , 100b designed for an externally induced movement of the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b or, more generally, an external force on the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b to recognize how it arises, for example, when a person tries to get to the sickbed 100 , 100a , 100b to move or rotate (in particular, without driving to the hospital bed, the movement under its own power, e.g. by means of its drive device 130 to perform). Corresponding sensors can be installed in the chassis, for example 120 or the drive device 130 be provided (e.g. detection of an external force acting on the hospital bed and / or blocking of the path of the hospital bed by determining a current increase in a control current of an electric motor of the drive device; if the e.g. electric drive of the hospital bed has to work against such an external force, this can be done on the basis of the above characteristic change (increase) in the control current mentioned as an example can be detected). In further embodiments, with such a detection of an externally caused movement of the hospital bed or, more generally, of an external force acting on the hospital bed, an operation, in particular driving operation, of the hospital bed can be adapted. For example, in such situations, the hospital bed can slowly move back in some embodiments or move in a certain direction with the aim of reducing the externally acting force.

In further preferred embodiments it is provided that the hospital bed 100 , 100a , 100b after a person has been recognized in his environment or a person and / or an object is approaching, a movement speed (translation and / or rotation) is limited to a predeterminable maximum value.

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Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) with a lying surface (110) and a chassis (120), the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) having a drive device (130) for driving a travel movement of the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) and has a control device (140), the control device (140) being designed to at least temporarily control the drive device (130) and / or the chassis (120) in order to bring about a travel movement of the hospital bed (100; 100a; 100b). Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 1 , wherein the control device (140) is designed to autonomously control the travel movement of the hospital bed (100; 100a; 100b) at least temporarily. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) has at least one supply storage unit (150) with a storage device (152), wherein the at least one supply storage unit (150 ) is designed to at least temporarily store at least one of the following elements, in particular in the storage device (152): electrical charge, a fluid, in particular gas under pressure, solids or solids. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 3 wherein the at least one supply storage unit (150) is assigned a connection unit (155) which is designed to connect the storage device (152) of the supply storage unit (150) to an external supply unit (200). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) has at least one module interface (160) for, preferably detachable, mechanical attachment of at least one functional module (162a, 162b, 162c) to the Has sick bed (100; 100a; 100b). Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 5 wherein the module interface (160) has at least one wireless or wired optical and / or electrical interface. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) has at least one functional module (162a, 162b, 162c), the functional module (162a, 162b, 162c) preferably being detachable the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) can be connected. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 7 , wherein the at least one functional module (162a, 162b, 162c) has at least one of the following components: a. one or more pieces of furniture, eg bedside table, armrest, shelf for towels, b. A table, in particular a dining table, and / or a device suitable for receiving food trays, c. Device for erecting a person in the area of the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) or a person in the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b), d. Device for transferring a person from another bed to the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b), e. Device for transferring a person from the sickbed (100; 100a; 100b) to another bed, f. Orthopedic devices such as rods above the bed with the possibility of pulling oneself up, g. Medicament dispenser for administering one or more medicaments, h. at least one first measuring device for detecting at least one physical variable in the area of the hospital bed (100; 100a; 100b), i. at least one second measuring device for detecting at least one physiological variable, in particular a person located in the area of the hospital bed (100; 100a; 100b), the at least one physiological variable including in particular: blood pressure, pulse, heart rate, temperature, body weight, j. Camera device for taking pictures and / or videos, k. Position detection device for detecting a position of a person in the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b), l. Movement detection device for detecting at least one movement of a person in the Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) or a chronological sequence of movements of the person, m. Monitoring device for determining conditions and changes in the patient, n. Alarm device for triggering alarms by the patient, o. Output modules for outputting visual and / or acoustically perceptible information, eg for patient values, status values of the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b), p. Communication module for establishing a data connection with an external unit (200, 300), q. Telephone and / or radio and / or television and / or internet terminal. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the drive device (130) is integrated in the chassis (120). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to exchange data with an external unit (200, 300). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 7 until 10 , wherein the control device (140) is designed to at least temporarily control an operation of the at least one functional module (162a, 162b, 162c; 1626). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to determine a destination to which the bed (100; 100a; 100b) is to travel and to drive to the destination, wherein in particular the determination of the destination and / or the approach to the destination is carried out autonomously by the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to coordinate a planned travel movement or trajectory of the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) with at least one external unit. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, at least one, in particular digital, identification transmitter being provided. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) with a lying surface (110) and a chassis (120), the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) having a drive device (130) for driving a movement of the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) and has a control device (140), the control device (140) being designed to at least temporarily control the drive device (130) and / or the chassis (120) in order to bring about a travel movement of the hospital bed (100; 100a; 100b), wherein the control device (140) is designed to determine a destination to which the hospital bed (100; 100a; 100b) is to travel and to drive to the destination, the determination of the destination and / or the approach to the destination being carried out autonomously by the hospital bed (100; 100a; 100b) is executed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has information relating to a surrounding structure, in particular a topology of a building in which the sick bed is positioned, the information relating to the surrounding structure being automated or Enable autonomous route searches or route planning within this structure. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein a control of the drive device (130) by the control device (140) comprises an acceleration or a deceleration or a specification of a desired movement speed and / or movement direction. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the drive device (130) is designed to brake the sick bed from a state of motion at non-vanishing speed with a predeterminable deceleration. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the drive device (130) is designed to accelerate the sick bed from a resting state with a predeterminable acceleration. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 18 until 19th , whereby fuzzy logic or artificial intelligence can be used for braking and / or acceleration. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein one or more aspects of a control of a movement of the sick bed can be managed by the control device (140) by controlling the chassis (120). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein a common control of components of the Chassis (120), for example for steering, so for example for setting an angular position in the case of rollers, and the drive device (130), for example for accelerating and / or braking, is possible. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the chassis (120) has a caterpillar drive or chain drive with caterpillar chains. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the chassis (120) has a combination of a caterpillar drive with rollers. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 23 until 24 , the hospital bed being designed to rotate the hospital bed about a vertical axis by means of the caterpillar drive. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to autonomously control the travel movement of the sick bed at least at times. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to control the travel movement of the bed largely autonomously so that manual control is only required for comparatively short times, for example in emergency mode , for example in the event of a fault in the drive device and / or the control device 140. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 3 until 27 , wherein the supply storage unit (150) is designed to at least temporarily store electrical charge by means of at least one of the following elements: a) battery, b) accumulator, c) capacitor, in particular double-layer capacitor (“ultracap”). Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 28 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to reload the supply storage unit (150) by the external supply unit (200). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one accumulator for storing workable electrical charge is detachably or non-detachably connected to the sick bed. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 30 wherein the at least one accumulator is integrated in at least one component of the hospital bed, for example in the chassis (120). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one fluid tank, in particular pressure tank, for storing fluids and / or gases, for example oxygen and / or nitrogen, is detachably or non-detachably connected to the sick bed. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 32 wherein the at least one fluid tank is integrated in at least one component of the hospital bed, for example in the chassis (120). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 4 until 33 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to autonomously approach the at least one external supply unit (200). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 4 until 34 , wherein the sickbed is designed to autonomously approach the at least one external supply unit (200) in a period of time in which the sickbed is not required for the care or storage of a patient. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 4 until 35 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to recognize an operating state in which it is not required for the positioning of a patient, and to approach a corresponding supply unit (200) after the relevant operating state has been recognized. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 4 until 36 , the supply unit (200) being provided in an area of a hospital building that is comparatively little frequented by customers or patients or staff, for example on a different floor, for example a basement, as a typical area of use during an operation together with a sick person or patient. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 5 until 37 , whereby functions of the hospital bed can be flexibly expanded by one or more function modules (162a, 162b, 162c), for example, can be adapted to a particular application. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 5 until 38 , wherein the sick bed can also be used as a care bed or generally as a patient bed, for example both in hospitals and in nursing homes and in application scenarios in the field of home care. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 6 until 39 wherein the at least one wireless or wired optical and / or electrical or electronic interface is a component of the module interface (160). Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 40 , related to at least one of the Claims 7 until 39 , wherein electrical and / or electronic or optical or wireless data connections and / or connections for electrical energy transmission between components of the hospital bed, in particular the control device (140), and the one or more functional modules can be established. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 41 , whereby on the one hand a functional module (162a) can be arranged mechanically on the hospital bed by means of the module interface (160), and at the same time an electronic data connection, for example for preferably bidirectional data transmission, can be established between the functional module (162a) and the control device (140). Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 41 or 42 whereby, on the one hand, a functional module (162a) can be mechanically arranged on the hospital bed by means of the module interface (160), and at the same time an electrical power supply connection can be established between the functional module (162a) and the control device (140). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) has a computing unit (142), for example a microcontroller and / or digital signal processor and / or microprocessor and / or programmable logic module, one of the computing unit ( 142) associated memory unit (144), for example having a main memory and / or a read-only memory or a non-volatile memory, for example a FLASH EEPROM. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) has a module (146) for executing algorithms of artificial intelligence, KI, in particular for executing one or more artificial neural networks, wherein For example, the artificial neural network (s) can be used for controlling an autonomous operation or driving operation of the hospital bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) has a transceiver (148), for example a transmitter / receiver, (148) for wireless data transmission with at least one external unit (200). Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 46 , wherein the transceiver (148) is designed as a WLAN transceiver, for example compatible with the IEEE 802.11 protocol family. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 46 or 47 , wherein the transceiver (148) is designed to establish a wireless data connection using a cellular mobile radio system, for example the fourth generation, 4G, and / or the fifth generation, 5G. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 10 until 48 wherein the external unit (200) is a control unit that controls the operation of a plurality of hospital beds according to at least one of the preceding claims. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 45 until 49 , related to at least one of the Claims 11 until 44 , wherein the control device (140) is designed to use the AI module (146) for at least temporarily controlling the operation of the at least one functional module (162a, 162b, 162c; 1626). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 8 until 50 , wherein the control device (140) is designed to at least temporarily control a medicament dispenser (1626) for administering one or more medicaments. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 12 until 51 , whereby the sickbed is designed to determine the destination autonomously, for example completely independently, Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 12 until 52 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to determine the destination autonomously, in particular without interaction with an operator. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 12 until 53 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to carry out the approach to the destination autonomously, that is to say, for example, completely independently. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 12 until 54 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to carry out the approach to the destination autonomously, in particular without interaction with an operator. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 16 until 55 , the information relating to the surrounding structure, in particular the topology of a building, having at least one of the following elements: a) navigation information, b) room plans, c) building plans, d) an arrangement of elevators and the like, e) maps comprising dynamic information, from which the position of other possibly autonomously movable units emerges. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 13 until 56 , the control device (140) being designed to coordinate the planned travel movement or trajectory of the hospital bed with at least one of the following elements: a) hospital bed, b) cleaning robot, c) elevator. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed or its control device is designed to signal its presence and / or further information relating to its operation. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 58 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to autonomously request an elevator. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 58 until 59 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to autonomously open an automatic door. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 58 until 60 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to control autonomously or a lighting in a room. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 58 until 61 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to signal its presence and / or other information regarding its operation by means of a wireless data connection. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 58 until 62 , wherein the coordination between the hospital bed and the external unit comprises sending information to the external unit, the information to be sent characterizing a planned travel path of the hospital bed and / or further parameters of the actual current or planned movement of the hospital bed such as a speed , an estimated stopping distance, an acceleration, a yaw rate, i.e. the angular speed of a possible rotational movement of the hospital bed around a vertical axis. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 58 until 63 wherein the coordination with the external unit alternatively or additionally comprises receiving information from the external unit. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 58 until 64 , wherein the identification transmitter is designed as a digital identification transmitter. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 65 , the identification transmitter being provided for identifying the hospital bed and / or a component thereof, for example a functional module of the hospital bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed or its lying surface (110) is digitally controllable or electrically adjustable, for example with regard to a height and / or inclination of the lying surface (110) and / or a Headboard and / or a footboard. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to drive autonomously to destinations, in particular destinations within a structure, for example a building, in particular a hospital. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 68 , wherein the sick bed is designed to approach the goals as a result of autonomous “decisions” or calculations of the sick bed or its control device. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 68 or 69 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to approach the targets under control or specification by an external unit or an operator. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 68 or 69 , wherein a personal computer and / or a mobile computer, in particular a tablet computer and / or a smartphone with appropriate control software, is provided as the interface between the operator and the hospital bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to recognize a situation and / or a state of a person in the area of the sick bed, in particular a person arranged on the lying surface (110). Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 72 , the situation having at least one of the following elements: a) own operating situation, b) traffic situation in its surroundings, c) social situation, for example the presence of one or more natural persons. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 72 or 73 , wherein the sick bed is designed for a) evaluation of interactions between people or b) a determination of an absence of interactions between people. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 72 until 74 , the condition having at least one of the following elements: a) skin color, b) weight, c) position, d) movement of a patient, for example based on all measured values, his diagnoses, sensor and camera results, historical data, data from all other hospital beds , other data that can be reached, for example, via a public network, for example the Internet, and / or a private network, for example a data network of a hospital, for example information or data from an expert system. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to a) learn from recorded data, b) derive conclusions, c) calculate probabilities and the like, for example by means of or of the KI module (146) or, in general, a functionality that is provided by the hardware and / or a correspondingly provided software of the control device (140). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to operate the sick bed or at least one component of the sick bed as a function of the identity of a patient and / or a recognized behavior of a Control patients. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to recognize how the position of a headrest or a head part of the sick bed or the lying surface (110) of a patient is eating was in the past and when the food is brought, this position can be automatically established. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to automatically adjust the drug administration when the identity of a patient is known. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to issue a warning to medical personnel, for example via an emergency call function, if a patient moves atypically, information about this, for example of corresponding sensor modules are available. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to carry out communication with other medical facilities. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to carry out communication with other digital or also autonomous units. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to carry out communication with other digital or even autonomous units, e.g. in a hospital, e.g. with a cleaning robot. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 82 until 83 , wherein the control device (140) is designed to carry out the communication with the other digital or also autonomous units in order to a) make room for them temporarily or b) signal a priority journey of the sickbed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to carry out communication with other people. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to output a message by voice to medical personnel. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed or its control device (140) has a navigation system. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 87 , wherein the navigation system is an “indoor” navigation system which is designed for navigation in rooms, in particular closed rooms. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed or its control device (140) has an “indoor” location system which is designed for location in rooms, in particular closed rooms. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed or its control device (140) is designed to monitor or recognize the presence of identification transmitters, for example RFID transponders or the like. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 90 , the hospital bed or its control device (140) being designed to document who has approached the hospital bed and when, or who has worked on the hospital bed and when. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has a detection unit for activities carried out directly on the bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has output units, for example a display and / or loudspeakers and / or headphones. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has input units which enable a person to enter data into the control device (140) of the sick bed or to other external units using his or her wireless data connection, if present to transfer. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 94 , wherein the input units have at least one of the following elements: a) keyboard, b) touchscreen, c) language, d) pen, e) joystick. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has at least one display device for physical or physiological parameters, which are provided by the sick bed or its control device (140) or a functional module assigned to it or provided therein (162a) can be determined or evaluated. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 96 , wherein the at least one display device is a display for the output of the heart function, the circulatory function, the drug administration, the patient record, the patient history, the charge status of storage, in particular electrical energy storage or fluid storage or solid storage of the bed, maintenance status of components of the bed, Determination and management of the operating value of the hospital bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed such that the lying surface (110) can be completely removed, for example from the chassis (120) or other components. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has an assignment unit for assigning a digital identification or an identification transmitter of the sick bed to a specific patient. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has an assignment unit for assigning all modules connected to the sick bed for digital identification of the sick bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has an assignment unit for assigning all modules connected to the sick bed to a specific patient. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has an assignment unit for assigning information and data generated and / or measured to a specific patient by modules connected to the sick bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to enable a transmission of information and data generated and / or measured by modules (162a, 1626, ..) generated and / or measured as data records in execute a database, the data sets each containing at least one feature identifying a specific patient. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 1 wherein the database is at least partially arranged locally in the control device (140) and / or in an external unit. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to receive information generated and / or measured by modules connected to the sick bed and to transfer data, in particular as data records, into a database, the data records each containing at least one feature that identifies a specific patient. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 105 , wherein the control device (140) is designed to transfer the information and data generated and / or measured by the modules connected to the hospital bed to the database after a plug connection or a wireless data connection has been established between the hospital bed and a relevant module. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to carry out an automatic transmission of an identification of the sick bed to connected modules (162a, 1626, ..). Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 107 , the bed being designed to carry out the automatic transmission of an identification of the bed to the connected modules (162a, 1626, ..) when a plug connection or wireless data connection is established. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein an automatic transmission of the identifications and specifications of connected modules to the control device (140) of the sick bed can be carried out, in particular when establishing a plug connection or wireless data connection. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein an automatic transmission of data and information generated and / or measured by a module to the control device (140) of the bed can be carried out after establishing a plug connection or wireless data connection between the bed and the module concerned. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to avoid collisions with surrounding people and / or things. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has at least one camera (1629). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has capacitive proximity sensors by means of which an approach of objects or people to the sick bed and vice versa can be determined. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has inductive proximity sensors by means of which an approach of objects or people to the sick bed and vice versa can be determined. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has ultrasonic sensors by means of which an approach of objects or people to the sick bed and vice versa can be determined. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to display its planned or current travel route or other planned or currently occurring movements as a function of a previously established approach or presence of people and / or to influence or change objects in the vicinity of the hospital bed or to completely prevent movement at least temporarily. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to detect an externally caused movement of the sick bed or an external force on the sick bed, as occurs, for example, when a person tries to move or turn the hospital bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed has sensors for detecting an external force acting on the sick bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to determine a blockage of a travel path of the sick bed by determining a current increase in a control current of an electric motor of the drive device. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 118 until 119 , wherein the sick bed is designed to adapt an operation, in particular driving operation, of the sick bed when an externally caused movement of the sick bed is detected or an external force is exerted on the sick bed. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 118 until 120 , the bed being designed to slowly retract or move in a certain direction when an externally caused movement of the bed is detected or an external force is exerted on the bed, with the aim of reducing an externally acting force. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to recognize a person in its environment or an approach of a person and / or an object and after the person has been recognized in its environment or the approach of a person and / or an object to limit a movement speed, for example a translation and / or rotation, to a predeterminable maximum value. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) after at least one of the Claims 7 until 122 , wherein the control device (140) is designed to at least temporarily control an operation of the at least one functional module (162a, 162b, 162c; 1626). Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to autonomously determine a destination to which the sick bed is to travel. Bed (100; 100a; 100b) after Claim 124 , wherein the hospital bed is designed to drive to the determined destination autonomously. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the sick bed is designed to autonomously cover distances of several tens of meters or several hundred or thousand meters. Sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) according to at least one of the preceding claims, wherein the control device (140) is designed to coordinate a planned travel movement or trajectory of the sick bed (100; 100a; 100b) with at least one external unit.

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