1. A patient support for a patient, said patient support comprising:
a mattress having a head end, a foot end, and two opposed sides, said mattress including a patient support surface formed by a plurality of inflatable bladders extending from said head end to said foot end, said mattress having a recessed portion beneath said patient support surface at said foot end of said mattress; and
an enclosure housed in said recessed portion, said enclosure housing therein at least one pump for directing air to said bladders and a controller for operating said at least one pump, said enclosure having a central section and two side sections, each of said sections having an upper side, said side sections being located on opposed sides of said central section and at opposed sides of said mattress at said foot end, and said upper side of said central section being recessed below said upper sides of said side sections and below said patient support surface wherein the depth of said patient support surface at said foot end between said side sections is maintained generally constant at least along the central portion of said mattress extending from said head end to said foot end.
2. The patient support according to claim 1, wherein, said patient support further comprising a foam crib supporting said patient support surface, said recessed portion formed in said foam crib.
3. The patient support according to claim 2, wherein said foam crib includes a base wall and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from said base wall, said cushioning layer supported on side base wall between said side walls of said foam crib, said upper side of said central section of said enclosure being generally aligned with said base wall wherein the depth of said cushioning layer is maintained generally constant at least along said central portion of said mattress.
4. The patient support according to claim 1, wherein said enclosure houses two or more pumps.
5. The patient support according to claim 4, wherein one of said side sections of said enclosure houses said two or more pumps.
6. The patient support according to claim 5, wherein said two pumps are in 180\xb0 phase wherein the vibration of one pump substantially cancels the vibration of the other pump.
7. The patient support according to claim 6, further comprising a control system, said enclosure including an accessory bay in the other side section, said accessory bay including a power connector, a data connector, or a pneumatic connector for coupling an accessory inserted into said bay to said control system.
8. The patient support according to claim 7, wherein said power connector, data connector, or pneumatic connector comprises a plug-in connector wherein an accessory can be inserted into the accessory bay with the insertion plugging the accessory into the connector.
9. The patient support according to claim 7, wherein said enclosure includes an accessory door in said accessory bay at a side of said enclosure facing outwardly from said mattress wherein said accessory bay is accessible from the side of the mattress.
10. The patient support according to claim 1, wherein
said patient support further comprises a control system, said control system including said controller and said at least one pump for inflating said inflatable bladders; and
said control system adapted to convert an input voltage supply in a range of 90-240v into a constant voltage for driving said at least one pump without the use of a transformer.
11. The patient support according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the enclosure at its central section is in a range of 1\xbd to 3 inches.
12. The patient support according to claim 11, wherein said enclosure including an accessory bay, said accessory bay including a power connector, a data connector, or a pneumatic connector for coupling an accessory inserted into said bay to said controller.
13. The patient support according to claim 11, wherein said enclosure includes an accessory door in said accessory bay at a side of said enclosure facing outwardly from said mattress wherein said accessory bay is accessible from the side of the mattress.
14. A patient support for a patient, said patient support comprising:
a mattress having a transverse width, a head end, a foot end, two opposed sides, and a central portion extending from said head end to said foot end between said opposed sides, said mattress including a plurality of inflatable central bladders forming a patient support surface extending from said head end to said foot end, said mattress having a recessed portion beneath said patient support surface at said foot end of said mattress, each of said bladders having a height; and
an enclosure housed in said recess and extended across the transverse width of said mattress, said enclosure housing therein a control system for controlling air flow to said bladders, said enclosure having a central section and two side sections, each of said sections having an upper side, said side sections being located on opposed sides of said central section and at opposed sides of said mattress at said foot end, and said upper side of said central section being recessed below said central bladders and said upper sides of said side sections wherein the height of said central bladders can be maintained generally constant at least along the central portion of said mattress extending from said head end to said foot end.
15. The patient support according to claim 14, further comprising a plurality of side bladders at said opposed sides, at least some of said side bladders having a height less than the height of said central bladders.
16. The patient support according to claim 14, wherein said control system includes two or more pumps, said enclosure housing said two or more pumps, at least one pump for directing air to said bladders, and a controller for operating said pumps.
17. The patient support according to claim 14, wherein said enclosure has an accessory bay at one of said side portions for removably inserting at least one accessory into said enclosure for connection with said control system, said accessory bay accessible at one of said opposed sides of said mattress.
18. The patient support according to claim 17, said accessory bay including a power connector, a data connector, or a pneumatic connector for coupling an accessory inserted into said bay to said control system.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An embedded media terminal adapter (EMTA) connected to an Internet protocol (IP) phone, comprising:
a data obtaining module for obtaining operation data of the IP phone;
a buffering module for temporarily storing the operation data;
a data determining module for determining whether the buffering module is full;
a log file generating module for accessing the operation data stored in the buffering module when the buffering module is full, and generating log files to keep the operation data stored in the buffering module; and
a storage module for storing the log files.
2. The EMTA as claimed in claim 1, wherein the log file generating module comprising:
a compressing submodule for compressing the operation data accessed by the log file generating module, and generating a compressed file; and
a header adding submodule for adding a header to each of the compressed files, and generating the log files.
3. The EMTA as claimed in claim 2, wherein the header comprises a sequence code of the log file, a size of the log file, an identifier of the log file, a checksum value of length of the log file, and method of compressing the log file.
4. A system for debugging an Internet protocol (IP) phone comprising:
an embedded media terminal adapter (EMTA) connected to the IP phone, the EMTA comprising:
a data obtaining module for obtaining operation data of the IP phone;
a buffering module for temporarily storing the operation data;
a data determining module for determining whether the buffering module is full;
a log file generating module for accessing the operation data stored in the buffering module when the buffering module is full, and generating log files to keep the operation data in the buffering module; and
a storage module for storing the log files; and
a central office device connected to the EMTA via a network, the central office device for calling the log files when there is a malfunction in the IP phone and restoring normal function to the IP phone via the network.
5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the log file generating module comprising:
a compressing submodule for compressing the operation data accessed by the log file generating module, and generating a compressed file; and
a header adding submodule for adding a header to each of the compressed files, and generating the log files.
6. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the header comprises a sequence code of the log file, a size of the log file, an identifier of the log file, a checksum value of length of the log file, and a method of compressing the log file.
7. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the central office device comprising:
a malfunction determining module for determining whether there is a malfunction in the IP phone;
a log file parsing module for calling the log files stored in the storage module, and decompressing the log files to obtain the operation data;
a malfunction analyzing module analyzing the operation data from the log file parsing module to determine nature and cause of the malfunction; and
a debugging module restoring normal function to the IP phone, in light of the nature and cause of the malfunction, via the network.
8. A method for debugging an Internet protocol (IP) phone, the method comprising:
obtaining operation data of the IP phone;
storing the operation data in a buffering module;
determining whether the buffering module is full;
accessing the operation data stored in the buffering module when the buffering module is full and generating log files to keep the operation data stored in the buffering module;
storing the log files;
determining whether there is a malfunction in the IP phone;
calling the log files if there is a malfunction in the IP phone and obtaining the operation data; and
restoring normal function to the IP phone in light of the operation data.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of accessing the operation data stored in the buffering module and generating log files further comprising:
compressing the accessed operation data and generating compressed files; and
adding a header to each of the compressed files and generating the log files.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the header comprises a sequence code of the log file, a size of the log file, an identifier of the log file, a checksum value of length of the log file, and a method of compressing the log file.
11. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:
decompressing the log files to obtain the operation data;
analyzing the operation data and obtaining nature and cause of the malfunction; and
restoring normal function to the IP phone in light of the nature and cause of the malfunction.