LIFEBED

Medical patient vigilance apparatus for detecting clinically significant changes in patient physiology and activity and for alerting medical personnel; medical apparatus for detecting clinically significant changes in patient physiology and activity and for transmitting signals, data, alerts, personal information, and equipment status indications and conditions, via existing communication and notification systems, namely, nurse-call systems in a hospital; medical apparatus for sensing, recording and analyzing physiological data and activity of a patient on a patient support surface and for alerting medical personnel to clinically significant changes in patient condition, namely, a display unit with a user interface and microprocessor to be placed adjacent the support surface, a sensor unit to be installed on the support surface, and connecting cables for connecting the display unit to the sensor unit and for connecting the display unit to existing communication and notification systems for transmission of signals, data, alerts and other information; coverlets for medical use, with sensors for detecting patient conditions