Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080201847 | PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HAVING A DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - A patient support including a frame and a mattress supported by the frame. The frame includes a deck support and a deck supporting the mattress. | 08-28-2008 |
20080201851 | LIFT SYSTEM FOR HOSPITAL BED - A lift system for a hospital bed is disclosed. The lift system includes lift arms that support a frame over a base frame. The lift arms are moved to raise and lower the frame relative to the base frame. | 08-28-2008 |
20080282471 | Pneumatic Valve Assembly for a Patient Support - A patient bed including a deck, supported by a base, and a patient support supported by the deck. The patient support includes a pneumatic device and at least one pressure sensor located within the patient support. | 11-20-2008 |
20080289108 | LIFT SYSTEM FOR HOSPITAL BED - A lift system for a hospital bed is disclosed. The lift system includes lift arms that support a frame over a base frame. The lift arms are moved to raise and lower the frame relative to the base frame. | 11-27-2008 |
20090013470 | PULMONARY MATTRESS - A patient support surface including a cover defining an interior region, a layer of three dimensional material, located at the interior region, and an air circulation device disposed adjacent the layer of three dimensional material. The patient support surface includes at least one of a percussion device and a vibration device, located at the interior region. | 01-15-2009 |
20090070942 | HOSPITAL BED - A hospital bed including a mattress and a frame. The width of the frame of the hospital bed is adjustable and the width of the mattress is adjustable. The hospital bed may include a frame and mattress adapted to support a heavy or large patient, including a bariatric or obese patient. | 03-19-2009 |
20090106907 | Method and Apparatus For Improving Air Flow Under A Patient - An overlay for a patient support is provided. The overlay is coupled to an air supply and includes an air permeable three-dimensional fiber network. The overlay is integrated into or coupled to the patient support in some embodiments. | 04-30-2009 |
20090217460 | PATIENT SUPPORT - This disclosure describes certain exemplary embodiments of a patient support having a plurality of vertically-oriented on substantially can-shaped inflatable bladders. In one embodiment, the patient support includes a support layer positioned above the vertical bladders. In another embodiment, the patient support includes a high air loss device. In still another embodiment, the patient support includes a pneumatic device located within the patient support. | 09-03-2009 |
20090249552 | Support Surface with Inflatable Core Zones - A mattress includes a core portion having independently inflatable head, seat and foot zones, each of which includes at least an A bladder and a B bladder. Pressure within all the core portion A bladders is adjustable separately from pressure within all the core portion B bladders. Pressure within the A bladders of a given zone are adjustable separately from pressure within the B bladders of the given zone. Pressure within the A bladders of a given zone are separately adjustable from pressure within the A bladders of zones other than the given zone, and pressure within the B bladders of a given zone are separately adjustable from pressure within the B bladders of zones other than the given zone. | 10-08-2009 |
20090313758 | HOSPITAL BED - A hospital bed is disclosed. The bed includes at least one tiltable deck section, and a linkage assembly configured to facilitate tilting of the at least one deck section. | 12-24-2009 |
20100132116 | Patient Support with Orientation Sensitive Air Bladder Control - This disclosure describes a patient support having an air permeable layer, a plurality of inflatable bladders, a pressure-sensing assembly and a controller. In one embodiment, a combination of transverse bladders and vertically oriented can-shaped bladders is provided. In one embodiment, one or more angle sensors are provided in articulatable sections of the patient support. | 06-03-2010 |
20110099723 | Adjustable Width Mattress with Relief Portions - A mattress assembly includes an inner core assembly | 05-05-2011 |
20120016281 | PULMONARY MATTRESS - A patient support surface including a cover defining an interior region, a layer of three dimensional material, located at the interior region, and an air circulation device disposed adjacent the layer of three dimensional material. The patient support surface includes at least one of a percussion device and a vibration device, located at the interior region. | 01-19-2012 |
20120174319 | Hospital Bed - A patient support includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame. The frame includes a deck support and a deck supporting the mattress. | 07-12-2012 |
20140013515 | Pulmonary Mattress - A patient support surface including a cover defining an interior region, a layer of three dimensional material, located at the interior region, and an air circulation device disposed adjacent the layer of three dimensional material. The patient support surface includes at least one of a percussion device and a vibration device, located at the interior region. | 01-16-2014 |
20140352074 | Patient Support with Air Bladder Control Sensitive to An Orientation Angle Sensor - A patient support includes a cover defining an interior region, an air permeable first layer located in the interior region, and a first air supply coupled to the first layer to provide air flow through the first layer. The patient support also includes a plurality of air bladders located beneath the air permeable first layer and a second air supply coupled to the air bladders to selectively inflate and deflate the air bladders. An angle sensor is located in the interior region in an articulatable portion of the patient support. A controller is coupled to the first and second air supplies and the angle sensor to control inflation and deflation of the air bladders in response to an angle signal received from the angle sensor and to control air flow through the air permeable layer in response to the angle signal. | 12-04-2014 |