Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Arpit Shah

Charles A Lachenbruch

Gavin Martin Monson

Dan R Tallent

Frank E Sauser

John D Christie

Douglas A Seim

Scott M Corbin

Eric David Benz

John G Byers

Douglas E Borgman

Catherine M Wagner

Kathryn R Smith

John Goewert

Richard Henry Heimbrock

Jonathan D Turner

Aziz Ali Bhai

Neal Wiggermann

David P Lubbers

Bradley T Smith

Michael Buccieri

Travis A Pelo

Robert Mark Zerhusen

David C Newkirk

David Lance Ribble

Kirsten M Emmons

James L Walke

James D Voll

Eric R Meyer

Todd P O'Neal

Brian Lee Lawrence

Joshua A Williams

David J Hitchcock

Unnati Ojha

Sravan A Mamidi

Clay Gerome Owsley

David J Brzenchek

Daniel Nachtigal

Mary Kay Brinkman

Nathaniel W Hixon

Karen Lanning

Jared Rude

James W Pascoe

Florin Iucha

Todd S Ventrola

Richard J Schuman, Sr

Rachel L Williamson

Philippe Kaikenger

Darrell L Borgman

Brandon P Fisk

Michael M Frondorf

David Lawrence Bedel

Gregory J Shannon

Brian S Guthrie

Jnanesha Ramegowda

Michael Churilla

Nicole Johannigman

Taylor Franklin

Jason B Grace

Frederick Schultz

Kin Choi

Keith Moores

Thomas L Simpson

Sridhar Karimpuzha Seshadri

Jason M Gilreath

Michael R Montini

David L Bedel

Todd P O'neal

Douglas A Eckstein

Matthieu Guetta

Jean-Francois Lellig

Herve Gautier

Stephen S Amrhein

Faron L Blessing

Gary R Gibbons

Andrew R Wager

Wui Hsien Wong

Bradley Thomas Smith

Catherine Marie Wagner

Todd Steven Ventrola

Todd P O'NEAL

A patient support apparatus includes a base frame, lift mechanism supporting an upper frame relative to the base frame, a load frame, and a plurality of deck sections, a patient support surface, and a number of barriers positioned about the patient supporting surface. The patient support apparatus includes a notification system for visually notifying a caregiver of a condition or status of a component of the patient support apparatus.

Patient support apparatus

A patient support apparatus may include a support surface configured to conduct air along a top face of the support surface so that heat and moisture from a patient lying on the support surface are drawn away from the top face of the support surface. An opening may be formed in a side of the support surface. A cavity may extend from the opening into the support surface. An inlet port may be positioned within the cavity and fluidly coupled to the top face. A blower assembly may be configured to position within the cavity. The blower assembly may have an outlet port that couples to the inlet port when the blower assembly is positioned within the cavity. The blower assembly may conduct air through the inlet port to the top face of the support surface.

Patient support surface control, end of life indication, and x-ray cassette sleeve

A method of determining information about a device includes the steps of 1) acquiring an image of at least a portion of the device, 2) comparing the information content of the image to the information content of at least one record of a library, and, 3) if the comparison is positive, reporting that the device is in the possible state represented by the library record. A method which depends on calculations based on the acquired image rather than on comparison of the information content of the image to the information content of one or more library records is also disclosed. A system for determining the state of the device is also disclosed.

Image based monitoring of the state of a device

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Batesville, IN, United States of America

Arpit Shah