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

Unnati Ojha

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

Sravan A Mamidi

David J Brzenchek

Daniel Nachtigal

Clay Gerome Owsley

Florin Iucha

James W Pascoe

Jared Rude

Mary Kay Brinkman

Karen Lanning

Todd S Ventrola

Richard J Schuman, Sr

Nathaniel W Hixon

Rachel L Williamson

Philippe Kaikenger

Darrell L Borgman

Brandon P Fisk

Michael M Frondorf

David Lawrence Bedel

Gregory J Shannon

Brian S Guthrie

Michael Churilla

Jnanesha Ramegowda

Nicole Johannigman

Jason B Grace

Taylor Franklin

Frederick Schultz

Keith Moores

Kin Choi

Sridhar Karimpuzha Seshadri

Michael R Montini

Thomas L Simpson

Jason M Gilreath

David L Bedel

Gary R Gibbons

Todd P O'neal

Matthieu Guetta

Jean-Francois Lellig

Herve Gautier

Stephen S Amrhein

Faron L Blessing

Andrew R Wager

Wui Hsien Wong

Douglas A Eckstein

Bradley Thomas Smith

Catherine Marie Wagner

Todd Steven Ventrola

Nathaniel William Hixon

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