Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Nitta Corporation

Colin Clarke

David Lokhorst

Gregory W Branson

Sohrab Soltani

John Alan Bobey

Robert Petrosenko

Andrew F Skinner

Richard B Stacy

Michael Z Sleva

Jonathan H Mueller

Mayur Yermaneni

Daniel Kurt Stevens

Eric R Meyer

Todd P O'Neal

Stephen R Schulte

Rachel Hopkins King

Karen Janoff

David M Lokhorst

Daniel K Stevens

William L Iii Jacques

Rachel Hopkins

This disclosure describes a mattress having a plurality of vertically-oriented inflatable bladders and a pneumatic box located inside the mattress. In one embodiment, the patient support includes a plurality of pressure sensors positioned underneath the bladders. In still another embodiment, the patient support includes one or more filler portions that are selectable so that the patient support may conform to bed frames having different deck configurations.

Patient support

A patient support having real time pressure control. The patient support includes a plurality of sensors located beneath a bladder including a plurality of upright cylindrical elements. The pressure within the bladder is controlled based on the pressure or force sensed by the plurality of sensors.

Patient support having real time pressure control

This disclosure describes certain exemplary embodiments of a patient support having a plurality of vertically-oriented or substantially can-shaped inflatable bladders. In one embodiment, the patient support includes a plurality of pressure sensors positioned underneath the bladders. In another embodiment, the patient support includes a support layer positioned above the vertical bladders. In still another embodiment, the patient support includes one or more filler portions that are selectable so that the patient support may conform to bed frames having different deck configurations.

A body support such as a cushion, mattress, chair or the like has at least one inflatable air chamber. A pressure sensor senses interface pressures at different locations on a surface of the air chamber. Indicators derived from the interface pressures indicate the onset of a trend toward bottoming out. A controller controls air pressure within the air chamber based at least in part on values of the indicators. The controller may be implemented as a state machine.

Body support apparatus having automatic pressure control and related methods

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Colin Clarke