Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.

Darrell L Borgman

Eric R Meyer

Gregory W Branson

Charles A Lachenbruch

Sandy Mark Richards

Timothy Joseph Receveur

David W Hornbach

Jonathan D Turner

Aziz Ali Bhai

Reza Hakamiun

Kenith W Chambers

Sohrab Soltani

Christopher Ryan O'Keefe

Richard B Stacy

Bradley Thomas Wilson

Jonathan H Mueller

Stephen L Douglas

Daniel Kurt Stevens

Douglas E Borgman

Catherine M Wagner

Rachel Hopkins King

Dennis S Flessate

John Alan Bobey

Frank E Sauser

Rachel L Williamson

Robert Mark Zerhusen

David C Newkirk

James Maurice Allen

Neal Wiggermann

Joshua A Williams

Mark Chiacchira

Jnanesha Ramegowda

Travis A Pelo

Kathryn R Smith

Kirsten M Emmons

Michael Scott Hood

Luke Andrew Gibson

Philippe Kaikenger

Scott M Corbin

Ryan S Severns

Varad Narayan Srivastava

Yongji Fu

Brandon P Fisk

James D Voll

Jeffrey A Ruschke

Howard J Boyd

Rebecca Anne Ginther

Karen Janoff

Michael Churilla

Nicole Johannigman

Mark Lanning

Jennifer Fearing

Taylor Franklin

Jason B Grace

Keith Moores

Brian Guthrie

James Evans

Kelsey G Eikens

Katherine Lin

David Lawrence Bedel

John G Byers

Gregory J Shannon

Brian S Guthrie

Mary L Butler

Robert J Lawrence

John Goewert

Andrew Robert Kerr

Frederick Schultz

Thomas E Uzzle

Arpit Shah

Kin Choi

Justine Pringle

Bryan W Wuebker

Sridhar Karimpuzha Seshadri

Thomas L Simpson

Jason M Gilreath

Michael R Montini

Gary R Gibbons

Faron L Blessing

Stephen S Amrhein

Herve Gautier

Jean-Francois Lellig

Matthieu Guetta

Holly L Bengel

Logan Cobler

Kayla Stevens

Nicholas Stanfield

Larry A Richer

Thomas Uzzie

John Alan Bobay

Wui Hsien Wong

Andrew R Wager

Christopher R O'KEEFE

Qinglin Mok

Jason Brennan Grace

Catherine Marie Wagner

Daniel K Stevens

Rachel Elizabeth Hopkins-King

Rebecca Anne Crabb

Reza Hakamium

A mattress assembly includes a mattress and an outer mattress shell that covers the mattress and has a patient support portion and a sleep deck portion. The outer mattress shell defines an interior surface and an exterior surface. A bonding strip is coupled to the interior surface of the outer mattress shell and a fastening strip is coupled to the exterior surface of the outer mattress shell. A weld extends through the exterior surface and through the interior surface of the outer mattress shell. A clasp locker is operably coupled to the fastening strip and detachably couples the patient support portion to the sleep deck portion of the outer mattress shell.

Mattress retention assembly and radiofrequency weld in surface covers

The present disclosure relates to patient support systems, such as hospital beds, and particularly to reconfigurable patient support systems movable among a number of different positions. The present disclosure further relates to control algorithms and interfaces for use in patient support systems.

Mattress bladder control using a bleed valve

A non-powered mattress including a cover enclosing a frame structure and a bladder assembly, the cover adapted to engage an articulated frame to control movement of portions of the foam frame and the bladder assembly in response to movement of the articulated frame.

Dynamic foam mattress adapted for use with a variable length hospital bed

A hospital bed includes a sleep deck having an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion each defining a support surface and an underbody that defines a notch. An opening is defined by and extends through the upper portion. A space is defined between the upper portion and the middle portion. A mattress is disposed on the sleep deck. An outer mattress shell encases the mattress and includes a fold defined by a weld. A mattress retention assembly is coupled to the outer mattress shell. The mattress retention assembly includes at least one of a first magnet and a second magnet selectively coupling the mattress to the sleep deck, a portion of the mattress retention assembly extends between the outer mattress shell and the sleep deck, an affixing member disposed on the outer mattress shell, and a retention ridge extending through the sleep deck.

A warming device may include a batting layer having a phase change material. The batting layer may have a patient side and an upper side. A hot melt fabric adhesive may be applied to the patient side and upper side of the batting. A first fabric layer may be adhered to the hot melt fabric on the patient side of the batting. The first fabric layer may have a phase change material integrated coating. An insulation layer may be adhered to the hot melt fabric on the upper side of the batting. A second fabric layer may be coupled to the insulation layer.

Reusable warming blanket with phase change material

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

An occupant support structure for supporting an occupant includes an orientation adjustable torso section, a lower body section, and a control system. The lower body section includes a heel region subsection which supports the heel region of an occupant of the occupant support. The control system is adapted to A) cause the heel region subsection to temporarily substantially disengage from the heel region of the occupant in response to a change of angular orientation of the torso section which begins at a time t, and B) cause the heel region subsection to subsequently re-engage with the heel region of the occupant, the re-engagement occurring at a time twhich is later than t.

Skin injury resistant occupant support structures and methods for resisting skin injuries

Embodiments include a person support apparatus including a plurality of air fluidizable material, a tub, a foam bolster disposed along at least one wall of the tub and extending over the at least one wall, and an inflatable air bladder disposed above the foam bolster along the at least one wall of the tub. A method of assisting a person with ingress or egress of a person support apparatus by deflating the inflatable air bladder and adjusting a level of fluidization of the air fluidizable material such that the surface supporting the portion of the person is substantially level with a top of the foam bolster is also described.

Person support apparatus with ingress/egress assist

Mattress bladder control during patient bed egress

A patient support includes a cover defining an interior region, an air permeable first layer located in the interior region, and a support layer located beneath the air permeable first layer. A pressure sensing layer is located underneath the support layer. At least one air supply is coupled to the support layer. A controller is coupled to the air supply and to the pressure sensing layer. The controller controls inflation and deflation of the support layer in response to a signal from the pressure sensing layer.

Patient support with an air permeable layer and a support layer, with inflation and deflation of the support layer controlled in response to pressure sensed at a pressure sensing layer

A patient support system includes a patient support apparatus and a support surface mounted on the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus is reconfigurable among a plurality of different configurations for supporting a patient on the support surface in a plurality of positions. The support surface is mounted on the patient support apparatus to move in response to reconfiguration of the patient support apparatus.

Patient support systems and methods of use

A patient support includes a cover defining an interior region, an air permeable first layer located in the interior region, at least one air supply coupled to the first layer to provide air flow through the first layer, a support layer located beneath the air permeable first layer, a pressure sensing layer located underneath the support layer, and a controller coupled to the air supply and to the pressure sensing layer. The controller controls air flow through the first layer in response to a signal from the pressure sensing layer.

Patient support with an air permeable layer with air flow through the air permeable layer controlled as a function of pressure sensed at a pressure sensing layer

A patient support includes a cover defining an interior region, an air permeable first layer located in the interior region within the cover, a first air supply coupled to the first layer to provide air flow through the first layer, air bladders including a head zone and a seat zone located beneath the first layer, a first sensing assembly located beneath the head zone, a second air supply coupled to the air bladders to selectively inflate and deflate the air bladders, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the first and second air supplies to control inflation and deflation of the air bladders and to control air flow through the permeable layer. The controller also receives a signal from the first sensing assembly, determines whether the patient support is occupied, and adjusts air flow through the first layer based on the signal from the first sensing assembly.

Patient support with air bladder control sensitive to an orientation angle sensor

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Batesville, IN, United States of America

Darrell L Borgman