Hill-rom Services, Inc.

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Southwest Research Institute

Wittrock Enterprises LLC

Holl-rom Services, Inc.

David P Lubbers

Aziz Ali Bhai

Brian J Hoffman

Andrew F Skinner

Robert Mark Zerhusen

Joseph Kummer

Michael M Frondorf

Kenneth L Kramer

Eric R Meyer

Irvin John Vanderpohl, Iii

James R Stolpmann

Kenith W Chambers

Brent E Goodwin

Jeffrey R Welling

Eugene E Osborne

James K Findlay

Douglas J Menkedick

David A Albersmeyer

Glenn C Suttman

Gregory J Figel

Nicholas C Batta

David W Hornbach

John David Vogel

Darrell L Metz

Bradley Thomas Wilson

Terry J Stratman

Christian H Reinke

John D Christie

Richard Henry Heimbrock

David Lance Ribble

Jonathan D Turner

Jack Wilker, Jr

Steven Alan Dixon

Scott M Corbin

James L Walke

Sandy Mark Richards

Richard B Stacy

Charles A Lachenbruch

Gregory W Branson

Gavin Martin Monson

Kirsten M Emmons

Dan R Tallent

Neal Wiggermann

Douglas A Seim

Francis Charles Ganance

Todd P O'Neal

Brian Lee Lawrence

Paul R Weil

Ronald Kappeler

Steven J Schwartz

Jeffrey A Ruschke

Matthew R Knue

Joshua William Shenk

Terry L Richter

Roger S Philbeck

Roberta M Murnyack

Thomas W Hanson

John Vodzak

Doug K Smith

Cami S Scheele

Craig Crandall

Eric W Oberhaus

Mahesh Kumar Thodupunuri

Tom Riggs

Steve A Dixon

Mark Tyler Rigsby

Stephen E Hutchison

Brian S Guthrie

Matthew C Visca

D Scott Manlove

Frank E Sauser

John W Koenig

Joshua A Williams

Eric David Benz

Bradley T Smith

John G Byers

William L Jacques, Ii

Jerome E Reckelhoff

Frank Lewis

John B Wilker, Jr

Stephen R Hamberg

Douglas E Borgman

Michael Buccieri

Catherine M Wagner

David J Hitchcock

Travis A Pelo

Dean M Valvano

Kathryn R Smith

Unnati Ojha

Sravan A Mamidi

Robert A Kinker, Jr

Bruce E Dickman, Jr

Mark Lanning

John Goewert

David J Brzenchek

David Lawrence Bedel

William L Jacques

John David Busbee

Steven R LeClair

Robert A Bossingham

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 system for changing width of a person support apparatus is disclosed. A person support apparatus comprises at least one deck extension which is configured to be retracted or extended by at least one motor controlled by a bed controller. A mattress controller communicates with a bed controller and controls a fluid supply device to inflate or deflate a mattress supported by the person support apparatus to alter the width of the mattress. The mattress may also be inflated or deflated in response to manual extension or retraction of the deck extension.

Variable width hospital bed

A bed comprises a fixed width deck section, a wing movably coupled to the fixed width section, and a rack and pinion mechanism for extending and retracting the wing.

Powered width expansion of articulated bed deck

A variable width support system includes an adjustable width person support apparatus (PSA), an adjustable width person support surface (PSS), and first and second controllers. The first controller controls a function of the PSA and receives a first input corresponding to a function of the PSA via a first user interface. The second controller controls a function of the PSS and: a) receives a second input corresponding to a function of the PSS via a second user interface when the first controller is not in communication with the second controller, and b) receives a third input corresponding to a function of the PSS via the first controller when the first controller is in communication with the second controller. The second controller controls a function of the PSS in accordance with the third input when the first controller is in communication with the second controller.

Variable width person support system and control system therefor

Method of powered width expansion of a 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.

Hospital bed

A system for changing the width of a person support apparatus includes a bed controller for receiving a command signal indicating a command for width alteration, a first motor controlled by the bed controller for driving an extension of a first deck section of the support apparatus thereby altering the width of the first deck section, and a second motor controlled by the bed controller for driving an extension of a second deck section of the support apparatus thereby altering the width of the second deck section. The bed controller controls the first motor and the second motor in a manner that causes the first deck section to reach a first deck section width alteration limit at a first time and the second deck section to reach a second deck section width alteration limit at a second time, wherein the first time and the second time are not equal.

Person support system with width expansion wings which reach extension limits at different times

Bed having rack and pinion powered width expansion

A bed comprises a deck section having a width and left and right outboard deck edges. Left side and right side wings are movably coupled to the deck section. The bed also includes a left leadscrew receiver mounted on the left wing, a right leadscrew receiver mounted on the right wing, and left and right motor assemblies both mounted on the deck section. A left leadscrew is coupled to the left motor assembly and to the left leadscrew receiver. A right leadscrew is coupled to the right motor assembly and to the right leadscrew receiver. Motor operation is capable of moving the wing to which it is coupled between a deployed position in which the lateral extremity of the wing is outboard of the respective outboard edge of the deck section and a stored position in which the lateral extremity of the wing is inboard of its deployed position.

Adjustable person support system with expansion wings driven by dual leadscrews and center mounted motors

An arm is pivotally coupled to a support structure at one end and a patient care equipment support, such as a service head, is pivotally coupled to the arm at the other end. The arm has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion for extension and retraction relative to the first portion. Brakes are provided to brake the extension and retraction of the portions of the arm, to brake the pivoting movement of the arm relative to the support structure, and to brake the pivoting movement of the patient care equipment support relative to the arm. Each of the brakes is releasable.

Brake system for architectural arm

A bed comprises a fixed width deck section, a wing movably coupled to the fixed width section, a leadscrew having a rotational axis, a leadscrew driver coupled to the leadscrew for rotating the leadscrew about its axis, and a release unit. The release unit is coupled to the wing and configured to move between a) an engaged position in which the release unit engages the lead screw and moves therealong as the leadscrew rotates about the rotational axis thereby causing the wing to translate relative to the fixed width section; and b) a disengaged position in which the release unit is disengaged from the leadscrew.

Bed with a powered width expansion wing with manual release

An apparatus for supporting a patient, such as a hospital bed, is provided. The apparatus includes a patient support surface and at least one fluid containing bladder. A pressure control assembly is operably coupled with the bladder. When the fluid pressure within the bladder falls outside of an acceptable range of pressure values, the active adjustment of the pressure within the bladder is initiated by the pressure control assembly if the pressure does not return to the acceptable range of pressure values within a time period, e.g., a time delay, that has a variable length.

Control for pressurized bladder in a patient support apparatus

A wireless control system includes a device for sending a wireless signal, a receiver for receiving the wireless signal, and circuitry for processing the wireless signal. The circuitry includes a learn mode in which a device is associated with the control signal to the exclusion of commands from other devices not associated with the circuitry. The device transmits a wireless signal redundantly over a plurality of frequencies. The control system may chooses a signal frequency and receiver combination to maintain a quality signal.

Wireless control system for a patient support apparatus

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

David P Lubbers