Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Hill-rom, Inc.

Gary W Ferdon

David W Hornbach

Kenneth L Kramer

Gregory W Branson

James R Stolpmann

John P Biondo

David John Ulrich

Jeffrey R Welling

Patrick J Minnelli

Richard B Stacy

Reza Hakamiun

Brian T Wiggins

Michael V Bolden

Roger D Dalton

Benjamin Salvatini

Dennis S Flessate

Clement J Koerber, Sr

Virgil J Niese

Donald L Mobley

Michael Joseph Gosmeyer

Robert T Fussner

James E Gilbert

Jackie Robertson

Kendra K Doyle

Doug H Smith

Jonathan H Mueller

Kenneth Ray Smith

John J Chaconas

A patient support including a frame, a mattress supported by the frame, and a set of siderails configured to block egress of a patient from the patient support. The siderails are configured to reduce gaps defined between the siderails and the other components of the patient support.

Apparatus and method for closing hospital bed gaps

A patient support is provided. The patient support includes a frame, a mattress supported by the frame, and a set of siderails configured to block egress of a patient from the patient support. The siderails are configured to reduce gaps defined between the siderails and the other components of the patient support.

A retention apparatus is provided for mounting a blower unit for an air mattress to a bed frame member. The blower unit retention apparatus includes a pair of retention brackets, each including a U-shaped member having a base portion and a pair of outwardly projecting arms defining a slot for receiving the bed frame member. A locator pin is configured for insertion through oppositely disposed openings formed in the projecting arms of each of the retention brackets for securing the bed frame member between the locator pins and the respective base portions. An upstanding post is mounted to each of the two retention brackets for reception in a corresponding opening in the blower unit housing to secure the blower unit housing to the bed frame member.

Blower unit retention apparatus

A hydrotherapy mattress assembly which includes an air-over-foam core, a base for receiving the air-over-foam core, and a top cover overlying the air-over-foam core. The top cover provides a patient support surface and includes a drain trough. The drain trough is coupled to a drain which extends through the air-over-foam core and the base, so that liquids can be drained from the patient support surface.

Hydrotherapy bed

A mattress structure (,) having a plurality of side-by-side lower support elements (,), a layer of material (,) underlying the lower support elements (,), and a plurality of side-by-side upper support elements (,) overlying and being supported by lower support elements (,) is described. The upper support elements (,) are connected by a plurality of tethers (,) to the layer of material (,), with the tethers (,) extending between adjacent lower support elements (,). Each of one of the upper support elements (,) and lower support elements (,) is an inflatable air bladder with specified sets of air bladders defining tube set zones (,). The pressure of the zones (,) is controlled by an air pressure system (,).

Air-over-foam mattress

An elongated mattress core for a mattress structure includes a foam core having an upwardly-facing top surface, a bottom surface spaced apart from the top surface, and first and second elongated sides connecting the top and bottom surfaces. The foam core is formed to include a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart transverse slits extending downwardly from the top surface. Each slit terminates at a lower end spaced apart from the bottom surface by a first distance and extending transversely from a first slit end spaced apart from the first side of the foam core to a second slit end spaced apart from the second side of the foam core. Each adjacent pair of slits defines a foam column so that the foam core has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart and transversely extending foam columns. Each foam column has a pair of generally vertical column side walls defining the slits. Each column side wall includes a shear coating having a low coefficient of friction so that each column can compress and decompress without drag forces resulting from frictional engagement with adjacent column side walls interfering with the compression and decompression.

Mattress structure having a foam mattress core

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Charleston, SC, United States of America

Gary W Ferdon