Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Kathryn R Smith

Charles A Lachenbruch

Frank E Sauser

Douglas A Seim

Douglas E Borgman

Neal Wiggermann

Rachel L Williamson

Steven D Baker

Joshua A Williams

Scott M Corbin

John G Byers

Catherine M Wagner

Jnanesha Ramegowda

Robert Mark Zerhusen

Richard Henry Heimbrock

Gavin Martin Monson

Kirsten M Emmons

Dan R Tallent

James L Walke

David P Lubbers

Eric David Benz

Bradley T Smith

Gregory J Shannon

Travis A Pelo

David C Newkirk

David Lance Ribble

Jonathan D Turner

Eric R Meyer

Aziz Ali Bhai

John D Christie

Darrell L Borgman

Brandon P Fisk

Michael Buccieri

David J Hitchcock

Michael Churilla

Unnati Ojha

Gregory W Branson

Timothy Joseph Receveur

Todd P O'Neal

Michael Scott Hood

Brian Lee Lawrence

Luke Andrew Gibson

Philippe Kaikenger

Nicholas A Mann

James D Voll

Jeffrey A Ruschke

John Goewert

Jason B Grace

Arpit Shah

Sravan A Mamidi

David J Brzenchek

Clay Gerome Owsley

Daniel Nachtigal

Florin Iucha

James W Pascoe

Jared Rude

Karen Lanning

Mary Kay Brinkman

Nathaniel W Hixon

Nolan D Wanner

Richard J Schuman, Sr

Todd S Ventrola

David Lawrence Bedel

Brian S Guthrie

Nicole Johannigman

Susan Kayser

Taylor Franklin

Andrew Robert Kerr

Frederick Schultz

Bryan W Wuebker

Keith Moores

Kin Choi

Mary L Pfeffer

Thomas L Simpson

Sridhar Karimpuzha Seshadri

Michael R Montini

Jason M Gilreath

Stephen S Amrhein

Theodore Corsaro

Todd P O'neal

David L Bedel

Douglas A Eckstein

Wui Hsien Wong

Andrew R Wager

Gary R Gibbons

Matthieu Guetta

Jean-Francois Lellig

Herve Gautier

Faron L Blessing

Bradley Thomas Smith

Catherine Marie Wagner

Todd Steven Ventrola

Todd P O'NEAL

Qinglin Mok

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 microclimate management system including a person support surface including one or more sensors, a fluid supply device coupled to an inlet of the person support surface and configured to supply fluid to an outlet the person support surface, and a controller configured to detect an inlet condition value at the inlet of the person support surface, detect an outlet condition value at the outlet of the person support surface, determine a difference between the inlet condition value and the outlet condition value, and transmit a first alert in response to determining that a rate of change of the difference between the inlet condition value and the outlet condition value is below a lower condition threshold.

Microclimate management systems for detecting surface performance

One or more radar sensors can be used to monitor patients in a variety of different environments and embodiments. In one embodiment, radar sensors can be used to monitor a patient's movement, including movement in a patient bed and around a room. In another embodiment, a patient position can be monitored in a patient bed, which can be used as feedback for control of bladders of a patient bed. Additional embodiments are described herein.

Patient body monitoring using radar

A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress positioned on the frame. The mattress has an electronic component positioned within an interior of the mattress. An inductive power transmitter is coupled to the frame. An inductive power receiver is positioned within the interior of the mattress and electrically coupled to the electronic component.

Mattress having selectable patient weight valve, inductive power, and a digital x-ray cassette

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 patient support apparatus may include a foam frame defining a space. A bladder assembly may be positioned in the space. The bladder assembly may include a plurality of foam filled bladders. Each of the foam filled bladders may be interconnected by a manifold. A plurality of mutually exclusively selectable pressure relief valves may be provided to release air from the bladder assembly.

According to the present disclosure, a patient support apparatus includes a mattress having an air bladder system configured to sense pressure levels along the mattress surface and perform unloading of mattress areas corresponding to specific patient body areas to relief loading to the area, and to perform unloading independently or in combination with lateral rotation. The air bladder system may include a support bladder system and a rotation bladder system.

Multi-mode sacral unloading pressure relief in a patient support surface

A patient support surface includes a cushion and an inflatable patient positioning unit. The cushion is adapted to support a patient. The inflatable patient positioning unit is arranged over a portion of a top side of the cushion at a foot end of the cushion. The inflatable patient positioning unit includes a plurality of positioner bladders shaped so that when inflated a distal end of each positioner bladder is taller than a proximal end of the positioner bladder.

Inflatable patient positioning unit

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Batesville, IN, United States of America

Kathryn R Smith