Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Kirill Andrienko

Richard Henry Heimbrock

Robert Mark Zerhusen

David W Hornbach

Jonathan D Turner

Eric R Meyer

Christopher Ryan O'Keefe

Christopher R O'KEEFE

A bed framedisclosed herein includes a calf sectionwith a foot endand an upper endlongitudinally spaced from the foot end, an upper body sectionwith a head endand a lower endlongitudinally spaced from the head end, and a medial sectionlongitudinally intermediate the calf and upper body sections. The bed frame is capable of assuming a chair state and a chair egress state. The upper body section and medial section define a sacral corner, and the calf section and medial section define a popliteal cornerspaced from the sacral corner by an intercorner distance. The intercorner distance is smaller in the chair egress state than in the chair state. A mattressdisclosed herein includes an upper body segment, a calf segment, and a medial segmentThe lower endof the upper body segment cooperates with the upper endof the calf segment to define an intersegment distance. The mattress has a chair state in which the intersegment distance is a distance Dand an egress state in which the intersegment distance is a distance Dwhich is less than D. A bed disclosed herein includes a frame whose intercorner distance is smaller in the chair egress state than in the chair state, and a mattress having a medial segment which is conformable to accommodate smaller and larger intercorner distances.

Bed frame, mattress and bed with enhanced chair egress capability

A siderail assembly includes a guide, a support frame coupled to the frame and movable between first and second positions, and a barrier coupled to the support frame and movable therewith. The siderail assembly further includes a handle coupled to the barrier to move between a first position and a second position relative to the barrier. The siderail assembly may include electronic controls to change the position or limit movement of various portions of a patient support apparatus on which the siderail assembly may be coupled.

Siderail assembly for patient support appartatus

A siderail assembly includes a guide, a support coupled to the guide to move relative to the guide, and a barrier coupled to the guide. The barrier is movable between a lowered position, wherein the barrier is situated substantially below a frame of a patient support apparatus, and a raised position, wherein the barrier is situated substantially above the frame.

Siderail assembly for patient support apparatus

A bed has one or more electronically-controllable features. Input-output devices are used by persons to control the electronically-controllable features. A biometric input-output device obtains biometric data from persons who desire to control one or more of the electronically-controllable features. The bed may restrict access to or modify one or more of the electronically-controllable features based on the biometric data.

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Harrison, OH, United States of America

Kirill Andrienko