Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

Nicole Johannigman

David C Newkirk

Eric R Meyer

Frank E Sauser

Brandon P Fisk

Jason B Grace

Rachel L Williamson

Darrell L Borgman

Brian J Hoffman

Douglas E Borgman

Catherine M Wagner

Michael Churilla

Jnanesha Ramegowda

Taylor Franklin

Keith Moores

Aziz Ali Bhai

James L Walke

Douglas A Seim

Chris Lee Hildenbrand

Brian Guthrie

James Evans

William A Morrison

Jason M Gilreath

Katherine Lin

Mike J Viltro

Charles A Lachenbruch

Philippe Kaikenger

Scott M Corbin

James D Voll

John G Byers

David Lawrence Bedel

Gregory J Shannon

Brian S Guthrie

Kathryn R Smith

John Goewert

Arpit Shah

Frederick Schultz

Kin Choi

Sridhar Karimpuzha Seshadri

Thomas L Simpson

Brian Kirkish

Michael R Montini

Andrew R Wager

Gary R Gibbons

Faron L Blessing

Stephen S Amrhein

Herve Gautier

Jean-Francois Lellig

Matthieu Guetta

Wui Hsien Wong

Jason Brennan Grace

Catherine Marie Wagner

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

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 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 includes detectors and a controller operable to automatically update a tare weight for use in determining a true patient weight. The detectors are configured to produce signals indicating a presence or absence of a corresponding removable component. The controller is configured to determine weights of each and every removable component on the patient support apparatus and store each weight in a memory. The controller is further configured to receive the signals produced by the detectors and detect any addition or removal of removable components of the patient support apparatus, update the tare weight, and determine a weight of a patient being supported on the patient support apparatus.

Self-compensating bed scale system for removable components

A system includes a patient support apparatus that has one or more therapies. The therapies are optionally available depending on the acuity of the patient. A request for enablement of a therapy is transferred to a service provider for approval and, when approved, the therapy is enabled by the service provider. The patient support apparatus may be in communication with a server that is in communication with multiple patient support apparatuses so that the server is operable to selectively enable therapies on various patient support apparatuses.

Control system for patient support apparatus

According to the present disclosure, a patient support system includes a patient support surface having an air fluidizable section and a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly is configured to detect a temperature within the air fluidizable section. The sensor assembly includes a housing with an interior, a processor within the interior of the housing, a thermal conductor, and a thermal insulator.

Patient support apparatus with sensor assembly

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Greensburg, IN, United States of America

Nicole Johannigman