Hill-rom Services, Inc.

Baxter International Inc.

Wilkes, Gordon J.

Thomas L Simpson

James P Martucci

Frederick Schultz

Laura M Letellier

Kin Choi

Sridhar Karimpuzha Seshadri

David C Newkirk

Charles A Lachenbruch

Eric R Meyer

Frank E Sauser

Rachel L Williamson

Philippe Kaikenger

Darrell L Borgman

Scott M Corbin

Brandon P Fisk

James D Voll

John G Byers

Douglas E Borgman

Gregory J Shannon

Brian S Guthrie

Catherine M Wagner

Michael Churilla

Jnanesha Ramegowda

Kathryn R Smith

Nicole Johannigman

John Goewert

Jason B Grace

Taylor Franklin

Gordon J Wilkes

Arpit Shah

Keith Moores

Michael R Montini

Jason M Gilreath

Anthony Cohn

Justin Bender

Gary R Gibbons

Matthieu Guetta

Jean-Francois Lellig

Herve Gautier

Stephen S Amrhein

Faron L Blessing

Andrew R Wager

Wui Hsien Wong

Kin Meng Choi

Frederick Keith Schultz

An exit prediction system for a support apparatus receives data inputs from one or more force sensors without zeroing the one or more force sensors. Changes in the data inputs are detected to determine whether the detected changes indicate a movement trend. An exit prediction is determined based at least partially on the movement trend, and without combining the data inputs from the one or more force sensors to determine the occupant's weight. A notification is generated based on the exit prediction.

Predicting occupant exit from support apparatus

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

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Thomas L Simpson