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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Richard B. Stacy, Woodstock, GA (US);
Daniel K. Stevens, Summerville, SC (US);
Karen Janoff, Summerville, SC (US);
Jonathan H. Mueller, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
John Alan Bobey, Daniel Island, SC (US);
Dennis Flessate, Goose Creek, SC (US);
Reza Hakamiun, Charleston, SC (US);
Charles A. Lachenbruch, Batesville, IN (US);
Sohrab Soltani, Charleston, SC (US);
Gregory W. Branson, Batesville, IN (US);
Kenith W. Chambers, Batesville, IN (US);
Rebecca Anne Ginther, Harrison, OH (US);
Stephen L. Douglas, Batesville, IN (US);
Eric R. Meyer, Batesville, IN (US);
Christopher R. O'Keefe, Columbus, OH (US);
Bradley T. Wilson, Tyler, TX (US);
Darrell Borgman, Batesville, IN (US);
Rachel Hopkins King, Harrison, OH (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A patient support includes a cover defining an interior region, an air permeable first layer located in the interior region, at least one air supply coupled to the first layer to provide air flow through the first layer, a support layer located beneath the air permeable first layer, a pressure sensing layer located underneath the support layer, and a controller coupled to the air supply and to the pressure sensing layer. The controller controls air flow through the first layer in response to a signal from the pressure sensing layer.