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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

May. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);

Inventors:

Brandon P Fisk, Greensburg, IN (US);

Nicole Johannigman, Greensburg, IN (US);

Brian J Hoffman, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);

Frank E Sauser, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Jason B Grace, Cincinnati, OH (US);

David L Bedel, Oldenburg, IN (US);

Brian A Kirkish, Algonquin, IL (US);

Jason M Gilreath, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/057 (2006.01); G01K 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05746 (2013.01); G01K 1/16 (2013.01); A61G 2203/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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