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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Christopher R. O'Keefe, Columbus, OH (US);
Frank E. Sauser, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kristopher A. Klink, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61H 23/04 (2006.01); A61H 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05761 (2013.01); A61F 7/0097 (2013.01); A61G 7/0514 (2016.11); A61G 7/0515 (2016.11); A61G 7/0528 (2016.11); A61G 7/05746 (2013.01); A61G 7/05784 (2016.11); A61H 9/005 (2013.01); A61H 9/0071 (2013.01); A61H 9/0078 (2013.01); A61H 23/006 (2013.01); A61H 23/0245 (2013.01); A61H 23/04 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0091 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 2203/34 (2013.01); A61G 2203/44 (2013.01); A61G 2210/70 (2013.01); A61G 2210/90 (2013.01); A61H 9/0021 (2013.01); A61H 2033/0004 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1654 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1697 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0456 (2013.01); A61H 2205/081 (2013.01); A61H 2205/084 (2013.01); A61H 2205/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes an air supply and an air fluidization therapy bed including a fluidization space and a fluidizable medium positioned in the fluidization space. The air fluidization therapy bed receives a flow of pressurized air from the air supply. The flow of pressurized air operable to fluidize the fluidizable medium. The patient support apparatus is configured to provide other therapies, such as pulmonary therapies, in addition to the air fluidization therapy.