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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Scott M. Corbin, Sunman, IN (US);
Richard H. Heimbrock, Batesville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/42 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 5/202 (2013.01); A61B 5/6891 (2013.01); A61B 5/7435 (2013.01); A61F 13/42 (2013.01); A61G 7/05 (2013.01); A61F 2013/422 (2013.01); A61F 2013/424 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a frame and a mattress supported by the frame and arranged to support a patient thereon. A sensor is included to detect moisture on the patient and/or the patient support apparatus. The sensor produces signals indicative of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus. One or more alerts are output in response to the signals provided by the sensor to notify a caregiver of the presence of moisture on the patient support apparatus.