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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:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Luke Gibson, Greensburg, IN (US);
Keith R. Kubicek, Batesville, IN (US);
James N. Hoffmaster, Batesville, IN (US);
Timothy J. Receveur, Guilford, IN (US);
Charles A. Lachenbruch, Batesville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/057 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05776 (2013.01); A61G 7/057 (2013.01); A61G 7/05769 (2013.01); A61G 2203/30 (2013.01); A61G 2203/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient support apparatus includes a cushion, a cover arranged over a top side of the cushion, and a sensor unit. The sensor unit is coupled to the cover and arranged to underlie a patient supported on the cover. The sensor unit includes a sensor configured to detect conditions near the interface of a patient's skin with the cover.