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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.:

US 11872052 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2021

Modular turn assist apparatus and method therefor

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

David L. Ribble, Batesville, IN (US);

Kirsten M. Emmons, Batesville, IN (US);

Craig M. Meyerson, Syracuse, NY (US);

Thomas F. Heil, Batesville, IN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Eric J Kurilla

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01); G08B 21/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A47G 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/008 (2006.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A47C 27/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/4809 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/05776 (2013.01); A47G 2009/003 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/4815 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61G 7/008 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/057 (2013.01); A61M 2230/10 (2013.01); G08B 21/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A therapeutic support apparatus includes a user support surface extending along a longitudinal axis. The user support surface has a head section and a torso section. Each of the head section and the torso section are operable to angle relative to the longitudinal axis. An elevation unit is operable to position at least one of the head section and torso section at angles relative to the longitudinal axis. A monitor acquires data related to a user while sleeping on the user support surface. An alarm is operable to activate based on the data acquired by the monitor.

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