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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:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
W Layne Carruth, Cordova, TN (US);
Assignee:
Hill Rom Company, Inc., Charleson, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; B08B / ; B08B / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 10 ; 134 18 ; 134 21 ; 134 221 ; 134 2211 ; 134 2212 ; 134 2213 ; 134 2214 ; 134 2216 ; 134 2217 ; 134 2218 ; 134 2219 ; 134 26 ; 134 36 ;
Abstract
Patient support apparatus configured for one or more of the care, maintenance or treatment of a patient, have internal components that become soiled in use and must be cleaned and disinfected. The method performs this required cleansing and disinfecting using an all-automated and all hands-free, flushing module with the capability of performing an internal cleansing of internally soiled components of such a patient support apparatus. The method automatically goes through a flush cycle, a wash cycle and a rinse cycle.