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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:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John H. Vrzalik, San Antonio, TX (US);
Peter A. Leininger, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ronald B. Hicks, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/057 ; A47C 2/104 ; A47C 2/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/057 ; A47C 2/104 ; A47C 2/710 ;
Abstract
A therapeutic treatment bed with features to enhance the care and comfort of burn patients and others subject to extensive recuperative periods. Among the features are patient engaging fluidized bead surfaces integral with the upper surfaces of air cushions provided by an air bed. Detachable conformation of the fluidized bead surfaces is also provided.