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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:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Matthew W. Weismiller, Batesville, IN (US);
Joseph A. Kummer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kenneth L. Kramer, St. Paul, IN (US);
Stephen R. Schulte, Harrison, OH (US);
Philip D. Palermo, Celina, OH (US);
Daniel F. Dlugos, Jr., West Chester, OH (US);
Matthew W. Weismiller, Batesville, IN (US);
Joseph A. Kummer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kenneth L. Kramer, St. Paul, IN (US);
Stephen R. Schulte, Harrison, OH (US);
Philip D. Palermo, Celina, OH (US);
Daniel F. Dlugos, Jr., West Chester, OH (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for permitting a module which is configured to perform a dedicated function on a bed to use a graphical interface. Graphic format data used by the module is downloaded, if necessary, and stored in a memory of the graphical interface.