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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Richard B. Stacy, Daniel Island, NC (US);
Daniel Stevens, Hanahan, SC (US);
Karen Janoff, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Thomas Uzzie, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Jonathan H. Mueller, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
John Alan Bobay, Daniel Island, SC (US);
Dennis Flessate, Goose Creek, SC (US);
Reza Hakamiun, Charleston, SC (US);
Charles A. Lachenbruch, Summerville, SC (US);
Sohrab Soltani, Charleston, SC (US);
Gregory Branson, Batesville, IN (US);
Kenith W. Chambers, Batesville, IN (US);
Rebecca Anne Ginther, Harrison, OH (US);
Stephen L. Douglas, Batesville, IN (US);
Eric R. Meyer, Greensburg, IN (US);
Christopher R. O'keefe, Batesville, IN (US);
Bradley T. Wilson, Batesville, IN (US);
Darrell Borgman, Batesville, IN (US);
Rachel Hopkins King, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Richard B. Stacy, Daniel Island, NC (US);
Daniel Stevens, Hanahan, SC (US);
Karen Janoff, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Thomas Uzzie, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Jonathan H. Mueller, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
John Alan Bobay, Daniel Island, SC (US);
Dennis Flessate, Goose Creek, SC (US);
Reza Hakamiun, Charleston, SC (US);
Charles A. Lachenbruch, Summerville, SC (US);
Sohrab Soltani, Charleston, SC (US);
Gregory Branson, Batesville, IN (US);
Kenith W. Chambers, Batesville, IN (US);
Rebecca Anne Ginther, Harrison, OH (US);
Stephen L. Douglas, Batesville, IN (US);
Eric R. Meyer, Greensburg, IN (US);
Christopher R. O'Keefe, Batesville, IN (US);
Bradley T. Wilson, Batesville, IN (US);
Darrell Borgman, Batesville, IN (US);
Rachel Hopkins King, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This disclosure described a patient support having an air permeable layer, a plurality of inflatable bladders, a pressure-sensing assembly and a controller. In one embodiment, a combination of transverse bladders and vertically oriented can-shaped bladders is provided. In one embodiment, one or more angle sensors are provided in articulatable sections of the patient support.