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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Steven Doehler, Cincinnatti, OH (US);
James H. Price, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Inventors:
Steven Doehler, Cincinnatti, OH (US);
James H. Price, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fluid bladder system has a conventional fluid bladder and a resilient member in the fluid bladder. The resilient member is of a size that it allows the fluid in the fluid bladder to be the principal support applied to the patient. The resilient member only applies a force to the patient only after the patient displaces the fluid in the fluid bladder so the resilient structure is the only entity that inhibits the patient from bottoming out.