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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Joshua A. Williams, Harrison, OH (US);
Neal Wiggermann, Batesville, IN (US);
Timothy Joseph Receveur, Guilford, IN (US);
Gregory W. Branson, Batesville, IN (US);
Charles A. Lachenbruch, Lakeway, TX (US);
Luke Gibson, Greensburg, IN (US);
Rachel L. Williamson, Batesville, IN (US);
Andrew R. Kerr, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kathryn Smith, Batesville, IN (US);
Darrell Borgman, Batesville, IN (US);
Bryan W. Wuebker, Harrison, OH (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A patient support surface includes a cushion and an inflatable patient positioning unit. The cushion is adapted to support a patient. The inflatable patient positioning unit is arranged over a portion of a top side of the cushion at a foot end of the cushion. The inflatable patient positioning unit includes a plurality of positioner bladders shaped so that when inflated a distal end of each positioner bladder is taller than a proximal end of the positioner bladder.