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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.:

US 9329076 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013

Patient support systems and methods of use

Applicant:

Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);

Inventors:

Eric R. Meyer, Greensburg, IN (US);

Darrell Borgman, Batesville, IN (US);

Timothy J. Receveur, Guilford, IN (US);

Gregory W. Branson, Batesville, IN (US);

Sandy M. Richards, Pershing, IN (US);

Howard J. Boyd, Troy, OH (US);

David W. Hornbach, Brookville, IN (US);

Jonathan D. Turner, Dillsboro, IN (US);

Aziz A. Bhai, West Chester, OH (US);

Assignee:

Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);

Attorney:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Nicholas Polito

Assistant Examiner:

David R Hare

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/057 (2006.01); A47C 27/10 (2006.01); G01G 19/44 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 19/445 (2013.01); A47C 27/082 (2013.01); A47C 27/088 (2013.01); A47C 27/10 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/05 (2013.01); A61G 7/05746 (2013.01); A61G 7/05769 (2013.01); A61G 7/05776 (2013.01); A61G 7/16 (2013.01); A61G 2007/0508 (2013.01); A61G 2007/0514 (2013.01); A61G 2007/0524 (2013.01); A61G 2203/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

A patient support system includes a patient support apparatus and a support surface mounted on the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus is reconfigurable among a plurality of different configurations for supporting a patient on the support surface in a plurality of positions. The support surface is mounted on the patient support apparatus to move in response to reconfiguration of the patient support apparatus.

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