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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael T. Brubaker, Vicksburg, MI (US);
Stephen F. Peters, Hickory Corners, MI (US);
Benoit Martel, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05776 (2013.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/05738 (2013.01); A61G 7/05792 (2016.11); A61G 2203/34 (2013.01); A61G 2203/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient support includes a bladder layer with a plurality of bladders, a pneumatic supply system, and a plurality of tubes in fluid communication with pneumatic supply system. The tubes are coupled to and guided by the bladder layer so that the tubes and bladder layer may remain in close registry when being handled, for example, either during the assembly process or cleaning process.