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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Kap Medical, Inc., Corona, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raj K. Gowda, Corona, CA (US);
Fidel Melgar, Riverside, CA (US);
David Darwin Lewis, Yorbalinda, CA (US);
Assignee:
KAP Medical, Inc., Corona, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); F16K 11/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05776 (2013.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); F16K 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient support is provided. The patient support may include a plurality of inflatable members that raise or lower portions of the patient support based on the status of a valve assembly. The patient support may also include a plurality of inflatable members positioned at a foot end of the patient support to support lower legs of a patient including their heels. Another valve assembly is provided to control a bleed rate of air from the heal bladders.