Foot zone of a mattress

US11357683B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John A. Bobey · Charleston, US
• Stephen L. Douglas · Batesville, US
• Eric R. Meyer · Batesville, US
• Jonathan H. Mueller · Fairfax, US
• Robert Petrosenko · Swan Hills, CA
• Stephen R. Schulte · Gibsonia, US
• Andrew F. Skinner · Batesville, US
• Michael Z. Sleva · Atlanta, US
• Richard B. Stacy · Batesville, US
• Daniel K. Stevens · Summerville, US
• Mayur Yermaneni · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S5/905
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient support apparatus includes a bed frame having a head end and a foot end and control circuitry carried by the bed frame. The control circuitry receives information about conditions of the patient support apparatus. A light is coupled to the bed frame adjacent the foot end and is coupled to the control circuitry. The light is in a first state when the patient support apparatus is operating normally and the light is in a second state when the control circuitry detects an alert condition.