Patent · US Expired

Hospital bed

US4305168A · kind A · utility

16Cited by

14References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Industrie-Wert Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH · DE

Inventors

Heinz Holter
Heinz Gresch · Wickede (Ruhr), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 1979
Grant date	Dec 15, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S5/904
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hospital bed has ducts with openings in a frame and a mattress and blanket connected by a hose to an exhauster and filter. A hood formed of several panels at a head of a bed reduces noise and provides ventilation.

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