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Hospital bed for weighing patients

US4953244A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 1987
Grant dateSep 4, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01G19/445
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hospital bed has a support frame and a weigh frame mounted on the support frame by load cells. The output of the load cells is summed to provide a reading of the total weight on the weigh frame. The tare weight is subtracted to provide the patient's weight.

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