Hospital bed having a rotational therapy device

US6584628B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joseph A. Kummer · Cincinnati, US
• Gregory W. Branson · Batesville, US
• Eric R. Meyer · Batesville, US
• Brad Wilson · Batesville, US
• Tanya Taber · Lawrenceburg, US
• Ken Chambers · Batesville, US
• Mike Frondorf · Lakeside Park, US
• John Vodzak · Batesville, US
• Jim Stolpmann · Charleston, US
• Roger D. Dalton · Moncks Corner, US
• Ken Smith · Charleston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2203/42
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A chair bed including a bedframe and a mattress positioned on the bedframe is provided. The bedframe is configured to move between a substantially flat bed position and a chair position. The mattress includes an inflatable treatment apparatus such as a pulmonary rotational therapy device, a pulsation therapy device, or a decubitus ulcer treatment device.