Hospital bed

US6658680B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Eugene E. Osborne · Hebron, US
• John W. Koenig · Cincinnati, US
• Glenn C. Suttman · Batesville, US
• Matthew Visca · Lancaster, US
• Jack Wilker, Jr. · Shelbyville, US
• Jeffrey R. Welling · Cincinnati, US
• Gregory W. Branson · Batesville, US
• Kenneth L. Kramer · Greensburg, US
• Bruce E. Dickman, Jr. · Batesville, US
• Dean M. Valvano · Lawrenceburg, US
• Robert A. Kinker, Jr. · Greensburg, US
• William L. Jacques, II · Mount Pleasant, US
• James K. Findlay · Fishers, US
• Francis C. Ganance · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2203/74
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A bed for a person is provided. The bed includes a frame, a deck, a mattress, a pair of head end siderails, and a pair of foot end siderails. The bed further includes a controller configured to be coupled to the head and foot end siderails.