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Patient support apparatus having controller area network

US7506390B2 · kind B2 · utility

125Cited by

257References

26Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

Steven A. Dixon · Riverview, US
Irvin J. Vanderpohl, III · Greensburg, US
Aziz A. Bhai · Batesville, US
Jack Wilker, Jr. · Shelbyville, US
Joshua W. Shenk · Batesville, US
James K. Findlay · Fishers, US
Eugene E. Osborne · Hebron, US
Kenith W. Chambers · Charleston, US
Douglas J. Menkedick · Guilford, US
Andrew F. Skinner · Batesville, US
Jeffrey R. Welling · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2007
Grant date	Mar 24, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61G2203/74
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A patient support including a frame and a mattress supported by the frame. The frame includes a deck support and a deck supporting the mattress.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.