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Hospital bed frame

US8151387B2 · kind B2 · utility

47Cited by

148References

20Claims

0Family size

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
John B. 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	Jan 26, 2011
Grant date	Apr 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2031

Classification

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

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.

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