Patent · US Active

Hospital bed

US9009893B2 · kind B2 · utility

26Cited by

504References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

Kenneth L. Kramer · Greensburg, US
Eugene E. Osborne · Hebron, US
James K. Findlay · Fishers, US
Glenn C. Suttman · Batesville, US
Jeffrey R. Welling · Cincinnati, US
Robert A. Kinker, Jr. · Greensburg, US
John W. Koenig · Cincinnati, US
Matthew Visca · Lancaster, US
John B. Wilker, Jr. · Shelbyville, US
Gregory W. Branson · Batesville, US
Bruce E. Dickman, Jr. · Batesville, US
Dean M. Valvano · Lawrenceburg, US
William L. Jacques, II · Mount Pleasant, US
Francis C. Ganance · Cincinnati, US
Douglas J. Menkedick · Guilford, US
Robert M. Zerhusen · Cincinnati, US
David A. Albersmeyer · Batesville, US
Roger S. Philbeck · Lawrenceburg, US
Aziz A. Bhai · Batesville, US
Nicholas C. Batta · Batesville, US
Terry L. Richter · Cincinnati, US
Thomas F. Riggs · Milan, US
Kenith W. Chambers · Charleston, US
Steven J. Schwartz · Cincinnati, US
Matthew R. Knue · Moores Hill, US
Steven A. Dixon · Riverview, US
Joshua W. Shenk · Batesville, US
Brent Goodwin · Batesville, US
Andrew F. Skinner · Batesville, US
Gregory J. Figel · Mason, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2012
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

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

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