Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110072579 | Occupant Transfer Topper - One embodiment of a topper for a bed includes a liner assembly 40 having a top liner 42, a bottom liner 44 and a slip liner 70 underneath the bottom liner. The slip liner is of relatively lower friction than the top liner. An apron 62, with openings 76 therein, extends from the perimeter of the liners. Another embodiment includes a liner assembly having a top liner, a bottom liner and a slip liner underneath the bottom liner. The slip liner is of relatively lower friction than the top liner. Bridge straps 98, or 98′ having a working length of at least the width of a host mattress minus the arm length of a fifth percentile female extend from the liner assembly. | 03-31-2011 |
20110185499 | SOUND CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A person-support apparatus comprises a frame, a sound generating device, a user interface, and a controller. The sound generating device is configured to generate an audible sound. The user interface is configured to receive an input from a user. The input corresponds to at least one of a sound conditioning system mode and an audible sound adjustment. The controller is electrically coupled to the sound generating device and the user interface. The controller is configured to control the operation of the sound generating device in accordance with the input from the user interface. | 08-04-2011 |
20110241886 | Presence Detector and Occupant Support Employing the Same - An occupant support | 10-06-2011 |
20110289690 | Mattress and Mattress Replacement System with and Intrinsic Contour Feature - A mattress for use on a bed frame has a lower body section | 12-01-2011 |
20120025991 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ROOM LIGHTING IN RESPONSE TO BED EXIT - A patient position-activated room device control apparatus coupled to a patient's bed controls a device associated with a patient's room in response to the patient changing position relative to the patient's bed. | 02-02-2012 |
20120054960 | Occupant Protective Features for the Foot Region of a Bed - A bed frame includes a weight bearing framework | 03-08-2012 |
20130000041 | Occupant Support with a Cyclically Variable Profile - An occupant support ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130014324 | Health Care Delivery System and Components ThereofAANM Receveur; Timothy JosephAACI GuilfordAAST INAACO USAAGP Receveur; Timothy Joseph Guilford IN USAANM Ribble; DavidAACI IndianapolisAAST INAACO USAAGP Ribble; David Indianapolis IN USAANM Amrhein; JasonAACI BatesvilleAAST INAACO USAAGP Amrhein; Jason Batesville IN USAANM O'Keefe; Christopher R.AACI BatesvilleAAST INAACO USAAGP O'Keefe; Christopher R. Batesville IN USAANM Williamson; RachelAACI BatesvilleAAST INAACO USAAGP Williamson; Rachel Batesville IN US - A care delivery system includes a bed ( | 01-17-2013 |
20130074268 | STRUCTURAL PNEUMATIC ACCUMULATOR SYSTEM - A pneumatic accumulator integral to a structural member of a person-support apparatus to store air is disclosed. The accumulator serves as a reservoir available for rapid changes in demand for pressurized air, for use by a variety of devices integral or external to the person-support apparatus or for extension and retraction of at least one portion of the person-support apparatus. A pump supplies air to the accumulator. The pump and at least one pressure sensor are in communication with a controller. At least one valve in the fluidic path is in communication with the controller and meters the supply of air. The controller may further be connected with an alarming unit, hospital network, activity log, communication station nurse call system or electronic medical records. | 03-28-2013 |
20130205506 | Topper with Preferential Fluid Flow Distribution - A bed comprises a mattress and a topper resting atop the mattress and extending in longitudinal and lateral directions. The topper has a fluid flowpath having an inlet and an outlet. The flowpath exhibits a nonuniform resistance to fluid flow in at least one of the longitudinal and lateral directions. The bed also includes a blower connected to the inlet for supplying air to the flowpath. The resistance may be a monotonically varying resistance to fluid flow in at least one of the longitudinal and lateral directions and configured to preferentially drive fluid flow through the topper so that a larger proportion of the fluid flowing through the topper flows under a target region and a relatively smaller portion bypasses the target region. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212808 | Topper with Targeted Fluid Flow Distribution - A topper (38) for a bed extends in longitudinal and lateral directions and includes a fluid flowpath (60) for channeling fluid through the topper from an inlet (62) to an outlet (64). The flowpath is configured to distribute the fluid to a preferred target region (50) of the topper. A bed which includes the topper has a blower (72) connected to the topper inlet for supplying air (88) to the flowpath. | 08-22-2013 |
20130263378 | Occupant Support with a Migration Sensitive Bladder and Method for Migration Detection - A method for detecting occupant position change on a support surface includes establishing a rate of change of pressure in a head end test zone and in a foot end test zone, comparing the head end rate to at least one head end rate limit, comparing the foot end rate to at least one foot end rate limit, and inferring, in response to the comparing steps, whether or not occupant migration has occurred. An associated occupant support includes a frame and a mattress. The mattress includes head and foot zones each having at least one pressurizable bladder. The support also includes a controller adapted to compare a head end rate of pressure change to a head end rate limit, to compare a foot end rate of pressure change to a foot end rate limit, and to infer, in response to the comparing steps, whether or not occupant migration has occurred. | 10-10-2013 |
20130298330 | Occupant Support and Topper Assembly with Liquid Removal and Microclimate Control Capabilities - One embodiment of a topper assembly for a mattress comprises a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid transport layer beneath the cover layer that directs liquid transport therethrough in a preferred direction, a liquid impermeable base layer beneath the transport layer, an air mover in fluid communication with the transport layer and a reservoir positioned downstream of the liquid transport layer. Operation of the air mover moves air and liquid through the liquid transport layer in the preferred direction such that the reservoir captures liquid discharged from the liquid transport layer. A related support apparatus comprises a mattress and a condition management assembly atop the mattress. The condition management assembly includes the liquid transport layer, the liquid impermeable base layer, the air mover and the reservoir. | 11-14-2013 |