A61G 7/0506
Head or foot boards
Official title: {Head or foot boards (head or foot boards for comfort or ergonomics A47C19/022)}
A61G7/0506 (Head or foot boards) appears on 384 US grants and 429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 384
- Published applications
- 429
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 537
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 |
| 2003 | 5 | 10 |
| 2004 | 8 | 10 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 10 |
| 2007 | 4 | 18 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 10 | 4 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 |
| 2012 | 6 | 31 |
| 2013 | 14 | 11 |
| 2014 | 18 | 21 |
| 2015 | 13 | 19 |
| 2016 | 15 | 19 |
| 2017 | 18 | 23 |
| 2018 | 14 | 23 |
| 2019 | 22 | 33 |
| 2020 | 28 | 33 |
| 2021 | 26 | 23 |
| 2022 | 28 | 22 |
| 2023 | 22 | 20 |
| 2024 | 22 | 21 |
| 2025 | 21 | 16 |
| 2026 | 15 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Raising and lowering device for small bed head/foot frame6 Oct 2026US 12,751,875 B2Anhui Langwei Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd.
- Siderail for a bed for a patient6 Oct 2026US 12,751,876 B2Umano Medical Inc.
- Electric nursing bed with rotating and boosting functions15 Sep 2026US 12,734,086 B2TFC Technology Co., Ltd.
- System for managing patient support apparatuses and clinical rounds15 Sep 2026US 12,738,373 B2Stryker Corporation
- Rehabilitation pedal structure for hospital bed25 Aug 2026US 12,714,905 B2Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
- Techniques For Managing Patient Therapy Protocols24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283878 A1Stryker Corporation
- Carrier device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263300 A1Jtekt Machine Systems Corporation
- Patient support apparatus with barrier13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232507 A1Stryker Corporation
- Systems and methods for automated reset of bed settings to preset risk protocols16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199158 A1Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Alert light method for hospital bed25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174610 A1Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Patient safety system with automatically adjusting bed794US 8,723,677 B1Masimo Corporation · 2014
- Patient safety system with automatically adjusting bed517US 9,226,696 B2Masimo Corporation · 2016
- Patient point-of-care computer system512US 7,154,397 B2Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · 2006
- Chair bed416US 5,715,548 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 1998
- Patient position detection apparatus for a bed322US 6,208,250 B1Hill-Rom, Inc. · 2001