A61G 7/16
Converting a lying surface into a chair
Official title: converting a lying surface into a chair
A61G7/16 (Converting a lying surface into a chair) appears on 321 US grants and 318 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 321
- Published applications
- 318
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 470
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 16 |
| 2007 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 9 | 15 |
| 2011 | 10 | 13 |
| 2012 | 8 | 45 |
| 2013 | 19 | 17 |
| 2014 | 19 | 18 |
| 2015 | 15 | 16 |
| 2016 | 16 | 9 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 |
| 2018 | 6 | 16 |
| 2019 | 14 | 25 |
| 2020 | 17 | 23 |
| 2021 | 24 | 10 |
| 2022 | 15 | 13 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 17 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Patient transport apparatus with base stabilizers for loading and unloading removable litters4 Aug 2026US 12,697,258 B2Stryker Corporation
- Patient support apparatus with adaptive user interface14 Jul 2026US 12,678,356 B2Stryker Corporation
- Integrated patient lift and transfer system23 Jun 2026US 12,661,290 B2Integrated Transfer Solutions, Inc.
- Mattress bladder arrangement for patient bed16 Jun 2026US 12,653,737 B2Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Techniques for determining a pose of a patient transport apparatus2 Jun 2026US 12,642,726 B2Stryker Corporation
- Motorized Patient-Lift Medical Exam Table Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294717 A1
- Mattress bladder arrangement for chair bed24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283876 A1Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- Integrated patient lift and transfer system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263303 A1Integrated Transfer Solutions, Inc.
- Bobotic Care Bed6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224422 A1
- Automated home health patient care system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207405 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chair bed416US 5,715,548 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 1998
- Communication network for a hospital bed295US 5,771,511 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 1998
- Patient care bed with network276US 7,237,287 B2Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · 2007
- Chair bed220US 6,163,903 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 2000
- Foot egress chair bed218US 5,454,126 AHill-Rom, Inc. · 1995