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US 2007/0181751 A1Published application
Line management device
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsDavid C. Newkirk, Richard H. Heimbrock, James L. Walke, Robert A. Till
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Abstract
A patient line management device to manage one or more patient care lines. The line management device includes a line manager coupled to a support. The support is adapted to be coupled to a patient support.
Claims20
A line management device to support one or more patient care lines adapted to extend from a patient supported by a patient support, comprising:
- a support body, including a coupler to couple the support body to the patient support, the support body including a centerline;
- a line manager, coupled to the support body, the line manager including a body, a plurality of upwardly extending fingers extending from the body, at least one of the upwardly extending fingers being substantially parallel to the centerline, and a plurality of channels located between the upwardly extending fingers, wherein the plurality of channels is one less than the plurality of fingers.
A line management device to support one or more patient care lines adapted to extend from a patient supported by a patient support, comprising:
- a support body, including a coupler to couple the support body to the patient support, the support body being flexible and having a first and a second position, the second position being determined by an external force, wherein the flexible body when moved from the first position to the second position remains at the second position upon removal of the external force;
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- a line manager, coupled to the support body, the line manager being flexible and having a first position and a second position, the second position being determined by an external force, wherein the flexible body when moved from the first position to the second position returns to the first position upon the removal of the external force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.