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US 2012/0054965 A1Published application
Bed frame and mattress synchronous control
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsJoseph A. Kummer, Gregory W. Branson, Eric R. Meyer, Brad Wilson, Tanya Taber, Ken Chambers, Mike Frondorf, John Vodzak, Jim Stolpmann, Roger Dalton, Ken Smith, Jeffrey A. Heyser
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Abstract
A support apparatus includes a bed frame with movable portions and a mattress supported on the bed frame. A control system synchronously controls inflation and deflation of at least one air bladder of the mattress and movement of at least one of the movable portions.
Claims20
A patient support apparatus comprising
- a bed frame having at least one movable section,
- a mattress supported on the bed frame, the mattress having a first portion supported by a first section of the at least one movable section, the first portion including at least one air bladder, and
- a control system that synchronously controls inflation and deflation of the at least one air bladder and movement of the first section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.