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US 2024/0404728 A1Published application
Patient support apparatus with mattress and matress cable
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsMatthew Thomas Thielking, Michael W. Graves
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Abstract
A patient support apparatus is provided with a cable that couples to a mattress to provide power and/or data to the mattress with the cable configured with two cable portions—a first cable portion connected to the mattress and a second cable portion connected to the frame or another component at the patient support apparatus.
Claims24
A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a side rail mounted relative to the frame, the side rail being spaced from the frame to form an envelope therebetween and is movable between raised and lowered positions;
- a mattress supported relative to said frame;
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- a mattress power and/or communication cable, wherein at least a portion of the cable is provided with increased stiffness to maintain the cable in the envelope to reduce disconnection of the cable during normal use of the patient support apparatus.
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A patient support apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a side rail mounted relative to the frame, the side rail being spaced by a distance from the frame and is movable between raised and lowered positions;
- a mattress supported relative to said frame;
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- a mattress cable configured for at least one of power and communication, at least a portion of the mattress cable being provided with increased stiffness to maintain the mattress cable in a space between the side rail and the frame to reduce disconnection of the mattress cable during normal use of the patient support apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.