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US 7,260,860 B2Granted
Mattress system for a hospital bed
AssigneeHill-Rom Services, Inc.
InventorsKenith W. Chambers, Mary Butler, Suzanne Bish
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Abstract
A mattress system for a hospital bed including a mattress and a control system. The mattress system may include a mattress including a core bladder, a width bladder and a vacuum device to apply a vacuum to the width bladder. The mattress is adapted to support a heavy or large patient, including a bariatric or obese patient.
Claims48
A support surface system, comprising:
- a core portion, to support a patient, the core portion including a first and a second side;
- at least one width bladder, coupled to one of the first and second sides of the core portion;
- a vacuum device, coupled to the at least the one width bladder, adapted to apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder;
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- a control system, coupled to the vacuum device, adapted to inflate the at least one width bladder and to control the vacuum device to thereby apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder, wherein the control system includes a processor and a memory including executable instructions, to cause the vacuum device to apply the vacuum to the at least one width bladder.
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A support surface system to support a patient, comprising:
- a mattress, including a first zone to support a portion of the patient;
- a user input device, including a user input to accept an indicator of patient size;
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- a control system, coupled to the user input device and to the mattress, the control system adapted to inflate the first zone to a first pressure according to the indicator of patient size and to a second pressure different than the first pressure, wherein the pressure in the first zone is automatically set to the second pressure when the control system is turned on.
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A support surface system, comprising:
- a core portion, including at least one core bladder, to support a patient, the core portion including a first and a second side;
- at least one width bladder, coupled to one of the first and second sides of the core portion;
- a vacuum device, coupled to the at least one width bladder, adapted to apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder;
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- a control system, coupled to the vacuum device, adapted to control the vacuum device to thereby apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder and adapted to inflate the at least one width bladder, the control system including a blower, adapted to inflate the at least one width bladder and the at least one core bladder and a processor and a memory including executable instructions, to cause the vacuum device to apply the vacuum to the at least one width bladder.
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A support surface system, comprising:
- a core portion, including a plurality of core bladders, to support a patient, the core portion including a first and a second side, wherein the plurality of core bladders comprise a first zone, to support a seat portion of the patient, and a second zone, to support an area other than the seat portion of the patient;
- at least one width bladder, coupled to one of the first and second sides of the core portion;
- a vacuum device, coupled to the at least one width bladder, adapted to apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder;
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- a control system, coupled to the vacuum device, adapted to control the vacuum device to thereby apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder, wherein the control system is adapted to inflate the at least one width bladder, the control system including a processor and a memory including executable instructions, the processor being adapted to access the memory to execute at least one executable instruction to cause the vacuum device to apply the vacuum to the at least one width bladder;
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- a first zone valve coupled to the first zone, and a second zone valve coupled to the second zone, each of the first and second zone valves adapted to move between an open and a closed position.
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A support surface system, comprising:
- a core portion, including a plurality of core bladders, to support a patient, the core portion including a first and a second side, wherein the plurality of core bladders comprise a first zone, to support a seat portion of the patient, and a second zone, to support an area other than the seat portion of the patient, wherein the second zone is adapted to support a head portion of the patient;
- at least one width bladder, coupled to one of the first and second sides of the core portion;
- a vacuum device, coupled to the at least one width bladder, adapted to apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder;
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- a control system, coupled to the vacuum device, adapted to control the vacuum device to thereby apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder and adapted to inflate the at least one width bladder.
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A support surface system, comprising:
- a core portion, including a plurality of core bladders, to support a patient, the core portion including a first and a second side, wherein the plurality of core bladders comprise a first zone, to support a seat portion of the patient, a second zone, to support an area other than the seat portion of the patient, and a third zone to support a foot portion of the patient;
- at least one width bladder, coupled to one of the first and second sides of the core portion,
- a vacuum device, coupled to the at least one width bladder, adapted to apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder;
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- a control system, coupled to the vacuum device, adapted to control the vacuum device to thereby apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder and adapted to inflate the at least one width bladder.
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A support surface system, comprising:
- a core portion, comprising foam, to support a patient, the core portion including a first and a second side;
- at least one width bladder, coupled to one of the first and second sides of the core portion;
- a vacuum device, coupled to the at least one width bladder, adapted to apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder;
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- a control system, coupled to the vacuum device, adapted to control the vacuum device to thereby apply a vacuum to the at least one width bladder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.