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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151387 | Hospital bed frame A bed for a person is provided. The bed includes a frame, a deck, a mattress, a pair of head end siderails, and a pair of foot end siderails. The bed further includes a controller configured to be coupled to the head and foot end siderails. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146189 | Patient alignment device A patient alignment device includes a table and a rotatable member positioned to rotate relative to the table. The rotatable member may be a head-support plate or a board which supports substantially all of a patient's body. A motor moves the board or plate so as to... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8127380 | Hospital beds with a rotating sleep surface that can translate into a chair configuration A vehicle for use in hospitals, and the like, giving better mobility, steering, braking and passenger handling while providing comfort to the passengers from the time they lay down until they are standing on the side through the rotation and tilting ability of the f... | 03/06/2012 |
| RE43193 | Hospital bed A bed for a person is provided. The bed includes a frame, a deck including a seat section and a foot section movable relative to the seat section. The bed further including a mechanism that control movement of the foot section relative to the seat section. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117695 | Multi-position support apparatus featuring a movable foot support A bed featuring a movable foot support. When the user wishes to stand up from lying down or sitting, the movable foot support moves toward the head of the bed. When the user is brought into a standing position, the movable foot support starts to come down so that th... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117696 | Articulated bed The present invention refers to an articulated bed arrangement having a patient support platform 2 comprising at least a head section 4, a seat section 6 and a foot section 8 connected to each other in an articulated manner so that the be... | 02/21/2012 |
| RE43155 | Hospital bed and mattress having a retractable foot section A patient support is disclosed having an adjustable length deck and a mattress positionable on the deck. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104122 | Patient support having an extendable foot section A patient support having a deck with an adjustable length. The patient support includes a portion configured to extend the length of the deck. The hospital bed is configured to support a bariatric, large, or obese patient. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104121 | Combination ambulance cot and chair A combination ambulance cot and chair is disclosed. The invention includes a support frame, and a segmented patient support pivotally mounted to the support frame for movement at least between a chair position and a fully-reclined position. The segmented patient sup... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8069514 | Expandable width bed A variable width bed is provided. In one embodiment the bed has a frame, a deck supported on the frame, and a mattress on the deck. A portion of the mattress on one of head and seat deck sections expands to have an increased width. In an alternate embodiment, deck e... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069513 | Patient support apparatus having auto contour A patient support apparatus comprises a frame, at least one drop rail coupled to the frame and tiltable relative to the frame, a seat section supported by the at least one drop rail to tilt therewith, a thigh section coupled to the seat section, a head section coupl... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8051512 | Patient treatment apparatus A patient treatment device includes a patient supporting table supported above a platform and having an auxiliary table segment pivotally coupled to a primary table segment, and a back support segment pivotally coupled to the primary table segment, an anchor assembl... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042210 | Articulating bed system A mechanism for activation of an articulating bed incorporates at least one mattress support plate and a pair of side rails. A rack is attached to each side rail and a torque tube extends between the side rails with a pinion gear at each end engaging a respective on... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8015639 | Folding bed A folding bed for supporting an intended user having a torso and a pair of lower limbs. First and second supporting sections are provided for supporting respectively the torso and the lower limbs and are pivotally coupled together through a first-to-second section p... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7992240 | Mattress with pivoting member attached to adjustable bed frame Mattresses that have a point of attachment to an adjustable bed frame that provides a pivot point about which the mattress can pivot when rising to an inclined position. In one embodiment the mattress has a pivoting member extending transversely through the mattress... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971297 | Slidable cushion for a multi-purpose gurney An apparatus has a back section, a center section pivotally connected to the back section so that the back section is movable between a first position coplanar with the center section and a second position approximately perpendicular upwardly relative to the center ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7930780 | Adjustable bed frame assembly A bed frame comprises a lower support structure having a head end and a foot end and a carriage arranged for translational movement on the lower support structure. An upper support structure is mounted on the carriage. The upper support structure includes a seat and... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926131 | Hospital bed A hospital bed is disclosed. The bed includes at least one tiltable deck section, and a linkage assembly configured to facilitate tilting of the at least one deck section. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913337 | Ambulatory surgical gurney An ambulatory surgical gurney has a base, a frame positioned above the base, and a lifting mechanism positioned between the base and the frame. The frame has a sections pivotally connected together. The lifting mechanism has a first ram extending vertically between ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904978 | Hospital beds with a rotating sleep surface that can translate into a chair configuration A vehicle for use in hospitals, and the like, giving better mobility, steering, braking and passenger handling while providing comfort to the passengers from the time they lay down until they are standing on the side through the rotation and tilting ability of the f... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900302 | Adjustable bed having snap-on actuator drive An adjustable bed includes an articulated deck comprising head, seat, leg and foot deck boards hingedly joined together and supported from a frame movable relative to a stationary base. An actuator assembly, including a motor driven actuator operatively coupled by s... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895689 | Bed assembly A bed assembly (10) includes a frame (22) which supports four curved mattress support panels (50-56) which are able to move with pivoting of the various parts of the frame (22). The curved panels (50-56) better confor... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7849539 | Frame for a patient-support apparatus A patient-support apparatus includes a patient-support deck having a head deck section, seat deck section, and foot deck section each of which is supported on a frame. The head deck section pivots and translates relative to the frame when driven. The drive systems o... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7810189 | Folding bed A folding bed for supporting an intended user having a torso and a pair of lower limbs. First and second supporting sections are provided for supporting respectively the torso and the lower limbs and are pivotally coupled together through a first-to-second section p... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7779494 | Bed having fixed length foot deck A bed is provided having a decreased length foot deck to allow the bed to be converted to a chair bed and lowered close to the floor even when the foot deck is in a substantially vertical position. In one embodiment, the bed has a frame assembly, a deck supported on... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7743441 | Expandable width bed A variable width bed is provided. In one embodiment the bed has a frame, a deck supported on the frame, and a mattress on the deck. A portion of the mattress on one of head and seat deck sections expands to have an increased width. In an alternate embodiment, deck e... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739762 | Surgery table apparatus A surgery table utilizing first and second sections which are hingedly attached to one another. First and second sections are also connected to supports apart from the hinged portion. An elevator moves one of the sections upwardly and downwardly at the support. The ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7698761 | Adjustable bed having four linear actuators An adjustable bed includes a stationary seat deck board and independently movable front and rear carriages powered by linear actuators supported by a stationary base. A head deck board is hingedly secured to the front carriage and moves with it. Leg and foot deck bo... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690060 | Articulated mattress The present invention refers to an articulated mattress that does not need any specific frame for its perfect functioning, mattress that may be provided with a massage device, pertaining to the general market, having particular application in the field of health and... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7621008 | Bed The bed is equipped with a back lift mechanism and comprises a thigh support mechanism for supporting only the thighs of a user. The bed further comprises cooperative means for performing a thigh lifting action of said the thigh support mechanism in cooperation with... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7610638 | Hospital bed A bed comprises a frame and a deck coupled to the frame. The deck includes a back section, a seat section, a thigh section, and a foot section. An actuator is coupled to the back section to move the back section from a horizontal position to an elevated position rel... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7596820 | Linear actuator for beds, slatted beds or chairs An actuator for beds, slatted beds or chairs of the type accommodating, in a cabinet, two drive units based on a spindle and a spindle nut configured as an adjustment element, cooperating with an arm of a rotary shaft for a backrest section and a legrest section, re... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7581265 | Roll-in chair cot with three cot height positions A roll-in chair cot which is movable between a chair position, a fully lowered cot height position, a fully elevated cot height position, and an intermediate cot height position is disclosed. With the chair cot positioned in the intermediate position, the chair cot ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7571501 | Device for receiving at least one mattress for beds, cots or the like The invention provides as a connecting element at least one flexural pull element (29) disposed between the pivotable back element (13) and leg element (15) of the support (12). Such a flexural pull element, which can be a cord or belt, f... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7559102 | Adjustable bed with sliding subframe for torso section A sliding subframe mounted to the derriere-supporting section of an articulating bed is adapted to translate the rotational axis of the torso-supporting section of the bed toward the headframe as the torso-supporting section is raised to an inclined position, and ba... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7520006 | Hospital bed including moveable foot portion A patient support including a frame and a mattress supported by the frame. The frame includes a deck support and a deck supporting the mattress. ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520005 | Rotating, sitting-up bed comprising a thigh-raising device A rotating and sitting-up bed includes a height-adjustable base and a support frame, which is connected to the base by means of a rotating articulated element. The support frame can be rotated by 90 degrees relative to the vertical axis with the help of the rotating... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7496979 | Patient table with footrest extension A vertically moveable patient table is provided with a footrest extension that may be locked in either an operative, extended position or a stowed position beneath an adjacent leg section of the table. In the stowed position the footrest extension actuates a switch ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7484254 | Articulated bed A bed arrangement (10) has an articulated mattress support (30), a support frame (40) for the articulated mattress support, and a power assembly (50) for raising and lowering flexible sections (30b, 30c, 30 | 02/03/2009 |
| 7478447 | Adjusting device and adjustable support device for beds, mattresses, armchairs and the like The invention relates to an adjusting device (10) for beds, mattresses, armchairs and the like, which comprises support elements (12) that extend at an angle to the adjusting direction (A), especially on both sides, and that form together a plane of su... | 01/20/2009 |
