Patient support surface control, end of life indication, and x-ray cassette sleeve

• Main Authors: Choi, Kin Meng, Goewert, John, Smith, Kathryn R, Borgman, Douglas E, Voll, James D, Moores, Keith, Sauser, Frank E, Churilla, Michael, Gibbons, Gary R, Kaikenger, Philippe, Gautier, Herve, Grace, Jason B, Wager, Andrew R, Borgman, Darrell L, Shah, Arpit, Seshadri, Sridhar Karimpuzha, Lellig, Jean-Francois, Byers, John G, Corbin, Scott M, Wagner, Catherine M, Williamson, Rachel L, Meyer, Eric R, Lachenbruch, Charles A, Simpson, Thomas L, Franklin, Taylor, Blessing, Faron L, Guthrie, Brian, Schultz, Frederick K, Johannigman, Nicole, Montini, Michael R, Amrhein, Stephen S, Newkirk, David C, Fisk, Brandon P, Ramegowda, Jnanesha, Shannon, Gregory J, Guetta, Matthieu, Wong, Wui Hsien, Gilreath, Jason M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.01.2023
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; BEDS; CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COFFEE MILLS; DIAGNOSIS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; ELECTROGRAPHY; FUNERAL DEVICES; FURNITURE; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; SOFAS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; SURGERY; TESTING; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS

A patient support apparatus may include a support surface configured to conduct air along a top face of the support surface so that heat and moisture from a patient lying on the support surface are drawn away from the top face of the support surface. An opening may be formed in a side of the support surface. A cavity may extend from the opening into the support surface. An inlet port may be positioned within the cavity and fluidly coupled to the top face. A blower assembly may be configured to position within the cavity. The blower assembly may have an outlet port that couples to the inlet port when the blower assembly is positioned within the cavity. The blower assembly may conduct air through the inlet port to the top face of the support surface.