Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Patient positioning device
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Application No.: US13341315Application Date: 2011-12-30
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Publication No.: US08453276B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: William A. Hillenbrand, II
- Applicant: William A. Hillenbrand, II
- Agency: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Main IPC: A61G7/14
- IPC: A61G7/14

Abstract:
A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length of the sleep surface, a sheet including beaded edges for slidably engaging the tracks such that the sheet spans between the first track and the second track on the sleep surface, and/or a drive mechanism located proximate a head end of the sleep surface and configured to pull the sheet towards the head end of the bed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120096640A1 PATIENT POSITIONING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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