Fluidized supporting apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4483029
SERIAL NO

06400381

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A fluidized patient support structure in which a mass of granular material is received within an open top container between a fluid diffuser plate and a flexible sheet on which the patient may lie in a supine position. Pressurized fluid passes through the diffuser plate and suspends the granular material in a fluidized form. The diffuser plate has a predetermined variable contour and a predetermined depth of fluidized material thereabove adequate to support a patient in a supine position.

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  • HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.;SSI MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.;SUPPORT SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Paul, Patrick R D Charleston, SC 4 403

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