US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on Dec. 2 for "Mattress system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,050, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Mattress system" was invented by Mikael Maho (Pluvigner, France), Anthony Thepaut (Pluneret, France), Etienne Yvernault (Brech, France), Pierre-Yves Le Naour (Quimperle, France) and David Guyot (Landaul, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus includes a mattress that defines a plurality of grooves. A bladder is disposed within each groove. Each bladder is operable between a deployed state and a non-deployed state. A flap is disposed adjacent to each groove. Each flap includes a broad contact surface and a narrow contact surfac...