US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on Feb. 24 for "Bed scale noise compensation using a reference transducer" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,002, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Bed scale noise compensation using a reference transducer" was invented by Timothy J. Receveur (Apex, N.C.) and Sinan Batman (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus comprises a plurality of load cells, a frame supported on the load cells, a mattress, a vibration sensor, and a control system. The mattress includes a plurality of inflatable zones positioned on the frame, the mattress and frame cooperating to direct any patient load through the mattress and frame to the load cells. The control system includes a controller o...