US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on June 30 for "Patient support system with transferable support surface" (Ohio, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,506, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Patient support system with transferable support surface" was invented by Robert Mark Zerhusen (Cincinnati), Nicholas A. Mann (Cincinnati), David C. Newkirk (Lawrenceburg, Ind.), Todd P. O'Neal (Fairfield, Ohio), Jack Barney Sing (Batesville, Ind.) and Neal Wiggermann (Batesville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support system includes a frame assembly and a support surface system configured to support a person thereon. The support surface system includes a surface assembly including a spacer material and a thermoelectric device and a co...