US Patent Issued to HILL-ROM SERVICES on Sept. 29 for "Person support apparatus including intubation assistance bladders" (Indiana, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,161, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HILL-ROM SERVICES INC. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Person support apparatus including intubation assistance bladders" was invented by Kathryn Ruth Smith (Batesville, Ind.), Timothy Michael Volk (Cleves, Ohio), Jnanesha Ramegowda (Batesville, Ind.) and Taylor Vohland (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A person support apparatus including a person support surface having a head section and a foot section opposite the head section, a bladder positionable between a non-inflated state and an inflated state, the bladder positioned at the head section of the person support surface, a fluid s...