Richard W Borders, 90618 Liberty St, Sugar Grove Lake, OH 44833

6351678, Feb 26, 2002

Nov 6, 1998

09/187825

Richard L. Borders - Cincinnati OH

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

G05B 1500

700 83, 700 17, 5613, 5600

A patient support apparatus comprises a base, a frame coupled to the base, and a mattress located on the frame to support a patient. The apparatus also includes a display and a controller coupled to the display. The controller is configured to provide a menu on the display of a plurality of predefined configurations of the frame and mattress, and the processor is configured to command the frame and mattress to move to a selected one of the plurality of predefined configurations based on a user input.

6402351, Jun 11, 2002

Mar 30, 1998

09/050534

Richard L. Borders - Cincinnati OH
Dennis C. Coon - Erie PA
Ronald P. Krahe - Girard PA
John M. Bulko - Apex NC

Hill-Rom Services, Inc., - Batesville IN

F21V 2300

362395, 362399, 362804

A surgical light apparatus comprising a lighthead coupled to an arm adapted for mounting to a surface of a surgical room, and wherein the lighthead has a sterile field at an outlet end thereon, and with a bulb located within the lighthead, a controller coupled to the bulb, and an actuator coupled to the controller to adjust an intensity of light of the bulb itself, and wherein the actuator is located in the sterile field on the lighthead.

6446287, Sep 10, 2002

Aug 21, 2001

09/934226

Richard L. Borders - Cincinnati OH

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

A61G 1300

5618, 5613, 5619, 5624

A surgical table apparatus includes a base and an upper support frame coupled to the base to support a person. The surgical table apparatus also includes a pair of foot support portions coupled to the upper support frame to support the persons feet.

6484334, Nov 26, 2002

Jun 13, 2000

09/592692

Richard L. Borders - Cincinnati OH
David C. Newkirk - Lawrenceburg IN

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

A61G 1308

5600, 5618, 5713

A patient support apparatus includes a base, a frame coupled to the base, and a mattress supported by the frame and positioned to lie above the frame to support a patient. The mattress has at least one bladder configured to receive a medium. The apparatus also includes a power pack pivotably coupled to and supported by one of the base, the frame and the mattress and configured to supply the medium to the at least one bladder of the mattress.

6560492, May 6, 2003

Feb 26, 2002

10/083197

Richard L. Borders - Cincinnati OH

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

G05B 1101

700 17, 5 60, 700 83

A patient support system comprises an articulated frame having a plurality of segments, a frame controller coupled to the frame to move at least one of the segments, a mattress having at least one chamber, a mattress controller coupled to the mattress to control an amount of fluid in the at least one chamber, and a user interface controller configured to send control signals to the frame controller and to the mattress controller.

6582456, Jun 24, 2003

Nov 29, 2000

09/701499

Barry D. Hand - Mt. Pleasant SC
Richard L. Borders - Cincinnati OH
Richard H. Heimbrock - Cincinnati OH

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

A61F 700

607108, 607 96, 219212, 219217, 219544

An apparatus for warming a patient includes a patient support surface having an outer cover configured to contact the patient, an electrically conductive fabric located within the cover, and a controller electrically coupled to the conductive fabric to heat the electrically conductive fabric to a selected level.

6644837, Nov 11, 2003

Mar 11, 2002

10/095229

Richard L. Borders - Cincinnati OH
Dennis C. Coon - Erie PA
Ronald P. Krahe - Girard PA
John M. Bulko - Apex NC

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

F21V 2108

362399, 362294, 362295, 362804, 362373, 362285, 362287, 362269

A surgical lighthead includes a reflector, a lens coupled to the reflector, and a handle located adjacent the lens. The handle defines an air passage to facilitate installation of a shield over the handle. A lamp assembly includes a support and at least one bulb located on the support between the reflector and the lens. Tubes are mounted in an interior region of the lighthead between the reflector and the lens, and rods are configured to engage the support. Each rod extends through the support and into a corresponding tube. The rods include at least one threaded portion configured to secure the lamp assembly within the interior region. The rods are slidable relative to the tubes upon disengagement of the threaded portions of the rods to permit the lamp assembly to move out of the interior region of the lighthead. The rods include stops to prevent separation of the lamp assembly from the lighthead. A controller turns the bulb on and off and adjusts the intensity level of light emitted from the bulb.

6678908, Jan 20, 2004

Feb 7, 2001

09/778607

Richard L. Borders - Cincinnati OH
Richard H. Heimbrock - Cincinnati OH

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

A61G 1312

5691, 5600

An apparatus is configured to be located on a frame of a patient support, the frame having a top surface configured to support a patient, the top surface having a length dimension and a width dimension. The apparatus includes an overlay positioned over the frame of the patient support, the overlay having an upper surface to support the patient and a lower surface configured to abut the top surface of the patient support. The overlay has a width dimension greater than the width dimension of the top surface. A retainer maintains the overlay in a desired position on the frame.