ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,484, issued on May 6, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).
"Manifold assembly for pneumatic system" was invented by Philippe Legros (Pluneret, France), Anthony Thepaut (Pluneret, France), Etienne Yvernault (Brech, France), Pierre-Yves Le Naour (Quimperle, France), Mikael Maho (Pluvigner, France) and Pascal Lemonnier (Locoal Mendon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support surface assembly includes a covering defining an interior. Bladders are disposed within the interior. The bladders are operable between a deployed state and a non-deployed state. A manifold assembly is disposed within the interior of the...