Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a support surface including a topper. An opening is formed in a side of the support surface. A cavity extends from the opening into the support surface. An inlet port is positioned within the cavity and fluidly coupled to the topper. A pneumatic blower is configured to removably position within the cavity and has an outlet port that couples to the inlet port.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus may include a support surface configured to conduct air along a top face of the support surface so that heat and moisture from a patient lying on the support surface are drawn away from the top face of the support surface. An opening may be formed in a side of the support surface. A cavity may extend from the opening into the support surface. An inlet port may be positioned within the cavity and fluidly coupled to the top face. A blower assembly may be configured to position within the cavity. The blower assembly may have an outlet port that couples to the inlet port when the blower assembly is positioned within the cavity. The blower assembly may conduct air through the inlet port to the top face of the support surface.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a frame having a head section moveably coupled to a seat section. At least one frame actuator is configured to raise and lower the frame relative to a floor. At least one head section actuator is configured to adjust an angle of the head section relative to the seat section. A patient support surface is positioned on the frame. The patient support surface includes a plurality of bladders. An air source is configured to inflate and deflate the plurality of bladders. A sensor is configured to detect the presence of a caregiver at a head end of the frame. A control circuitry adjusts a position of the frame in response to a command from a caregiver.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a seat section, a head section rotatably coupled to the seat section, and a leg section rotatably coupled to the seat section to form a support surface for a patient. The support surface has a back area where the patient's back is positioned when the patient is positioned on the support surface, a leg area where the patient's legs are positioned when the patient is positioned on the support surface, and a foot area where the patient's legs are positioned when the patient is positioned on the support surface.

Abstract: A patient support apparatus may include a support surface configured to conduct air along a top face of the support surface so that heat and moisture from a patient lying on the support surface are drawn away from the top face of the support surface. An opening may be formed in a side of the support surface. A cavity may extend from the opening into the support surface. An inlet port may be positioned within the cavity and fluidly coupled to the top face. A blower assembly may be configured to position within the cavity. The blower assembly may have an outlet port that couples to the inlet port when the blower assembly is positioned within the cavity. The blower assembly may conduct air through the inlet port to the top face of the support surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing surface wave dispersive filters of RAC type, in which, in an RAC of known type, one of the input or output transducers is replaced by a transducer forming a surface wave filter and whose transfer function allows the errors of the initial transfer function of the RAC to be corrected.

Abstract: A convolver based on the propagation of acoustic waves at the surface of a piezoelectric solid comprises a piezoelectric substrate, means for exciting two backward-traveling acoustic waves at the frequency f, means consisting of at least two electrodes for collecting the signal at the frequency 2f, the signal being produced as a result of nonlinear interaction of the two acoustic waves. The convolver device is connected to one of the two electrodes by means of a plurality of electrical contacts placed lengthwise and at intervals along the axis of propagation of the two interacting acoustic waves which are representative of the electrical signals applied to the two convolver inputs.

Abstract: An acousto-electrical device for storing and processing information, in analog form, at any point of a two dimensional surface. It comprises: a piezoelectric substrate carrying four electro-mechanical transducers emitting elastic surface waves in two normal directions; a semi-conductor substrate carrying a diode network placed facing the piezoelectric substrate, and two electrodes placed respectively on the end faces of the two substrates. In one embodiment, the storing of a signal applied between the electrodes is achieved by means of two elastic auxiliary addressing waves, the non linear interaction of these three signals supplying a spatially periodic signal independent of time which is stored by the diodes. The stored signal is subsequently processed by means of elastic reading waves which interact non linearly therewith to provide simple reading of the initial signal or processing thereof, in particular its Fourier transform.

Abstract: The device comprises a piezoelectric medium associated with a semiconducting and photosensitive medium on which the optical image is projected. Four transducers placed on the piezoelectric medium emit four elastic waves in two distinct directions with wave numbers such that the signal resulting from the interaction of these waves has a zero wave number. Depending on the waveform of the signals applied to the transducers, it is possible to obtain either point-by-point reading of the image or the Fourier transform of said image.

Abstract: An acousto-electric analysis device for an optical image in one or two dimensions. It comprises a piezoelectric substrate and a semi-conductor substrate with a diode network on the face which is opposite the piezoelectric substrate. The optical image is projected on this face and causes each of the diodes to discharge as a function of the luminous intensity received at each point. A high frequency acoustic pulse, which propagates on the piezoelectric substrate, enables the diodes to be recharged by supplying a video signal representing the analysis of the image projected.