Patents by Inventor Derick Elliot

Derick Elliot has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patient support with improved control
    Patent number: 9038217
    Abstract: A patient support includes a frame, a patient support surface supported at the frame, a display incorporated into the frame, and a user interface incorporated into the frame. The patient support frame includes a controller incorporated into the frame, which has a plurality of prompts stored therein. The user interface is in communication with the controller and may be used to select a selected prompt from the plurality of prompts stored in the controller. When a prompt is selected, the controller generates a display image or text associated with the selected prompt at the display in response to a passage of time or an input to provide a visual prompt to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Derick Elliot, David Mayen Moreno, Martin Plante, Chad Rohrer, David Kim Soui Wan Fong, Annie Désaulniers
  • PATIENT/INVALID HANDLING SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20150000045
    Abstract: A patient support for supporting a patient includes an inflatable mattress having at least one bladder forming at least part of a patient support surface, a pneumatic system for inflating the inflatable mattress, and a control system. The control system including at least one sensor, which includes an emitter and a receiver, with the emitter directing light into the bladder. The receiver receives a reflection from the light directed into the bladder, and the control system detects the immersion of a patient into the mattress based on the reflection received by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Lafleche, Jean-Francois Girard, Derick Elliot, Benoit Martel, Luc Petitpas, Jean Bizouard, Sébastien Viger, Chad Rohrer, Jérome Marcotte, Philippe Tremblay, Stéphane Duguay, Sylvain LaCasse, Clément Nadeau, Stephanie Ludke, Phillipe Roy, Alex Duchesneau
  • PATIENT SUPPORT WITH IMPROVED CONTROL
    Publication number: 20080172789
    Abstract: A patient support includes a frame, a patient support surface supported at the frame, a display incorporated into the frame, and a user interface incorporated into the frame. The patient support frame includes a controller incorporated into the frame, which has a plurality of prompts stored therein. The user interface is in communication with the controller and may be used to select a selected prompt from the plurality of prompts stored in the controller. When a prompt is selected, the controller generates a display image or text associated with the selected prompt at the display in response to a passage of time or an input to provide a visual prompt to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Derick Elliot, David Mayen Moreno, Martin Plante, Chad Rohrer, David Kim Soui Wan Fong, Annie Desaulniers