Patents by Inventor Loftus Hall

Loftus Hall 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).

  • Intelligent hospital bed and method for operating same
    Patent number: 8950026
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intelligent hospital bed comprising a lower main frame (1) and an upper frame (2) articulated to said lower main frame provided with movable parts, in which there is arranged a mattress (22) provided with several foldable sections, including a plurality of sensors arranged along the mattress (22) capable of measuring the initial force on the point at which the corresponding sensor is arranged, which sensors are interconnected to one another and associated with a control unit which controls servo-motors used for moving the movable parts of the upper frame (2) such that when a sensor detects a movement of the user in real time, a servo-motor which is associated with a corresponding sensor or a combination of sensors (S) moving at least one of the movable parts of the upper frame (2) is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: Industrias Tobia, S.A., Lincis-Solucoes Integradas Para Sistemas de Informacao, Lda, Fos Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Oscar Valdemoros Tobia, Manuel Chica Serrano, Ruben Rodriguez Velazquez, Christopher Thorpe, Loftus Hall, Ewa Lada, Bernard Vaucher, Roberto Gueli, Erhard Giese, Adelino Figueiredo Da Silva
  • INTELLIGENT HOSPITAL BED AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME
    Publication number: 20130152308
    Abstract: The invention relates to an intelligent hospital bed comprising a lower main frame (1) and an upper frame (2) articulated to said lower main frame provided with movable parts, in which there is arranged a mattress (22) provided with several foldable sections, including a plurality of sensors arranged along the mattress (22) capable of measuring the initial force on the point at which the corresponding sensor is arranged, which sensors are interconnected to one another and associated with a control unit which controls servo-motors used for moving the movable parts of the upper frame (2) such that when a sensor detects a movement of the user in real time, a servo-motor which is associated with a corresponding sensor or a combination of sensors (S) moving at least one of the movable parts of the upper frame (2) is actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: INDUSTRIAS TOBIA, S.A., FOS MESSTECHNIK GMBH, BP TECHEM SA, DYNAMIC MOTION, S.A., PROTEO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Oscar Valdemoros Tobia, Manuel Chica Serrano, Ruben Rodriguez Velazquez, Christopher Thorpe, Loftus Hall, Ewa Lada, Bernard Vaucher, Roberto Gueli, Erhard Giese, Adelino Figueiredo Da Silva