Patents by Inventor Sylvain Nozieres

Sylvain Nozieres 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 apparatus including a lateral tilt device
    Patent number: 8601622
    Abstract: A lateral tilting device for a patient lying on a mattress is capable of being inserted between the mattress and a level bed base or bed frame on which the mattress rests. The lateral tilting device comprises at least two independent first and second inflatable cells, pneumatically independent and positioned at least partly symmetrically from one another in relation to a median axis of the tilting device. The lateral tilting device includes two ‘U’ shaped inflatable compartments that are fitted into one another. A method for the lateral tilting of the mattress includes inflating a said first or second cell and concomitant deflation of the other second or respectively first cell of the tilting device laid out under the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Industries S.A.
    Inventors: Florian Garnero, Giles Camus, Jean-Francois Tarsaud, Sylvain Nozieres, Thierry Flocard
  • Lateral tilt device
    Patent number: 8429774
    Abstract: A lateral tilting device for a patient lying on a mattress is capable of being inserted between the mattress and a level bed base or bed frame on which the mattress rests. The lateral tilting device comprises at least two independent first and second inflatable cells, pneumatically independent and positioned at least partly symmetrically from one another in relation to a median axis of the tilting device. The lateral tilting device includes two ‘U’ shaped inflatable compartments that are fitted into one another. A method for the lateral tilting of the mattress includes inflating a said first or second cell and concomitant deflation of the other second or respectively first cell of the tilting device laid out under the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Industries SA
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Tarsaud, Sylvain Nozieres, Florian Garnero, Gilles Camus, Thierry Flocard
  • LATERAL TILT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110047703
    Abstract: A lateral tilting device for a patient lying on a mattress is capable of being inserted between the mattress and a level bed base or bed frame on which the mattress rests. The lateral tilting device comprises at least two independent first and second inflatable cells, pneumatically independent and positioned at least partly symmetrically from one another in relation to a median axis of the tilting device. The lateral tilting device includes two ‘U’ shaped inflatable compartments that are fitted into one another. A method for the lateral tilting of the mattress includes inflating a said first or second cell and concomitant deflation of the other second or respectively first cell of the tilting device laid out under the mattress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Tarsaud, Sylvain Nozieres, Florian Garnero, Gilles Camus, Thierry Flocard