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(11) EP 1 388 106 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.10.2003

(43) Date of publication:
11.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/07

(21) Application number: 02736862.0

(22) Date of filing: 15.05.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G06F 17/60
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/015389
(87) International publication number:
WO 2002/093312 (21.11.2002 Gazette 2002/47)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 15.05.2001 US 291043 P
05.10.2001 US 327496 P

(71) Applicant: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
Batesville, IN 47006-9167 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BAGNELL, Joseph, P.
    Southampton, PA 18966 (US)
  • BOONE, Otho, N.
    Amber, PA 19002 (US)
  • McDERMOTT, Ian
    Lincoln University, PA 19352 (US)
  • RICHARDS, John, H.
    Warrington, PA 18976 (US)
  • ST. CLAIR, Nancy
    Melvern, PA 19355 (US)
  • STRECKER, Robert, J.
    Philadelphia, PA 19111 (US)

(74) Representative: Findlay, Alice Rosemary 
Lloyd WiseCommonwealth House,1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB)

   


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