MEDICAL BED SYSTEM WITH INTERCHANGEABLE MODULES FOR MATTRESS SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Patent 1408906

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EP 1 408 906 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/17

(21)	Application number: 01953596.2

(22)	Date of filing: 24.07.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61G 7/057

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2001/023234

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/009796 (06.02.2003 Gazette 2003/06)

(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

(71)	Applicant: KCI Licensing, Inc.
	San Antonio,Texas 78265-9508 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	VRZALIK, John, H. San Antonio, TX 78263 (US) LINA, Cesar, Z. Universal City, TX 78148 (US)

(74)	Representative: Frankland, Nigel Howard
	FORRESTER & BOEHMERTPettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München 80336 München (DE)

(54)	MEDICAL BED SYSTEM WITH INTERCHANGEABLE MODULES FOR MATTRESS SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS