ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,211, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Patient support apparatus" was invented by Robert M. Zerhusen (Batesville, Ind.), Richard H. Heimbrock (Batesville, Ind.), Arpit Shah (Batesville, Ind.), Aziz A. Bhai (Batesville, Ind.), Bradley T. Smith (Batesville, Ind.), Catherine M. Wagner (Batesville, Ind.), Charles A. Lachenbruch (Batesville, Ind.), Clay G. Owsley (Batesville, Ind.), Dan R. Tallent (Batesville, Ind.), Daniel Nachtigal (Batesville, Ind.), David L. Bedel (Batesville, Ind.), David J. Brzenchek (Batesville, Ind.), David J. Hitchcock (Batesville, Ind.), David P. Lubbers (Batesville, Ind.), Douglas A. Seim (Batesville, Ind.), Douglas...