US Patent Issued to STEM on Oct. 14 for "System for loading/unloading an ambulance stretcher onto/from an ambulance" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,397, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to STEM S.R.L. (Medesano, Italy).

"System for loading/unloading an ambulance stretcher onto/from an ambulance" was invented by Ezio Menna (Collecchio, Italy) and Michele Corradi (Parma, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ambulance stretcher, including a support frame for supporting a patient; a pair of front and rear legs, each having a front and rear wheel, respectively; an actuation arrangement provided with front and rear actuators, which move the front and rear legs, respectively; a front coupling body connected to the support frame; a control unit of the coupling body including a first s...