ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,126, issued on April 1, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Protective system for a patient transport apparatus" was invented by Mackenzie Van Loon (Mattawan, Mich.), Hieu Phan (Portage, Mich.) and James K. Galer (Byron Center, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective system for a patient transport apparatus includes the patient transport apparatus with a base arranged for movement along floor surfaces and an intermediate frame coupled to the base and supporting a patient support deck. A mattress is disposed on the patient support deck. The protective system further includes a keeper coupled to the intermediate ...