US Patent Issued to Stryker on Dec. 16 for "Patient transport apparatus with brake assembly and steer lock assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,243, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient transport apparatus with brake assembly and steer lock assembly" was invented by Mackenzie Van Loon (Mattawan, Mich.), Michael T. Brubaker (Portage, Mich.) and Joshua Caleb Colvin (Paw Paw, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure and at least one caster assembly coupled to the structure to facilitate movement of the structure along a floor. Each caster assembly comprises a wheel, an actuator moveable between three actuator positions, a steer lock assembly moveable by the actuator between a steer an...