US Patent Issued to Stryker on Dec. 30 for "Chest compression system retainer with shoulder brace for use with a patient transport apparatus" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,204, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Chest compression system retainer with shoulder brace for use with a patient transport apparatus" was invented by Cory P. Herbst (Shelbyville, Mich.), Michael J. Hernandez (Portage, Mich.), Alison Adams Zdan Shields (Portage, Mich.), James K Galer (Byron Center, Mich.), Kevin M. Patmore (Plainwell, Mich.) and Brandon David Naber (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient care system for treating a patient is provided. The patient care system includes a patient transport apparatus, a chest compression system configured to provide automatic chest com...