US Patent Issued to Stryker on July 15 for "Height adjustable medical bucket" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,410, issued on July 15, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Height adjustable medical bucket" was invented by Fazel Yavari (Portage, Mich.), Brian James VanDerWoude (Portage, Mich.) and Vladimir Zagatsky (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A height-adjustable bucket or height-adjustable stand is adapted to carry a medical object. The bucket includes a receptacle for carrying the medical object, a base, and a support member coupled to the base. The bucket also includes a carrier movably coupled to the support member and for supporting the receptacle and a lifting member slidably coupled to the carrier and config...