ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,636, issued on July 22, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Patient support apparatus with lift mechanism" was invented by William Ross Heneveld Jr. (Portage, Mich.), Chad Conway Souke (Vicksburg, Mich.), Michael T. Brubaker (Portage, Mich.) and Mackenzie Van Loon (Mattawan, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus supports a patient and includes a litter. A base is disposed below the litter. A lift mechanism is configured to move the litter and the base relative to one another between extended and collapsed positions. The lift mechanism includes first and second frame assemblies each including an...