US Patent Issued to Stryker on July 29 for "Patient transport apparatus having caster assembly biasing mechanisms" (Michigan, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,101, issued on July 29, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient transport apparatus having caster assembly biasing mechanisms" was invented by Trey Thomas Pfeiffer (Portage, Mich.), Nathan W. Matheny (Portage, Mich.), Patrick Grossman (Grand Haven, Mich.) and Adam Kammers (University Place, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transport apparatus including a support structure movable between a chair configuration for traversing floor surfaces and a stowed configuration for storage. A seat section is pivotably coupled to the support structure. A caster assembly includes a pin coupled to the support structure...