ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,945, issued on June 24, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Side rail assembly for a patient support apparatus" was invented by William D. Childs (Plainwell, Mich.) and Christopher Ryan Sweeney (Portage, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus includes a support structure having a patient support deck and a side rail coupled to the support structure. The side rail is movable relative to the support structure. A lock releasably locks the side rail in one or more side rail positions, such as in a raised position and an intermediate position. A manual release is coupled to the side rail and operable...