US Patent Issued to Stryker on June 3 for "Patient transport apparatus with controlled auxiliary wheel speed" (Michigan, Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,332, issued on June 3, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient transport apparatus with controlled auxiliary wheel speed" was invented by Richard A Derenne (Portage, Mich.), Anish Paul (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Fanqi Meng (Bentonville, Ark.) and Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transport apparatus transports a patient over a floor surface. The patient transport apparatus comprises a base and support wheels coupled to the base. An auxiliary wheel is coupled to the base to influence motion of the patient transport apparatus over the floor surface to assist users. A wheel d...