US Patent Issued to Stryker on March 18 for "Patient support apparatus with load cell assemblies" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,345, issued on March 18, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient support apparatus with load cell assemblies" was invented by Jason James Cerny (London, Canada), Jeffrey C. Shiery (East Leroy, Mich.), Megan Grace MacKellar (Vicksburg, Mich.) and Alfred James Dacey IV (Mendon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus comprises a patient support deck and a base frame assembly. The base frame assembly comprises a first frame assembly supporting a plurality of wheels, and a second frame assembly supporting one or more lift arms that are coupled to the patient support deck to the second frame asse...