ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,838, issued on May 13, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Patient support apparatus with battery retention system" was invented by Connor F. St. John (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and William D. Childs (Plainwell, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus and a removable battery usable with the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus may include a support frame with a patient support deck disposed on the support frame and a lift assembly having a powered lift actuator to adjust the support frame. The patient support apparatus may further include a battery retention system coupled to the supp...