US Patent Issued to Stryker on Nov. 18 for "Patient handling apparatus with hydraulic control system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,112, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient handling apparatus with hydraulic control system" was invented by Chad Conway Souke (Portage, Mich.), Christopher Gentile (Sturgis, Mich.), Ross Timothy Lucas (Paw Paw, Mich.) and Michael T. Brubaker (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emergency cot includes a litter frame, a base, and a lift assembly supporting the litter frame relative to the base. The lift assembly includes load bearing members pivotally coupled to the litter frame by head-end upper pivot connections and foot-end upper pivot connections and to the base by head-end lower ...