ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,550, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Cover assembly" was invented by James K. Galer (Byron Center, Mich.), Patrick Lafleche (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Justin Jon Raymond (Jackson, Mich.) and Spencer Baird (Mattawan, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover assembly for a patient support including a top portion with the top portion defining a patient support surface and a sealing surface opposite the patient support surface. The cover assembly further includes a bottom portion defining a plurality of open face chambers with each open face chamber including a floor and a plurality of walls extending from ...