US Patent Issued to Stryker on Oct. 14 for "Patient support system including expandable patient support and control assembly" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,409, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient support system including expandable patient support and control assembly" was invented by Ryan Ross (New Carlisle, Ind.), Robert Gregory Cox (Portage, Mich.), Adam Robert Hoke (Shelbyville, Mich.) and Krista Lynn Fox-Walsh (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support system is provided for use on a litter of a patient support apparatus. The patient support system includes an expandable patient support and a control assembly connectable to the expandable patient support. The control assembly includes an inflator and a controller conf...