US Patent Issued to Stryker on Oct. 21 for "Patient transport apparatus with controlled auxiliary wheel speed" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,083, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient transport apparatus with controlled auxiliary wheel speed" was invented by Richard A. Derenne (Portage, Mich.), Gary L Bartley (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Scott A. Kuebler (Delton, Mich.), Tyler Ethen (Portage, Mich.), Matthew Aaron Whitehead (Cedar Springs, Mich.) and Anish Paul (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transport apparatus for transporting a patient over a floor surface is described herein. The patient transport apparatus includes an auxiliary wheel assembly including an auxiliary wheel, an auxiliary wheel drive system, and a c...