US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 9 for "User controls for patient support apparatus having low height" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,087, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"User controls for patient support apparatus having low height" was invented by Anish Paul (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Jeffrey S. Dunfee II (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Ryan Ross (New Carlisle, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus comprises a support structure. The support structure comprises a base and a patient support deck coupled to the base. The patient support deck comprises a patient support surface capable of articulating to adjust positioning of a patient supported thereon, a lift system configured to adjust a height of the patient support ...