ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,523, issued on April 14, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Patient support apparatus with barrier" was invented by Christopher Ryan Sweeney (Portage, Mich.) and Matthew A. Cutler (Portage, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus is provided including a deck for supporting a mattress thereon and a barrier mounted relative to the deck. The barrier has a barrier body, with opposed first and second outer sides, a barrier outer perimeter, and a through opening extending there through from the first outer side to the second outer side. The patient support apparatus may include a cover for covering t...