US Patent Issued to Stryker on April 14 for "Patient support apparatuses with wireless headwall communication" (Michigan, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,522, issued on April 14, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

"Patient support apparatuses with wireless headwall communication" was invented by Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Annie Desaulniers (Bothell, Wash.) and Michael Joseph Hayes (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A person support apparatus includes a first transceiver adapted to wirelessly communicate with a second transceiver of a headwall interface that is positioned off of the person support apparatus. A communication link is automatically established between the first and second transceivers without requiring a user of the perso...