US Patent Issued to Stryker on Aug. 11 for "Modular stretcher for patient transport apparatus" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,600, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Modular stretcher for patient transport apparatus" was invented by Cory P. Herbst (Shelbyville, Mich.), Kevin M. Patmore (Plainwell, Mich.), Trey Thomas Pfeiffer (Portage, Mich.) and Kelly Sandmeyer (Mattawan, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable patient transport system may include a patient support apparatus and a patient transport apparatus. The patient support apparatus may include a hinge member, a left support board, and a right support board each coupled to the hinge member. The left support board may comprise a left proximal segment and ...