US Patent Issued to Stryker on Aug. 4 for "Patient support apparatus with an accessory support" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,261, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient support apparatus with an accessory support" was invented by Brian J. Tessmer (Mattawan, Mich.), Cory P. Herbst (Shelbyville, Mich.), William D. Childs (Plainwell, Mich.), Connor F. St. John (Kalamazoo, Mich.), William V. Bleeker Jr. (Plainwell, Mich.), John P. Zerbel (Paw Paw, Mich.) and Richard L. McDaniel (Constantine, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a coupling system for coupling a medical accessory to an accessory support is provided. The present disclosure also provides a system for powering a medical accessory wi...