US Patent Issued to Stryker on Feb. 17 for "Patient support apparatuses with exit detection systems" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,393, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient support apparatuses with exit detection systems" was invented by Kurosh Nahavandi (Portage, Mich.), Sujay Sukumaran (Portage, Mich.) and Marko N. Kostic (Oshawa, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus, such as abed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes a frame, support surface, exit detection system, and control. The exit detection system includes multiple sensors and a controller configured to issue an exit alert when the patient exits from the support surface. The control is configured to disarm the exit detection system, an...