ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,391, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Patient support with improved control" was invented by Derick Elliott (Portage, Mich.), David M. Moreno (Quebec, Canada), Martin Plante (Portage, Mich.), Chad Rohrer (Chicago), David Kim Soui Wan Fong (Brossard, Canada), Annie Desaulniers (Bothell, Wash.), Jeffrey J. Thompson (Castle Rock, Colo.), Dennis J. Wrobleski (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Frederick W. Blanchard (Portage, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus includes a deck to support a mattress and a patient on the mattress, the deck including a head deck section articulatable abo...