US Patent Issued to Stryker on July 14 for "Patient support apparatus and accessories therefor" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,351, issued on July 14, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient support apparatus and accessories therefor" was invented by Patrick Lafleche (Kalamazoo, Mich.), James K. Galer (Byron Center, Mich.), Justin Raymond (Jackson, Mich.), Bradley Sommer (Portage, Mich.), Nicole L. Schriemer (Portage, Mich.), Thomas J. Africa (Lebanon, Ohio), Alison Adams Zdan Shields (Portage, Mich.), Annali V. Evling (Portage, Mich.), Sherry L. Jones (Pataskala, Ohio), Lauren C. Angell (Pataskala, Ohio) and Ciara Nichole Poolman (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of securing a pediatric patient to a patient transport...