US Patent Issued to Stryker on June 2 for "Patient transport apparatus with electro-mechanical braking system" (Michigan, Indiana, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,724, issued on June 2, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient transport apparatus with electro-mechanical braking system" was invented by Joseph Adam Upchurch (Houston), Tyler Ethen (Portage, Mich.), Gary L. Bartley (Kalamazoo, Mich.), William Dwight Childs (Plainwell, Mich.) and Ryan Ross (New Carlisle, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transport apparatus comprises a base, a patient support deck, a wheel assembly, and a braking system. The wheel assembly includes a wheel and a braking mechanism. The braking system includes a linkage assembly, a manual actuator, and an electrical braking assembly. The li...