US Patent Issued to Stryker on June 23 for "Patient support apparatus having a skirt barrier" (Michigan, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,286, issued on June 23, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient support apparatus having a skirt barrier" was invented by Matthew A. Cutler (Portage, Mich.), Steven L. Birman (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Travis Jay Bradstreet (Chesterfield, Mich.) and James Hunt (Topeka, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus for use in treating patients with behavioral health indicia, including a base supporting wheels for movement along a floor surface, a litter for supporting a patient, and a lift mechanism to move the litter relative to the base between a lowered position and a raised position. A skirt barrier hav...