ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,983, issued on March 17, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Patient transport apparatus with motion dampening" was invented by Ross Heneveld (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transport apparatus is provided for use with a retainer of a transport vehicle. The patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure comprising a patient support surface to support a patient. An engagement member is coupled to the support structure and arranged to engage the retainer when unloading the patient transport apparatus from the transport vehicle. A dampener is operable in a standby state or a resistance...