US Patent Issued to Stryker on May 19 for "Patient transport system including a patient transport apparatus and loading system for the same" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,301, issued on May 19, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient transport system including a patient transport apparatus and loading system for the same" was invented by Brian J. Tessmer (Mattawan, Mich.), Sashank Manohar (Portage, Mich.), Rex Allen Powers Jr. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Neil Feliksa (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient transport system includes a patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient along stairs and a loading system for loading and unloading the patient transport apparatus from a vehicle cargo area. The loading system includes a brace configured to...