ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,359, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient support apparatus user interfaces" was invented by Kurosh Nahavandi (Portage, Mich.), Annie Desaulniers (Bothell, Wash.), Placide Nibakuze (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and David James Buick (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus comprising a patient support deck operatively attached to a base with a deck section arranged for movement between first and second positions determined by a deck sensor. A first user interface comprises a screen configured to display visual content including a content portion having first and second con...