US Patent Issued to Stryker on Oct. 27 for "Patient support apparatuses with portable electronic device charging" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,360, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Patient support apparatuses with portable electronic device charging" was invented by Madhu Thomas (London, Canada), Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Jerald A. Trepanier (Augusta, Mich.) and Brianna Graves (Paw Paw, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient support apparatus is disclosed that includes a support structure including a patient support deck defining a patient support surface, a charging interface, a sensor system coupled to the support structure, and a controller disposed in communication with the sensor system. The charging inte...