Stryker Corporation

Daniel Vincent Brosnan

Aaron Douglas Furman

Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu

Michael Joseph Hayes

Kevin Mark Patmore

Ross Timothy Lucas

Janani Gopalkrishnan

Alexey Titov

Annie Desaulniers

Lavanya Vytla

Cory Patrick Herbst

Chad Conway Souke

Brandon David Naber

Jason A Vanderplas

Nathan W Matheny

Jeffrey S Dunfee, Ii

Kurosh Nahavandi

Trey Thomas Pfeiffer

Kelly Sandmeyer

John Wallace

Darren G Schaaf

Melvin Gottschalk, Jr

Christopher Ryan Sweeney

James K Galer

Christopher Stuart Hough

Jeffrey R Staszak

Erik P Eagleman

Anish Paul

Marko N Kostic

Christopher C Gentile

Thomas Alan Puvogel

William Ross Heneveld, Jr

Scott Zufall

Michael T Brubaker

Scott Ignatius Biba

Bradley Sommer

Joshua Alan Mansfield

Ming Chen

Justin Thomas McLouth

Richard Anthony Derenne

Martin W Stryker

Bjorn James Gunderson

James Robert Tumavich, Jr

Clifford Edwin Lambarth

Collin Ostergaard

Jason James Wroblewski

Marianne Grisdale

Thomas Joseph Durlach

Annie Désaulniers

Richard C Mayoras, Jr

Matthew A Cutler

Siarhei Murauyou

Alfred James Dacey, Iv

Hieu Phan

Jonathan David Campbell

Mark Richard Bryant

Chris Gentile

John P Zerbel

Scott A Kuebler

Isaac A Schaberg

Zachary Baker

Brian Keith Carpenter

Jerry Allen Wheeler

Marianne Barbara Grisdale

Collin Ian Ostergaard

Dipika Ravindra Shukla

Richard A Derenne

Christopher S Hough

Christopher Gentile

Patrick Grossman

Tyler Scott Wright

Bhavin Rajeshkumar Kapadia

Nathan M Stewart

Christopher J Cummings

Scott W Zufall

Jill Christine Denna

Sean Robert Hadley

Scott Herrmann

Zane Marwan Shami

Scott Michael Batzer

Conor McCarrey

Genevieve Cherie Sertic

Gwynneth St John

William Ross Heneveld Jr

A patient transport apparatus for transporting a patient. A seat section is pivotably coupled to a support structure about a seat axis. A front wheel is operatively attached to a front strut of the support structure, and a carrier is arranged for movement relative to the support. The carrier includes a shaft defining a wheel axis, a rear wheel supported for rotation about the wheel axis, a track having a belt, and a hub supporting the shaft and the track for concurrent pivoting movement about a hub axis defined by a upright of the support structure. The hub axis extends through a plane intersecting the seat axis, fixed relative to the upright, and defining opposing first and second sides. Movement of the carrier from a chair configuration to a stair configuration simultaneously deploys the track and moves the wheel axis from the first side to the second side.

Patient transport apparatus for traversing stairs

A system is provided that comprises a patient support apparatus and a unit being independent from the patient support apparatus. The patient support apparatus comprises a support structure having a base and a patient support surface for a patient. The patient support apparatus also comprises an electrical distribution system, one or more electrical devices, and an energy storage device (ESD) configured to store energy to power the one or more electrical devices through the electrical distribution system. The unit is configured to autonomously interact with the patient support apparatus to remove the ESD from the patient support apparatus and/or to place a replacement ESD on to the patient support apparatus.

Energy storage device management for a patient support apparatus

A patient containment system for securing a patient to a patient transport apparatus, comprising a first lower strap and a second lower strap. Each of the first lower strap and the second lower strap have a thigh region, a waist region, and a connection region arranged between the thigh region and the waist region. A first connector is coupled to the connection region of the first lower strap. A second connector is coupled to the connection region of the second lower strap, and is configured to releasably attach to the first connector to at least partially limit movement of the first lower strap relative to the second lower strap. The connection region defines a connection width, and the thigh region defines a thigh width larger than the connection width.

Patient containment systems for use with patient transport apparatuses

A power transfer system comprises a patient transport apparatus and a power transfer device. The power transfer system provides convenience and ease of connection between a power source and the patient transport apparatus to provide power to one or more electrically powered devices on the patient transport apparatus or to provide energy for an energy storage device on the patient transport apparatus.

Power transfer system with patient transport apparatus and power transfer device to transfer power to the patient transport apparatus

A patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient along stairs. A seat section is coupled to a support structure supporting a track assembly having a belt. A motor selectively generates torque to drive the belt. A user interface is arranged for engagement by the user, and has a direction input control for selecting a drive direction of the motor, and an activation input control for operating the motor to drive the belt. A controller in communication with the motor and the user interface is configured to limit operation of the motor in response to user engagement of the activation input control preceding engagement of the direction input control to prevent driving the belt, and to permit operation of the motor in response to user engagement of the activation input control following engagement of the direction input control to drive the belt in a selected drive direction.

Patient transport apparatus user interface

A patient transfer apparatus is provided and includes a frame, a seat assembly coupled to the frame, and a track assembly coupled to the frame. The track assembly includes a moveable track for traversing stairs and a motor configured to drive the track. The apparatus further includes a control system. The control system includes a controller configured to control the motor and to adjust a speed of the apparatus based on an occupancy of the seat assembly upon traversing the stairs based on a current to the motor upon traversing stairs.

Variable speed patient transfer apparatus

A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, recliner, cot, stretcher, operating table, or the like, includes battery-powered circuitry whose functions are reduced, but not eliminated, as the battery charge level falls below a threshold. Electrical power may be cut off to one or more components of the battery-powered circuitry while still providing battery-supplied electrical power to the other components of the circuitry. A user interface provides battery status data, including a replacement status of a rechargeable battery, and allows a user to select different formats for displaying battery status data. Such formats include displays of battery charge level information not only in manners specific to the battery, but also in manners relative to the patient support apparatus, such as displays of how many, or how much of, one or more functions the patient support apparatus is able to perform based on the battery's current charge level.

Battery management for patient support apparatuses

A power transfer system comprises a patient support apparatus and a power transfer device. The power transfer system provides convenience and ease of connection between a power source and the patient support apparatus to provide power to one or more electrically powered devices on the patient support apparatus or to provide energy for an energy storage device on the patient support apparatus.

Power transfer system with patient support apparatus and power transfer device to transfer power to the patient support apparatus

Systems and methods for detecting a pinch event or obstruction to a movable component of a patient support. In some embodiments, the patient support apparatus may include a control system capable of controlling one or more actuator systems coupled to one or more movable components of the patient support apparatus. The control system may operate according to one or more modes of operation in controlling the actuator system to move a component from a first position to a second position. In one embodiment, the control system may receive sensor feedback indicative of one or more operating characteristics of an actuator system, and analyze the sensor feedback differently in one mode than in another. In one embodiment, the controller may receive sensor feedback indicative of both a speed of a component coupled to the movable component and a current of power supplied to an electric motor of the actuator system.

Obstruction detection system and method

Battery module

A patient transfer apparatus configured to traverse stairs includes a seat assembly, a rear leg pivotably coupled to the seat assembly, a track integrated with the rear leg, and a wheel coupled to a distal end portion of the rear leg. The seat assembly includes a frame with a seat portion. The rear leg is pivotable relative to the seat portion between a transport position and a stair traversing position. In the transport position the wheel is configured to contact a floor, and in the stair traversing position the track is configured to contact the stairs.

Patient transfer apparatus with integrated tracks

A patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient along stairs. A seat section is coupled to a support structure. A track having a belt is attached to the support structure and is arranged for selective operation between: a retracted position, and a deployed position to engage stairs. A drive system with a motor is disposed in rotational communication with the belt to control movement along stairs in the deployed position. A user interface us arranged for engagement to selectively adjust operation of the drive system between: an active state for controlling movement of the belt with the motor, and an inactive state. A braking controller is configured to sense movement of the belt in the inactive state, and to control the motor to limit movement of the belt in the inactive state to effect corresponding limited movement of the patient transport apparatus along stairs.

Patient transport apparatus drive systems

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Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Daniel Vincent Brosnan