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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2021
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Kevin M. Patmore, Plainwell, MI (US);
Arthur Carlos Pallar Da Silva, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Carolyn Fahey, Middleborough, MA (US);
Brandon Joseph Morse, Vicksburg, MI (US);
Joshua Buck, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Steven Michael Murphy, Portage, MI (US);
Ryan Thomas Slusarzyk, Byron Center, MI (US);
Mackenzie Van Loon, Mattawan, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A shield assembly for providing a barrier adjacent to a patient disposed on a patient support apparatus. The shield assembly comprises a support frame defining a closed periphery and including a resilient element extending along the closed periphery to resiliently urge the support frame toward a bias frame shape. A barrier panel is coupled to the support frame and spans the closed periphery. The shield assembly may further include a base operatively attached to the support frame to selectively place the support frame in a contour frame shape. Tension in the resilient element effected by the base holding the support frame in the contour frame shape places the barrier panel in a curved configuration to define a patient accommodation space shaped to receive the patient adjacent to the base and to the barrier panel.