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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robyn Yukie Shimoda, Honolulu, HI (US);
Ryan Ariel Alvarez, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
James K. Galer, Byron Center, MI (US);
Brian Cheadle, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David Scharich, III, Coloma, MI (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A47C 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 13/1265 (2013.01); A47C 27/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient support is provided in the form of a mattress for supporting a patient on a bed, such as a hospital bed, and a mattress cover. The mattress and mattress cover may be configured to expand and contract to accommodate larger patients, such as bariatric patients, and to return the mattress and its cover to their unexpanded configuration, or in some cases an intermediate configuration, without requiring user adjustments to the cover.