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Patent No.:

US 12758446 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

May. 19, 2023

Patient support apparatuses with locking features

Applicant:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Inventors:

Sujay Sukumaran, Portage, MI (US);

Madhu Thomas, London, CA;

Lavanya Vytla, McKinney, TX (US);

Jason John Connell, London, CA;

Jeremy L. Dunn, Portage, MI (US);

Michael W. Graves, Paw Paw, MI (US);

Matthew A. Cutler, Portage, MI (US);

Donna-Marie Robertson, Portage, MI (US);

Xianyu Shea, Vicksburg, MI (US);

Berkay Güncan, Talas, TR;

Mehmet Zihni Gurlek, Kayseri, TR;

Paul Bradford, West Kirby, GB;

Murat Serkan Kantarci, Kayseri, TR;

Christian Fulljames, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);

Attorney:

Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Ondersma LLP

Primary Examiner:

Justin C Mikowski

Assistant Examiner:

Deborah Talitha Gedeon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/0524 (2016.11); A61B 5/1115 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 7/0509 (2016.11); G16H 50/30 (2018.01);
Abstract

A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a support surface, a caregiver control panel, a patient control panel, and a controller. The caregiver control panel includes a lock out control that, when manually activated by a caregiver, locks out one or more particular controls on the patient control panel. The controller is also adapted to automatically lock out the one or more particular controls, irrespective of the state of the lock out control, in response to a triggering event. The triggering event may include one or more of the following: the arming of an exit detection system, the arming of a monitoring system, the passage of a predetermined time period, the use of a scale, the zeroing of the scale, the receipt of a fall risk score for the patient, etc. The caregiver control panel may allow the caregiver to select what patient controls are automatically locked out.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sukumaran, Sujay. (2026). Patient support apparatuses with locking features (U.S. Patent No. 12758446). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12758446

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