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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Cory P. Herbst, Shelbyville, MI (US);
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
James T. Thwaites, Delton, MI (US);
Richard A. Derenne, Portage, MI (US);
Christopher S. Hough, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Eugene Keller, Portage, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a patient support that can be configured in an expanded configuration, for example to accommodate larger patients, and then reconfigured to a more compact configuration to ease maneuverability of the patient support through constricted passageways in a facility and/or to provide a low height patient support. Further, the present invention provides a barrier around the patient support surface which includes a panel that allows a patient to see through the barrier and which is optionally adaptable to change its transparency and/or color.