Patient transport system

US11007102B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

• Kevin M. Patmore · Plainwell, US
• Sarah Mynhier · Redmond, US
• Adam Dudycha · Paw Paw, US
• Bryce K. Porter · Grand Rapids, US
• Donald Strum · Princeton, US
• Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters · Langhorne, US
• Matthew Schmitt · Princeton, US
• William R. Parcells · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2018
• Grant date: May 18, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2203/80
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient transport system comprising a patient support apparatus and a wheeled accessory. The wheeled accessory comprises an accessory base and at least two legs radially extending outwardly from the accessory base. The legs are spaced apart from one another to define an accommodation space between two legs. The patient support apparatus comprises a patient support base, and wheels coupled to the patient support base. The patient support apparatus further comprises an accessory coupler capable of releasably securing the wheeled accessory to the patient support apparatus, the accessory coupler movable relative to the patient support base into first and second positions. The accessory base and the patient support apparatus are configured such that at least one of the wheels is at least partially nested within the accommodation space when the wheeled accessory is secured to the accessory coupler and the accessory coupler is in the first position.