Patient transport apparatus with multiple mode handle assembly

US11696860B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

• Trey Thomas Pfeiffer · Portage, US
• Cory P. Herbst · Shelbyville, US
• Nathan W. Matheny · Portage, US
• Conor McCarrey · Ferndale, US
• Daniel V. Brosnan · Kalamazoo, US
• Kelly Sandmeyer · Mattawan, US
• John Wallace · Kalamazoo, US
• Melvin Gottschalk, Jr. · Byron Center, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G5/0833
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient transport apparatus for transporting patients in a stair configuration and in a chair configuration. A multiple mode handle assembly is provided for user engagement, and is movable between a first handle configuration, a second handle configuration, and a third handle configuration.