Medical support apparatus

US9301895B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

• Christopher S. Hough · Kalamazoo, US
• John P. Zerbel · Paw Paw, US
• Richard A. Derenne · Portage, US
• Cory P. Herbst · Shelbyville, US
• Collin Ian Ostergaard · Chicago, US
• Jill Christine Denna · Chicago, US
• Marianne Grisdale · Chicago, US
• Siarhei Murauyou · Chicago, US
• Christopher Ryan Sweeney · Portage, US
• Aaron Douglas Furman · Kalamazoo, US
• Daniel V. Brosnan · Kalamazoo, US
• Scott Herrmann · Houston, US
• Matthew A. Cutler · Portage, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G5/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical chair includes a base and a pair of arm rests supported relative to the base for movement between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the base. The raised position of at least one of the arm rests is upward and forward of its lowered position to provide support to a patient when exiting the chair. For example, the arm rest may be mounted relative to the base to move between the raised position and the lowered position along a linear path.