US 12,268,637 B2
Modular stretcher for patient transport apparatus
Cory P. Herbst, Shelbyville, MI (US); Kevin M. Patmore, Plainwell, MI (US); Trey Thomas Pfeiffer, Portage, MI (US); and Kelly Sandmeyer, Mattawan, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,317.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/318,086, filed on Mar. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285209 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 1/013 (2006.01); A61G 1/00 (2006.01); A61G 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 1/013 (2013.01) [A61G 1/02 (2013.01); A61G 1/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A reconfigurable patient transport system comprising:
a patient support apparatus comprising:
a hinge member;
a left support board and a right support board each coupled to the hinge member and extending longitudinally between a head end and a foot end,
wherein the left support board comprises a left proximal segment and a left wing segment each removably coupled to a left distal segment, and
wherein the right support board comprises a right proximal segment and a right wing segment each removably coupled to a right distal segment; and
a patient transport apparatus comprising:
a support frame comprising wheels facilitating movement along a floor surface,
an intermediate frame coupled to the support frame and comprising a support deck configured to support a patient, with the intermediate frame extending longitudinally between a head end and a foot end, and laterally between a left side and a right side,
a left siderail bracket configured for engagement with the left wing segment of the left support board, and
a right siderail bracket configured for engagement with the right wing segment of the right support board.