US 12,350,075 B2
Patient support apparatus with support assembly for medical device
Shawn Trimble, Portage, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/403,843.
Application 18/403,843 is a continuation of application No. 17/702,891, filed on Mar. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,890,118.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/165,382, filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0130819 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 50/13 (2016.01); A61G 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 50/13 (2016.02) [A61G 1/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus for concurrently transporting a patient and a medical device, the patient support apparatus comprising:
a base arranged for movement along floor surfaces;
an intermediate frame coupled to the base and defining a patient support deck for supporting a patient; and
a support assembly coupled to the intermediate frame for supporting the medical device for concurrent movement with the patient support apparatus, the support assembly including:
a track operatively attached to the intermediate frame and extending between a first track end and a second track end,
a mount configured to support the medical device,
a carrier supporting the mount and coupled to the track for selective movement about the track between the first track end and the second track end, wherein the carrier comprises a rail car having at least one car roller disposed in sliding engagement with the track,
a retainer operatively attached to the carrier and including a user interface, the retainer being operable between:
an engaged state to inhibit relative movement of the carrier along the track between the first track end and the second track end; and
a disengaged state to permit movement of the carrier along the track between the first track end and the second track end, the retainer moving from the engaged state to the disengaged state in response to user engagement with the user interface, and
a pivot assembly interposed between the carrier and the mount to permit selective movement of the mount relative to the carrier between a deployed position and a stowed position, with the mount being arranged closer to the intermediate frame in the stowed position than in the deployed position.