US 12,357,410 B2
Height adjustable medical bucket
Fazel Yavari, Portage, MI (US); Brian James VanDerWoude, Portage, MI (US); and Vladimir Zagatsky, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/794,043
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/014284
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/150661, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,740, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/963,653, filed on Jan. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038332 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 50/13 (2016.01); A61B 50/36 (2016.01); A61B 50/37 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/13 (2016.02) [A61B 50/36 (2016.02); A61B 2050/375 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A height-adjustable bucket adapted to carry a medical object, said height-adjustable bucket comprising:
a receptacle for receiving the medical object;
a base;
a support member coupled to said base;
a carrier movably coupled to said support member and for supporting said receptacle, wherein said carrier is configured to move between a relatively high position and a relatively low position along an axis defined by said support member;
a lifting member slidably coupled to said carrier and configured to move between a raised position and a lowered position, said lifting member comprising:
a first end portion comprising a handle;
a second end portion, opposite said first end portion, comprising a stop member configured to operatively engage said carrier; and
a retainer assembly selectively coupling said carrier to said support member and configured to selectively retain said carrier in said relatively high position,
wherein said lifting member is configured to be in said lowered position when said carrier is in said relatively high position and when said carrier is in said relatively low position; and wherein said stop member is spaced from said carrier when said lifting member is in said lowered position and when said carrier is in said relatively high position.