Patents by Inventor Brandon David Naber
Brandon David Naber has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20210346216Abstract: A cot fastening system for fastening a cot to an emergency vehicle includes a frame configured for mounting to the floor of an emergency vehicle, which has a longitudinal axis and a cot loading direction along the longitudinal axis. The system includes a first restraint assembly for coupling to a first cot attachment of the cot, which is mounted to the frame. The system further includes a second restraint assembly for coupling to a second cot attachment, which is also mounted to the frame. The system further includes a spring, such as a coil spring, for biasing the cot in a direction opposed from the loading direction of the frame to thereby apply a pre-load on at least one of said restraint assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Brandon David Naber, Kurosh Nahavandi, Michael T. Brubaker, Charles Louis Crouch, Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski
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Publication number: 20210338497Abstract: A first transport apparatus includes a deck for supporting a patient thereon and a lift mechanism supporting the deck. The deck is removable from the lift mechanism for use as a second transport apparatus or part of a second transport apparatus. The first transport apparatus further includes an electrically powered device at the first transport apparatus, and a user input device for wireless control of the electrically powered device, which is operable at or near the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Ross Timothy Lucas
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Patent number: 11147726Abstract: A person support apparatus includes a deck with a seat section, a leg section, and a back section. The back section is pivotally mounted to the seat section. The leg section has a proximal end pivotally mounted to the seat section and a cantilevered end spaced a first distance from its proximal end. The seat section, the leg section, and the back section are arranged to lie in a common plane when the deck is in a supine configuration to support a person in a supine position. A lift is mounted to the seat section of the deck, with the lift being configured to raise the deck relative to a supporting floor surface to a maximum height less than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Martin W. Stryker, Ross Timothy Lucas, Brandon David Naber, Christopher Gentile
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Patent number: 11141334Abstract: Patient transport apparatus with defined transport height comprises a support structure and a litter that are interconnected by a lift mechanism. The support structure comprises a base frame and a plurality of articulable support members or legs. The litter comprises a litter frame and a patient support surface with articulating back and leg sections. The lift mechanism may comprise one or more actuators configured to raise and lower the litter between a lowered position and one or more defined raised positions. The Patient transport apparatus may further comprise a controller coupled to one or more sensors and the lift mechanism. The controller may be configured to define a transport height for the litter based, at least in part, on a characteristic detected by the one or more sensors, and to manipulate the lift mechanism to adjust the litter to the defined transport height.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brandon David Naber, Martin Fecteau, Brianna Mayer
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Patent number: 11090207Abstract: A cot fastening system for fastening a cot to an emergency vehicle includes a frame configured for mounting to the floor of an emergency vehicle, which has a longitudinal axis and a cot loading direction along the longitudinal axis. The system includes a first restraint assembly for coupling to a first cot attachment of the cot, which is mounted to the frame. The system further includes a second restraint assembly for coupling to a second cot attachment, which is also mounted to the frame. The system further includes a spring, such as a coil spring, for biasing the cot in a direction opposed from the loading direction of the frame to thereby apply a pre-load on at least one of said restraint assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brandon David Naber, Kurosh Nahavandi, Michael T. Brubaker, Charles Louis Crouch, Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski
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Patent number: 11077000Abstract: A track assembly for mounting a movable object includes a track having a web and at least one flange joined with the web. A stop assembly is mounted to the track at the web by a releasable connection and configured to engage the flange to form a moment restraint for the connection of the stop assembly to the web.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Caitlin Marie Braun, Brandon David Naber, Levi Joseph Scheenstra, Michael Joseph Hernandez
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Patent number: 11071661Abstract: A first transport apparatus includes a deck for supporting a patient thereon and a lift mechanism supporting the deck. The deck is removable from the lift mechanism for use as a second transport apparatus or part of a second transport apparatus. The first transport apparatus further includes an electrically powered device at the first transport apparatus, and a user input device for wireless control of the electrically powered device, which is operable at or near the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Ross Timothy Lucas
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Publication number: 20210196534Abstract: A patient transport apparatus with a support structure having a base, a support frame, and a patient support deck defining a support surface. An inertial sensor is coupled to the support structure and generates a signal representing a change in velocity of the support structure. A controller in communication with the inertial sensor has a processor and a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a program that monitors the signal generated by the inertial sensor for changes relative to a predetermined threshold. In response to an event in which the signal exceeds the predetermined threshold, the program is further configured to: generate a waveform based on the signal received from the inertial sensor; store the waveform at an overwritable address in the non-transitory storage medium; and generate an entry in an event log stored in the non-transitory storage medium, the entry comprising one or more parameters associated with the waveform.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Neeraj Singla, Aaron Douglas Furman, Bhavin Rajeshkumar Kapadia, Brandon David Naber, Thomas Alan Puvogel
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Publication number: 20210196537Abstract: A patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient along stairs. A seat section is coupled to a support structure supporting a track assembly having a belt. A motor selectively generates torque to drive the belt. A user interface is arranged for engagement by the user, and has a direction input control for selecting a drive direction of the motor, and an activation input control for operating the motor to drive the belt. A controller in communication with the motor and the user interface is configured to limit operation of the motor in response to user engagement of the activation input control preceding engagement of the direction input control to prevent driving the belt, and to permit operation of the motor in response to user engagement of the activation input control following engagement of the direction input control to drive the belt in a selected drive direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Isaac A. Schaberg, Daniel V. Brosnan, Cory P. Herbst, Nathan W. Matheny, Brandon David Naber, Kevin M. Patmore, Trey Thomas Pfeiffer, Kelly Sandmeyer, Melvin Gottschalk, JR., Jason Anthony Vanderplas, Scott Zufall, Erik P. Eagleman, Jeffrey R. Staszak, John Wallace
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Publication number: 20210045946Abstract: A patient transfer apparatus is provided and includes a frame, a seat assembly coupled to the frame, and a track assembly coupled to the frame. The track assembly includes a moveable track for traversing stairs and a motor configured to drive the track. The apparatus further includes a control system. The control system includes a controller configured to control the motor and to adjust a speed of the apparatus based on an occupancy of the seat assembly upon traversing the stairs based on a current to the motor upon traversing stairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Aaron Furman, Janani Gopalkrishnan, Daniel V. Brosnan, Darren G. Schaaf, Brandon David Naber, Ross Lucas, William Ross Heneveld, JR., Chad Conway Souke, Christopher S. Hough, Christopher Gentile, Joshua Alan Mansfield
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Patent number: 10857047Abstract: A patient transfer apparatus is provided and includes a frame, a seat assembly coupled to the frame, and a track assembly coupled to the frame. The track assembly includes a moveable track for traversing stairs and a motor configured to drive the track. The apparatus further includes a control system. The control system includes a controller configured to control the motor and to adjust a speed of the apparatus based on at least one of an occupancy of the seat assembly upon traversing the stairs and a condition of the stairs.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Aaron Furman, Janani Gopalkrishnan, Daniel V. Brosnan, Darren G. Schaaf, Brandon David Naber, Ross Lucas, William Ross Heneveld, Jr., Chad Conway Souke, Christopher S. Hough, Christopher Gentile, Joshua Alan Mansfield
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Publication number: 20200188198Abstract: A track assembly for mounting a movable object includes a track having a web and at least one flange joined with the web. A stop assembly is mounted to the track at the web by a releasable connection and configured to engage the flange to form a moment restraint for the connection of the stop assembly to the web.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Caitlin Marie Braun, Brandon David Naber, Levi Joseph Scheenstra, Michael Joseph Hernandez
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Publication number: 20200179197Abstract: A stair chair for use in transporting a patient in a seated position along stairs comprising a base, an upright coupled to the base, and a track assembly extending from the base for traversing stairs. A seat section is operatively attached to the upright and arranged for movement relative to the base between a plurality of vertical configurations including a first vertical configuration where the seat section is spaced from the base at a first distance for supporting the patient in the seated position, and a second vertical configuration where the seat section is spaced from the base at a second distance greater than the first distance. A lift mechanism is interposed between the base and the seat section to move the seat section between the plurality of vertical configurations. The lift mechanism moves the seat section to facilitate transitioning the patient to a standing position from the seated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Nathan Matheny, Brandon David Naber, Daniel V. Brosnan, Cory P. Herbst, Jeffrey R. Staszak, Erik P. Eagleman, Scott I. Biba
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Publication number: 20200143927Abstract: A method of transporting equipment modules to an incident scene with an comprises: determining an initial location of the incident scene; dispatching an ambulance loaded with the autonomous mobile response unit and a plurality of equipment modules to the initial location; determining a refined location of the incident scene; selecting a first equipment module; dispensing the first equipment module from the ambulance onto the autonomous mobile response unit; deploying the autonomous mobile response unit from the ambulance at the initial location; communicating the refined location of the incident scene to the autonomous mobile response unit; generating, with the navigation system, a drive path from the initial location to the refined location; and driving, with the drive system, the autonomous mobile response unit loaded with the first equipment module based on the drive path such that the autonomous mobile response unit travels from the initial location to the refined location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Brandon David Naber, Scott Zufall, Jeffrey S. Dunfee, II
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Patent number: 10617579Abstract: A patient transport loading and unloading apparatus for an emergency vehicle includes at least one support configured for mounting at the access opening of the vehicle. The support is deployable between a stowed position (in which the support cannot support the patient transport apparatus) and a deployed or loading position. Further, the support is configured to remain generally horizontal when the patient transport apparatus is loaded onto the support and while the patient transport apparatus is moved into the vehicle through the access opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brandon David Naber, Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski
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Publication number: 20190388285Abstract: A first transport apparatus includes a deck for supporting a patient thereon and a lift mechanism supporting the deck. The deck is removable from the lift mechanism for use as a second transport apparatus or part of a second transport apparatus. The first transport apparatus further includes an electrically powered device at the first transport apparatus, and a user input device for wireless control of the electrically powered device, which is operable at or near the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Ross Timothy Lucas
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Patent number: 10441483Abstract: A modular drive device for driving a first driven module of a first emergency patient motion device or a second driven module of a second emergency patient motion device, the first driven module being different from the second driven module. The modular drive device comprises a motor, and an output device operatively coupled to and drivable by the motor. The output device transmits mechanical force from the motor to the first driven module when said output device is coupled to the first emergency patient motion device and from the motor to the second driven module when said output device is coupled to the second emergency patient motion device. The modular drive device further comprises a controller operable in a first motor mode and a second motor mode. The first motor mode corresponding to the first driven module, and the second motor mode corresponding to the second driven module.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATIONInventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Chad Conway Souke, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Ross Timothy Lucas, Daniel Vincent Brosnan, Aaron Douglas Furman, Christopher J. Cummings, Janani Gopalkrishnan, Thomas Alan Puvogel, Genevieve Cherie Sertic
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Patent number: 10406043Abstract: A first transport apparatus includes a deck for supporting a patient thereon and a lift mechanism supporting the deck. The deck is removable from the lift mechanism for use as a second transport apparatus or part of a second transport apparatus. The first transport apparatus further includes an electrically powered device at the first transport apparatus, and a user input device for wireless control of the electrically powered device, which is operable at or near the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Ross Timothy Lucas
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Publication number: 20190247254Abstract: Patient transport apparatus with defined transport height comprises a support structure and a litter that are interconnected by a lift mechanism. The support structure comprises a base frame and a plurality of articulable support members or legs. The litter comprises a litter frame and a patient support surface with articulating back and leg sections. The lift mechanism may comprise one or more actuators configured to raise and lower the litter between a lowered position and one or more defined raised positions. The Patient transport apparatus may further comprise a controller coupled to one or more sensors and the lift mechanism. The controller may be configured to define a transport height for the litter based, at least in part, on a characteristic detected by the one or more sensors, and to manipulate the lift mechanism to adjust the litter to the defined transport height.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Brandon David Naber, Martin Fecteau, Brianna Mayer
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Patent number: D875950Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brandon David Naber, Kurosh Nahavandi, Nathan Wray Matheny, Michael T. Brubaker, Charles Louis Crouch, Jason James Wroblewski, Clifford Edwin Lambarth