Patents by Inventor Christopher B. Way
Christopher B. Way 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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Patent number: 7540547Abstract: An ambulance cot loading and unloading device which utilizes an elongate guide track configured for mounting to a floor surface of a cargo area on the ambulance. A trolley is supported for movement relative to the guide track and has an elongate boom. The ambulance cot has a powered collapsible and extendable base and a patient support deck mounted on the base. A connection mechanism is provided on the trolley and the ambulance cot which is configured to interconnect and securely hold the ambulance cot on the trolley.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Clifford E. Lambarth, Christopher B. Way
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Patent number: 7520551Abstract: An ambulance cot loading and unloading device which utilizes an elongate guide track configured for mounting to a floor surface of a cargo area on the ambulance. A trolley is supported for movement relative to the guide track and has an elongate boom. The ambulance cot has a powered collapsible and extendable base and a patient support deck mounted on the base. A connection mechanism is provided on the trolley and the ambulance cot which is configured to interconnect and securely hold the ambulance cot on the trolley.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Clifford E. Lambarth, Christopher B. Way
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Patent number: 7478855Abstract: An ambulance cot loading and unloading device which utilizes an elongate guide track configured for mounting to a floor surface of a cargo area on the ambulance. A trolley is supported for movement relative to the guide track and has an elongate boom. The ambulance cot has a powered collapsible and extendable base and a patient support deck mounted on the base. A connection mechanism is provided on the trolley and the ambulance cot which is configured to interconnect and securely hold the ambulance cot on the trolley.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2004Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Clifford E. Lambarth, Christopher B. Way
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Publication number: 20080290679Abstract: An ambulance cot loading and unloading device which utilizes an elongate guide track configured for mounting to a floor surface of a cargo area on the ambulance. A trolley is supported for movement relative to the guide track and has an elongate boom. The ambulance cot has a powered collapsible and extendable base and a patient support deck mounted on the base. A connection mechanism is provided on the trolley and the ambulance cot which is configured to interconnect and securely hold the ambulance cot on the trolley.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Clifford E. Lambarth, Christopher B. Way
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Publication number: 20080240901Abstract: An ambulance cot loading and unloading device which utilizes an elongate guide track configured for mounting to a floor surface of a cargo area on the ambulance. A trolley is supported for movement relative to the guide track and has an elongate boom. The ambulance cot has a powered collapsible and extendable base and a patient support deck mounted on the base. A connection mechanism is provided on the trolley and the ambulance cot which is configured to interconnect and securely hold the ambulance cot on the trolley.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Clifford E. Lambarth, Christopher B. Way
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Patent number: 7398571Abstract: An ambulance cot is disclosed and the ambulance cot having a base frame configured for support on a surface, a litter frame configured for supporting thereon a patient and an elevating mechanism interconnecting the base frame and the litter frame and configured to interconnect the litter frame and the base frame in order to facilitate movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward and away from each other. A control mechanism is provided on the cot which is configured to facilitate the movement of the base frame and the litter frame toward each other and at differing speeds predicated on at least one of whether the base frame is supported on the surface and the litter frame is supported by an external support separate from the elevating mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Chad Souke, Dennis A. Reed, Christopher B. Way
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Patent number: 6796757Abstract: An ambulance cot frame securing system for a patient transport vehicle which includes a floor frame adapted to be secured to a floor of the patient transport vehicle. The floor frame has at a first end thereof a fixed angled restraint inclined upwardly and in a direction toward a second end of the floor frame to define an overhang spaced upwardly from the floor frame so as to provide a gap into which is adapted to be received a first part of the cot frame. The floor frame additionally has a releasable latch mechanism adapted to be releasably coupled to a second part of the cot frame so as to hold is the cot frame in a fixed lengthwise location relative to the floor frame. The securement system additionally has a self-activating locking mechanism activatable in response to a sudden burst of either acceleration or deceleration of the patient transport vehicle to additionally securely lock the first part of the cot frame in a fixed position relative to the patient transport vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher B. Way, Clifford E. Lambarth
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Patent number: 6735794Abstract: An ambulance stretcher having a wheeled base (11) supported by foldable leg assemblies (16, 17). Castors (313, 393) are provided on the leg assemblies for providing improved mobility of the stretcher. The front castors (313) are selectively locked by a locking mechanism (30) to either allow the castors to swivel or roll in a single direction. The locking mechanism is accessible on both sides of the stretcher. Activation of the locking mechanism on either side of the frame selectively locks or unlocks both front castors.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher B. Way, Craig C. Mulder
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Patent number: 6648343Abstract: The present invention is directed to a stair chair. The stair chair includes a seat assembly mounted to a main frame and configured to pivot about a first pivot axis. A rail assembly having two laterally spaced brackets provided at a lower end of the rail assembly is included. A back wheel is rotatably supported on each bracket for rotation about a common axis of rotation. At least two mounts are provided at a lower end of the main frame, each of which is configured to pivotally connect one of the brackets to the main frame for movement about a second pivot axis. The rail assembly and seat assembly are configured to pivot about their respective pivot axes independent of movement of one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher B. Way, Clifford E. Lambarth, Joshua C. Colvin
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Publication number: 20030132585Abstract: The present invention is directed to a stair chair. The stair chair includes a seat assembly mounted to a main frame and configured to pivot about a first pivot axis. A rail assembly having two laterally spaced brackets provided at a lower end of the rail assembly is included. A back wheel is rotatably supported on each bracket for rotation about a common axis of rotation. At least two mounts are provided at a lower end of the main frame, each of which is configured to pivotally connect one of the brackets to the main frame for movement about a second pivot axis. The rail assembly and seat assembly are configured to pivot about their respective pivot axes independent of movement of one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Inventors: Christopher B. Way, Clifford E. Lambarth, Joshua C. Colvin
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Patent number: 6276010Abstract: An ambulance cot having a wheeled base, a horizontally oriented patient litter support disposed on the base and having an elongate guide extending lengthwise thereof. A support mechanism is provided for supporting the patient litter support for vertical movement relative to the base while being maintained in the generally horizontal orientation. A device is provided for selectively locking the patient litter support at selectively different vertical elevations.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1999Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher B. Way, Clifford E. Lambarth
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Patent number: 6125485Abstract: An ambulance cot having a wheeled base, a horizontally oriented patient litter support disposed on the base and having an elongate guide extending lengthwise thereof. A support mechanism is provided for supporting the patient litter support for vertical movement relative to the base while being maintained in the generally horizontal orientation. A device for selectively locking the patient litter support at selectively different vertical elevations is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher B. Way, Louis A. Haddock, Jr., Christopher Gentile, Perin E. Truax, James C. L. Guarino, Steven E. Knipfel
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Patent number: 5575026Abstract: An emergency stretcher for emergency vehicles includes an X-frame litter support mechanism that vertically movably supports a patient litter on a wheeled base. Each of the legs of the litter support mechanism have the capability to expand and contract in length, and a fixed-length link member extends between the base and one of the legs. A releasable locking arrangement can releasably lock the patient litter in a selected vertical position, and can be released only when the patient litter is manually lifted. A gas cylinder which controls the angular position of a pivotally supported upper body support member can move into a recess in a cross member of the patient litter.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1995Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher B. Way, John M. Arend, Christopher Gentile
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Patent number: 5537700Abstract: An emergency stretcher for emergency vehicles includes an X-frame litter support mechanism that vertically movably supports a patient litter on a wheeled base. Each of the legs of the litter support mechanism have the capability to expand and contract in length, and a fixed-length link member extends between the base and one of the legs. A releasable locking arrangement can releasably lock the patient litter in a selected vertical position, and can be released only when the patient litter is manually lifted. A gas cylinder which controls the angular position of a pivotally supported upper body support member can move into a recess in a cross member of the patient litter.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1994Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher B. Way, John M. Arend, Christopher Gentile