Patents by Inventor Christopher Ryan Sweeney
Christopher Ryan Sweeney 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: 20210338504Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a support structure having a patient support deck and a side rail coupled to the support structure. The side rail is movable relative to the support structure. A lock releasably locks the side rail in one or more side rail positions, such as in a raised position and an intermediate position. A manual release is coupled to the side rail and operable to unlock the side rail. A bypass lever is provided to allow a user to raise the side rail from a lowered position to the raised position without locking in the intermediate position. A damper is located inside the side rail to counterbalance the weight of the side rail and assist the user in raising the side rail, bi-directionally. The side rail is formed of first and second walls that are heat staked together to form a lightweight side rail of suitable strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: William D. Childs, Christopher Ryan Sweeney
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Publication number: 20210330526Abstract: A patient support apparatus for removably retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices. The patient support apparatus comprises a base, a litter with a patient support deck for supporting the patient, and a side rail. The side rail is coupled to the litter and arranged for movement relative to the base. The side rail includes a caddy comprising a back, a first brace, and a second brace spaced from the first brace. The first brace extends laterally from the back and defines a first bottom support region. The second brace extends laterally from the back and defines a second bottom support region converging toward the first bottom support region to arrange the first and second bottom support regions to provide differing points of contact for retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Anish Paul, Jerald A. Trepanier, Kyle Stephen Spieker
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Publication number: 20210322241Abstract: A patient handling system comprising a patient support apparatus having a patient support surface, a component, and a force generating device inducing movement or assisting in movement of the component, and a sheet for covering at least a portion of the patient support surface, and the sheet coupled to the component wherein when the force generating device is operated to induce movement or assist in movement of the component, the movement induces the sheet to move relative to the patient support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Martin W. Stryker, Cory Patrick Herbst, Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Steven D. Pikaart
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Publication number: 20210244588Abstract: A patient support system comprises a patient support apparatus for patients. The patient support apparatus comprises a base and a patient support surface supported by the base. The patient support apparatus also comprises side rails that move between raised and lowered positions. One or more actuators are coupled to each of the side rails. A controller communicates with the actuators to raise and lower the side rails, either without any manual assistance from the user, or with manual assistance from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Ammon K. Wright
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Publication number: 20210167640Abstract: A power transfer system comprises a patient transport apparatus and a power transfer device. The power transfer system provides convenience and ease of connection between a power source and the patient transport apparatus to provide power to one or more electrically powered devices on the patient transport apparatus or to provide energy for an energy storage device on the patient transport apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Kevin M. Patmore, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Chad Conway Souke, Daniel V. Brosnan, Kurosh Nahavandi, Annie Desaulniers, Alexey Titov, Jeffrey S. Dunfee, II, Aaron D. Furman, Krishna S. Bhimavarapu
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Patent number: 11020297Abstract: A patient support system comprises a patient support apparatus for patients. The patient support apparatus comprises a base and a patient support surface supported by the base. The patient support apparatus also comprises side rails that move between raised and lowered positions. One or more actuators are coupled to each of the side rails. A controller communicates with the actuators to raise and lower the side rails, either without any manual assistance from the user, or with manual assistance from the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Ammon K. Wright
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Patent number: 10910888Abstract: A power transfer system comprises a patient transport apparatus and a power transfer device. The power transfer system provides convenience and ease of connection between a power source and the patient transport apparatus to provide power to one or more electrically powered devices on the patient transport apparatus or to provide energy for an energy storage device on the patient transport apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Kevin M. Patmore, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Chad Conway Souke, Daniel V. Brosnan, Kurosh Nahavandi, Annie Desaulniers, Alexey Titov, Jeffrey S. Dunfee, II, Aaron D. Furman, Krishna S. Bhimavarapu
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Patent number: 10909964Abstract: A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an active noise cancellation device configured to generate a noise cancelling sound wave that is designed to cancel a noise sound wave. The active noise cancellation device may include speakers and a microphone. In other embodiments, the person support apparatus includes a sound emitting component and a transmitter adapted to send out a notification signal prior to activation of the sound emitting component. The notification signal provides information about a characteristic of the sound to be emitted by the sound emitting device. The recipient of the notification signal may then use the signal to cancel the sound that is to be emitted. In some embodiments, the person support apparatus acts as a conduit for notification signals of upcoming sounds, receiving and forwarding such notification signals from and to other devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, William Dwight Childs
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Publication number: 20210020307Abstract: A system for providing healthcare information regarding a patient's hospital visit includes a health information application that operates on a plurality of electronic devices. The application displays first data regarding the patient's visit; processes information indicating a current location of the mobile electronic device; and displays second data regarding the patient's visit that is delayed until the mobile electronic device crosses a boundary of a geo-fenced area. The electronic device may also communicate with a bed server at the healthcare facility and authorize the bed server to automatically send a notification message to a second mobile electronic device associated with the patient's friend or family member based on the patient's sleep status and/or movement into or out of bed. The application may also gather and process data useful to healthcare administrators, such as HCAHPS survey scores, status data for medical devices, equipment servicing information, and other information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, William Dwight Childs, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Annie Désaulniers
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Patent number: 10869792Abstract: A modular patient support system for use in ambulating a patient across a floor, comprising a primary module and a secondary module. The primary module has a primary base and a primary deck arranged for movement relative to the primary base, and the primary deck defines a first patient support area. The secondary module has a secondary base adapted for movement along the floor relative to the primary base and a secondary deck arranged for movement relative to the secondary base. The modular patient support system is operable between a docked configuration where the secondary deck cooperates with the primary deck to define a second patient support area larger than the first patient support area, and an undocked configuration where the secondary module is spaced apart from the primary module to facilitate ambulation concurrent with the secondary module across the floor away from the primary module.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Lance Erick Larsen, Christopher Ryan Sweeney
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Patent number: 10835430Abstract: A patient mobility system for early patient ambulation. An ambulation device having a barrier is removably coupled to a patient support apparatus such that, in a coupled configuration, the barrier prevents patient egress from the patient support apparatus. The ambulation device configured to provide support to a patient during ambulation away from the patient support apparatus. Each of the patient support apparatus and the ambulation device can comprise a lift device operably controlled by a controller to maintain or control relative positioning of the patient support surface and the barrier in the coupled configuration. The lift device of the ambulatory device can comprise a gas spring having locking element. The ambulation device can comprise patient carrier removably coupled to a patient carrier mount. The patient carrier is configured to cooperate with the barrier to support the patient above a floor surface in a seated position.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Martin W. Stryker, Joshua Elmer Mix
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Patent number: 10729246Abstract: A person support apparatus includes a support surface for supporting a person thereon. The support surface includes at least a seat and a backrest coupled together by a pivot assembly. In some embodiments, the pivot assembly includes a backrest slide bar mounted to the backrest and a seat slide bar mounted to the seat. The backrest and seat slide along their respective slide bars when the backrest pivots. A seat link is coupled to the seat and backrest slide bar, and a backrest link is coupled to the backrest and seat slide bar. The slide bars are coupled at their ends to each other. The pivot assembly creates a virtual pivot axis that, as the backrest pivots from an upright position to a reclined position, moves backward and upwardly. Elongate openings may be defined in the slide bars to support the slide bars on the seat and backrest, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventor: Christopher Ryan Sweeney
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Publication number: 20200121529Abstract: A patient support apparatus that comprises a frame and a side rail mounted to the frame. The side rail comprises a side rail body and a pair of arms mounting the side rail body for rotational movement relative to the frame. The pair of arms has a pair of upper pivot connections connected to the side rail body and a pair of lower pivot connections for mounting to the frame. The upper pivot connections couple to a timing link.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Jeffrey C. Shiery, Michael T. Brubaker, Dickson J. Brubaker, Dan George Parker
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Publication number: 20200113764Abstract: A patient handling system comprising a patient support apparatus having a patient support surface, a component, and a force generating device inducing movement or assisting in movement of the component, and a sheet for covering at least a portion of the patient support surface, and the sheet coupled to the component wherein when the force generating device is operated to induce movement or assist in movement of the component, the movement induces the sheet to move relative to the patient support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Martin W Stryker, Cory Patrick Herbst, Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Steven D. Pikaart
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Publication number: 20200107983Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a support frame and a patient support deck operatively attached to the support frame. The patient support deck includes an adjacent pair of deck sections. An actuator is coupled to a first one of the adjacent deck sections, and the actuator, in combination with a deck articulating assembly, moves the first one of the adjacent deck sections relative to the support frame and second one of the adjacent pair of deck sections between an initial configuration and a raised configuration. In the raised configuration, the inner adjacent end of the first deck section is spaced further from the corresponding inner adjacent end of the second deck section, and the outer end opposite the inner adjacent end of the first one of the adjacent deck sections is spaced further away from the support frame, than in the initial configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Matthew A. Cutler, Christopher Ryan Sweeney
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Patent number: 10507151Abstract: A patient support apparatus that comprises a frame and a side rail mounted to the frame. The side rail comprises a side rail body and a pair of arms mounting the side rail body for rotational movement relative to the frame. The pair of arms has a pair of upper pivot connections connected to the side rail body and a pair of lower pivot connections for mounting to the frame. The upper pivot connections couple to a timing link.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Jeffrey C. Shiery, Michael T. Brubaker, Dickson J. Brubaker, Dan George Parker
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Publication number: 20190318718Abstract: A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an active noise cancellation device configured to generate a noise cancelling sound wave that is designed to cancel a noise sound wave. The active noise cancellation device may include speakers and a microphone. In other embodiments, the person support apparatus includes a sound emitting component and a transmitter adapted to send out a notification signal prior to activation of the sound emitting component. The notification signal provides information about a characteristic of the sound to be emitted by the sound emitting device. The recipient of the notification signal may then use the signal to cancel the sound that is to be emitted. In some embodiments, the person support apparatus acts as a conduit for notification signals of upcoming sounds, receiving and forwarding such notification signals from and to other devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, William Dwight Childs
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Patent number: 10413468Abstract: A patient handling system comprising a patient support apparatus having a patient support surface, a component, and a force generating device inducing movement or assisting in movement of the component, and a sheet for covering at least a portion of the patient support surface, and the sheet coupled to the component wherein when the force generating device is operated to induce movement or assist in movement of the component, the movement induces the sheet to move relative to the patient support surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Martin W. Stryker, Cory Patrick Herbst, Brian J. Tessmer, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, Steven D. Pikaart
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Patent number: 10339911Abstract: A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an active noise cancellation device configured to generate a noise cancelling sound wave that is designed to cancel a noise sound wave. The active noise cancellation device may include speakers and a microphone. In other embodiments, the person support apparatus includes a sound emitting component and a transmitter adapted to send out a notification signal prior to activation of the sound emitting component. The notification signal provides information about a characteristic of the sound to be emitted by the sound emitting device. The recipient of the notification signal may then use the signal to cancel the sound that is to be emitted. In some embodiments, the person support apparatus acts as a conduit for notification signals of upcoming sounds, receiving and forwarding such notification signals from and to other devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Christopher Ryan Sweeney, William Dwight Childs
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Patent number: D915119Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Justin Benacquisto, Kyle Stephen Spieker, Christopher Ryan Sweeney