Patents by Inventor Mark J. Stefka

Mark J. Stefka 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).

  • Patient transport apparatus with integrated subsystems for use in magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 9549687
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus having a table configured to support a patient, a base attached to the table, a docking system attached to the base, the docking system configured to couple to a mating docking system of an MR imaging system, and a plurality of bays formed in the base, with each bay configured to receive a patient care module therein. The patient transport apparatus further includes a control system configured to be electrically coupled to each patient care module received within the plurality of bays and configured to centrally control each patient care module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Emil Markov Georgiev, Jason A. Polzin, Ryan W. Rindy, Mark J. Stefka, Robert Meurer
  • PATIENT TRANSPORT APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED SUBSYSTEMS FOR USE IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20100031443
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus having a table configured to support a patient, a base attached to the table, a docking system attached to the base, the docking system configured to couple to a mating docking system of an MR imaging system, and a plurality of bays formed in the base, with each bay configured to receive a patient care module therein. The patient transport apparatus further includes a control system configured to be electrically coupled to each patient care module received within the plurality of bays and configured to centrally control each patient care module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Emil Markov Georgiev, Jason A. Polzin, Ryan W. Rindy, Mark J. Stefka, Robert Meurer