Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Yeomans

Thomas E. Yeomans 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
    Patent number: 4222132
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting a patient from a zone having one level or type of contamination to a zone having a lesser level of such contamination, while minimizing the likelihood of contamination from the first zone being carried by the transport apparatus into the second zone. The apparatus includes a patient transport stretcher provided with means for locking it in end-to-end relationship with a wheeled surgical bed. The bed and stretcher are provided with rollers by which a patient-carrying litter may be easily moved from one to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Paul E. Crim, James W. Richmond, Thomas E. Yeomans