Richard L Mcdaniel

US Patent:

6460205, Oct 8, 2002

Filed:

Jun 12, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/592038

Inventors:

Jeffrey L. Lewandowski - Delton MI
Martin W. Stryker - Kalamazoo MI
Richard L. McDaniel - Constantine MI

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation - Kalamazoo MI

International Classification:

A61G 102

US Classification:

5600, 5625

Abstract:

The wheel brake includes a crank arm mounted on the patient support. An elongate first link is pivotally connected at one end to a first pivot pin provided on the distal end of the aforesaid crank arm. An elongate second link is pivotally secured to the patient support for movement about a second axis of rotation and is pivotally secured on one side of the second axis of rotation to the first link by a second pivot pin. A wheel engaging brake member is swingably suspended from the bed frame and above an outer periphery of a wheel rotatably and swivelably supported on the bed frame and for movement into and out of engagement with the aforesaid outer periphery. An elastically yieldable resilient member and an elongate third link are interconnected between the wheel engaging brake and the second link.

US Patent:

6752224, Jun 22, 2004

Filed:

Feb 28, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/086012

Inventors:

Christopher J. Hopper - Kalamazoo MI
Richard Jay Bartow - Battle Creek MI
Christopher Gentile - Sturgis MI
Randy Newsome - Portage MI
Michael Joseph Hayes - Kalamazoo MI
Patrick Beyer - Portage MI
Richard L. McDaniel - Constantine MI

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation - Kalamazoo MI

International Classification:

B62D 6110

US Classification:

180 22, 180 191, 180 192, 180 651, 180 652, 5500

Abstract:

A wheeled carriage for supporting a patient in a substantially horizontal position includes a patient support having head and foot ends and a wheeled base supported by castered wheels. Auxiliary wheels are suspendably mounted on a wheel support structure with the axis of the auxiliary wheels spaced from a midpoint of the wheeled base. A control apparatus controls the wheel support structure to move the auxiliary wheels between a first deployed position whereat castered wheels at one end of the carriage are elevated from a floor surface, and a second stored position with the auxiliary wheels out of engagement with the floor surface. The wheeled carriage includes a drive motor for powering the auxiliary wheels. A drive member applies force to a load cell on the wheeled carriage. The load cell outputs a drive signal to drive the auxiliary wheels.

US Patent:

7124456, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Aug 11, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/917244

Inventors:

Stanley T. Palmatier - Paw Paw MI, US
Richard L. McDaniel - Constantine MI, US
Jeffrey C. Shiery - East Leroy MI, US
Michael J. Petrowski - Vicksburg MI, US
William D. Childs - Plainwell MI, US
Jerry A. Wheeler - Kalamazoo MI, US

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation - Kalamazoo MI

International Classification:

A61G 7/16

US Classification:

5617, 5618, 5614

Abstract:

A patient support apparatus having a base, a litter frame, an elevation mechanism interconnecting the base to the litter frame and being configured to effect changes in elevation of the litter frame relative to the base. The litter frame includes a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending support rails and a plurality of laterally extending support rails interconnecting the longitudinally extending support rails so that the litter frame has a rectangular configuration. Selected ones of the laterally extending support rails are mounted to the elevation mechanism. On the aforesaid litter frame there is mounted various modules, namely, (1) a patient support deck, (2) a set of lateral edge siderails, (3) a holder for bottled gas, (4) an attendant work surface, oriented beneath the head section when the head section is in a horizontal position, (5) a seat, thigh and foot section assembly, and (6) a head section having manipulatable controls thereon supportingly secured to the litter frame separately from the seat, thigh and foot section assembly.

US Patent:

7395564, Jul 8, 2008

Filed:

Mar 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/388459

Inventors:

Richard L. McDaniel - Constantine MI, US
Jeffrey C. Shiery - East Leroy MI, US
Michael J. Petrowski - Johnson Creek WI, US
William D. Childs - Plainwell MI, US
Jerry A. Wheeler - Kalamazoo MI, US

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation - Kalamazoo MI

International Classification:

A61G 7/16

US Classification:

5618, 5614

Abstract:

A patient support apparatus having a base, a litter frame, an elevation mechanism interconnecting the base to the litter frame and being configured to effect changes in elevation of the litter frame relative to the base. The litter frame includes a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending support rails and a plurality of laterally extending support rails interconnecting the longitudinally extending support rails so that the litter frame has a rectangular configuration. Selected ones of the laterally extending support rails are mounted to the elevation mechanism. On the aforesaid litter frame there is mounted various modules, namely, (1) a patient support deck, (2) a set of lateral edge siderails, (3) a holder for bottled gas, (4) an attendant work surface, oriented beneath the head section when the head section is in a horizontal position, (5) a seat, thigh and foot section assembly, and (6) a head section having manipulatable controls thereon supportingly secured to the litter frame separately from the seat, thigh and foot section assembly.

US Patent:

20060031991, Feb 16, 2006

Filed:

Aug 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/211065

Inventors:

Richard McDaniel - Constantine MI, US
Jeffrey Shiery - East LeRoy MI, US
Kevin Patmore - Kalamazoo MI, US
William Childs - Plainwell MI, US
Michael Petrowski - Sheboyqan WI, US

International Classification:

A61G 7/012
A61G 7/015

US Classification:

005611000, 005618000

Abstract:

A patient support apparatus includes a base, a litter frame, and an elevation mechanism interconnecting the base to the litter frame and being configured to effect changes in elevation of the litter frame relative to the base. The elevation mechanism includes a pair of hydraulic actuators, each actuator covered by a telescoping shroud. The telescoping shroud is connected to the base and to the litter frame by a number of biased catches. The litter frame includes a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending support rails and a plurality of laterally extending support rails interconnecting the longitudinally extending support rails so that the litter frame has a rectangular configuration. The litter frame includes a thigh section configured to be raised and lowered by use of one of a manually pumped hydraulic actuator or a gas-spring assisted lever actuator.

US Patent:

20130111664, May 9, 2013

Filed:

Aug 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/585075

Inventors:

William D. Childs - Plainwell MI, US
Steven L. Birman - Otsego MI, US
Richard L. McDaniel - Constantine MI, US
Dickson J. Brubaker - Climax MI, US
Anish Paul - Portage MI, US

Assignee:

STRYKER CORPORATION - Kalamazoo MI

International Classification:

A61G 7/05
A61G 1/04
A61G 7/00
A61G 1/02

US Classification:

5600, 280 801

Abstract:

A wheeled carriage for supporting a patient has a wheeled base having frame members supporting a plurality of caster wheel assemblies and a braking system. A moveable brake lock assembly, a brake lock actuator, and a swivel lock receiver are operatively connected to one of the caster wheel assemblies to define a locking caster wheel assembly. The brake lock assembly comprises an actuating member, a swivel lock member, and a brake member that are interconnected as a unit for simultaneous movement. The brake lock actuator is operable to selectively move the brake lock assembly into an engaged position via engagement with the actuating member such that the swivel lock member engages the swivel lock receiver and the brake member contacts a wheel of the locking caster wheel assembly thereby preventing rotation and swiveling of the wheel.

US Patent:

20140020179, Jan 23, 2014

Filed:

Jan 8, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/736396

Inventors:

STRYKER CORPORATION - , US
Steven T. Clifford - Grand Rapids MI, US
Brian J. Tessmer - Kalamazoo MI, US
Gary L. Bartley - Kalamazoo MI, US
Austin Schreiber - Kalamazoo MI, US
Richard L. McDaniel - Constantine MI, US
Kevin Mark Patmore - Plainwell MI, US

Assignee:

STRYKER CORPORATION - Kalamazoo MI

International Classification:

A61B 6/04

US Classification:

5601

Abstract:

A patient support apparatus, such as a stretcher, cot, bed, or the like, includes a patient support surface and a cartridge support surface positioned therebelow. The cartridge support surface supports a diagnostic imaging cartridge, such as an X-ray cartridge. The cartridge support surface includes a generally flat and smooth interior region surrounded by a peripheral region that is beveled to facilitate insertion of a cartridge between the patient and cartridge support surfaces. Handles for controlling the pivoting a portion of the patient support surface are positioned in a corner of the patient support surface where they, and their connected structures, are out of the way of the X-ray path. A joint between sections of the patient support surface is constructed to include, when the sections are flat, overlapping regions that reduce, if not eliminate, visual artifacts caused by differing amounts of X-ray absorption of the patient support apparatus.

US Patent:

62405799, Jun 5, 2001

Filed:

Jan 7, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/003777

Inventors:

James R. Hanson - Kalamazoo MI
Richard L. McDaniel - Constantine MI
Richard J. Bartow - Battle Creek MI
Geary A. North - Kalamazoo MI

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation - Kalamazoo MI

International Classification:

A61G 700
A61G 705
A61G 102

US Classification:

5 861

Abstract:

A wheeled carriage for supporting a patient in a substantially horizontal position, which wheeled carriage has thereon a patient support having head and foot regions and a pair of lateral side regions and a wheeled base supported at least by three floor surface engaging and castered wheels spaced from one another at locations defining corners of a theoretical polygon. An auxiliary wheel and a support structure therefor are suspendedly mounting the auxiliary wheel to the wheeled base. The auxiliary wheel is oriented inside a boundary of the theoretical polygon and includes an axle about which the wheel rotates. A control structure includes a first manually manipulatable member at at least one of the pair of lateral side regions and a second manually manipulatable member at at least one of the head end and the foot end so that an attendant can operate a selected one of the manually manipulatable members to effect a movement of the auxiliary wheel and the support structure therefor. In the alternative, the control structure can selectively activate the brakes for the wheeled carriage. A unitary pedal is provided for controlling the height of the patient support.