A61G 3/0218
Loading or unloading stretchers
Official title: {Loading or unloading stretchers (transfer using ramps, lifts or the like A61G3/06 - A61G3/066; accommodating or securing wheelchairs or stretchers A61G3/08 - A61G3/0891)}
A61G3/0218 (Loading or unloading stretchers) appears on 105 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61G- Granted patents
- 105
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 152
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 15 |
| 2026 | 10 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61G 3/0254By moving the stretcher on a horizontal path50
- A61G 3/0272By support protruding from the vehicle47
- A61G 3/0236By pivoting the support about a horizontal axis36
- A61G 3/029By powered support35
- A61G 3/0245By translating the support31
- A61G 3/0281By using a side-entrance14
- A61G 3/0263By moving the stretcher on an inclined path12
- A61G 3/0227By pivoting the support about a vertical axis11
Recent patents
- Aeromedical ambulance equipment and methods4 Aug 2026US 12,697,257 B2Spectrum Aeromed, Inc.
- Patient transport apparatus with base stabilizers for loading and unloading removable litters4 Aug 2026US 12,697,258 B2Stryker Corporation
- Patient transport apparatus base with trolley for removable litter23 Jun 2026US 12,661,282 B2Stryker Corporation
- Patient transport apparatus with articulable powered litter2 Jun 2026US 12,642,716 B2Stryker Corporation
- Patient transport system including a patient transport apparatus and loading system for the same19 May 2026US 12,629,301 B2Stryker Corporation
- Patient Transport Apparatus With Articulable Powered Litter17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272734 A1Stryker Corporation
- Patient Transport System Including A Patient Transport Apparatus And Loading System For The Same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263297 A1Stryker Corporation
- Ambulance cot and loading and unloading system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199154 A1Stryker Corporation
- Manual Loading Devices And Systems For Use With Patient Transport Apparatuses25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174607 A1Stryker Corporation
- Patient support with energy transfer30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332046 A1Stryker Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ambulance cot and loading and unloading system88US 8,439,416 B2Stryker Corporation · 2013
- Patient support with wireless data and/or energy transfer75US 8,864,205 B2Stryker Corporation · 2014
- Patient transport system63US 5,490,703 AVancouver Island Helicopters Ltd. · 1996
- Powered patient support and fastening system with inductive based power system62US 7,887,113 B2Stryker Corporation · 2011
- Patient transport system61US 5,779,296 AVancouver Island Helicopters Ltd. · 1998