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Christopher Ryan Sweeney — 31 Patents

Stryker: 30 patents #35 of 1,405Top 3%
Portage, MI: #26 of 619 inventorsTop 5%
Michigan: #2,085 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Christopher Ryan Sweeney has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at Stryker. The first was granted in 2016 and the most recent in November 2025. Christopher Ryan Sweeney ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Christopher Ryan Sweeney in Portage, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2016 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2025.peak 62016: 1 patents20162019: 3 patents20192020: 3 patents20202021: 5 patents20212022: 3 patents20222023: 5 patents20232024: 5 patents20242025: 6 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12458553 Patient support apparatus with pump Michael J. Graves, Nicholas Koch, Matthew A. Cutler 2025-11-04
12377004 Patient support systems with a chair configuration and a stowable foot section James K. Galer, Gary L. Bartley, William D. Childs, Connor F. St. John 2025-08-05
12336945 Side rail assembly for a patient support apparatus William D. Childs 2025-06-24
12324776 Patient support apparatus for treating patients presenting behavioral health indicia Lavanya Vytla, Matthew A. Cutler, Michael W. Graves, Paul M. Radgens, Madhu Sandeep Thota 2025-06-10
12261462 Power transfer system with patient transport apparatus and power transfer device to transfer power to the patient transport apparatus Kevin M. Patmore, Chad Conway Souke, Daniel V. Brosnan, Kurosh Nahavandi, Annie Désaulniers +4 more 2025-03-25
D1064695 Side rail Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Justin Benacquisto, Kyle Stephen Spieker 2025-03-04
12156839 Patient support apparatus for removably retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Anish Paul, Jerald A. Trepanier +1 more 2024-12-03 $305,317,000
12048660 Side rail assembly for a patient support apparatus William D. Childs 2024-07-30 $151,606,000
12005013 Patient support apparatus with articulating fowler deck section traveling through arcuate path Matthew A. Cutler 2024-06-11 $95,621,000
11992446 Patient support apparatus with side rail Brian J. Tessmer, Jeffrey C. Shiery, Michael T. Brubaker, Dickson J. Brubaker, Dan George Parker 2024-05-28 $320,780,000
11918517 Cover systems for blocking apertures of patient support apparatuses Michael W. Graves, Matthew A. Cutler, Anish Paul 2024-03-05 $160,345,000
11806294 Side rail assembly for a patient support apparatus William D. Childs 2023-11-07 $50,766,000
11707392 Patient support apparatus for removably retaining differently-sized portable electronic devices Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Anish Paul, Jerald A. Trepanier +1 more 2023-07-25 $169,835,000
11646609 Power transfer system with patient transport apparatus and power transfer device to transfer power to the patient transport apparatus Kevin M. Patmore, Chad Conway Souke, Daniel V. Brosnan, Kurosh Nahavandi, Annie Désaulniers +4 more 2023-05-09 $46,935,000
11622897 Side rail assembly for a patient support apparatus William D. Childs 2023-04-11 $78,901,000
11554063 Patient support apparatus with articulating fowler deck section traveling through arcuate path Matthew A. Cutler 2023-01-17 $52,442,000
11504289 Patient support apparatus with side rail Brian J. Tessmer, Jeffrey C. Shiery, Michael T. Brubaker, Dickson J. Brubaker, Dan George Parker 2022-11-22 $84,522,000
11304864 Patient support systems with a chair configuration and a stowable foot section Gary L. Bartley, William D. Childs, Connor F. St. John 2022-04-19 $67,247,000
11251663 Power transfer system with patient transport apparatus and power transfer device to transfer power to the patient transport apparatus Kevin M. Patmore, Chad Conway Souke, Daniel V. Brosnan, Kurosh Nahavandi, Annie Désaulniers +4 more 2022-02-15 $42,877,000
11020297 Powered side rail for a patient support apparatus Brian J. Tessmer, Ammon K. Wright 2021-06-01 $65,870,000
D915119 Side rail Jeffrey Alan Kennedy, Kurosh Nahavandi, Justin Benacquisto, Kyle Stephen Spieker 2021-04-06
10909964 Person support apparatuses with noise cancellation Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, William D. Childs 2021-02-02 $57,273,000
10910888 Power transfer system with patient transport apparatus and power transfer device to transfer power to the patient transport apparatus Kevin M. Patmore, Chad Conway Souke, Daniel V. Brosnan, Kurosh Nahavandi, Annie Désaulniers +4 more 2021-02-02 $57,273,000
10905520 Autonomous accessory support for transporting a medical accessory Annie Désaulniers, William D. Childs, Michael Harry Lau, Connor F. St. John, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu +1 more 2021-02-02 $57,273,000
10869792 Patient support apparatus Lance E. Larsen 2020-12-22 $127,590,000