ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,583, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CEDES AG (Landquart, Switzerland).
"Safety apparatus for detecting a medical emergency in a passenger elevator" was invented by Bernd Kagerer (Duesseldorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Safety apparatus for an elevator having an elevator car having a presence determination device for determining that one and only one person is present in the elevator car, having a position determination device for determining that the person is in a lying or crouching position and the length of time since the lying or crouching position occurred, and having a relay device for relaying a signal to a sup...