US Patent Issued to Foresite Healthcare on May 20 for "Systems and methods for detecting attempted bed exit" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,299, issued on May 20, was assigned to Foresite Healthcare LLC (Maryland Heights, Mo.).

"Systems and methods for detecting attempted bed exit" was invented by George Chronis (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Erik E. Stone (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for identifying someone intending to leave a bed or chair generally before or shortly after the bed or chair is exited. These can allow intervention where necessary to prevent some falls before they occur. The systems and methods typically collect and aggregate real-time patient data to detect "attempted bed exits"-attempts made by a patient which indicate that...