US Patent Issued to HB Innovations on Jan. 13 for "Infant calming/sleep-aid, SIDS prevention device, and method of use" (California, Massachusetts, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,517, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HB Innovations Inc. (Los Angeles).

"Infant calming/sleep-aid, SIDS prevention device, and method of use" was invented by Harvey Nei Karp (Los Angeles), Matthew R. Berlin (Somerville, Mass.), Jesse V. Gray (Somerville, Mass.), Bill Walter Washabaugh (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Deb Kumar Roy (Belmont, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infant calming/sleep-aid/SIDS detection device is provided that includes a main moving platform that moves in a variable manner with accompanying variable sound generation, the sound and motion adapted to calm a fussy baby, induce sleep, and maintain sleep under norm...