ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,586, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Person support systems and methods including a proning mode" was invented by Robert Mark Zerhusen (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical beds and methods include a processor, an input interface configured to receive commands, and a display device configured to display an output. The medical bed further includes a memory storing program instructions, the program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to place the medical bed in a restricted mode based upon satisfying a plurality of criteria. The medical bed output...