ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,517, issued on July 15, was assigned to HORNET ACQUISITIONCO LLC (Vancouver, Wash.).

"Gyroscope assisted helicopter rescue lift systems and methods" was invented by Biplav Bijoy Goswami (Bangalore, India) and Girish Channakeshavrao Hirekerur (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient litter basket spin control assembly includes a first gyroscope and a motion sensor for sensing an angular acceleration of a patient litter basket. The first gyroscope generates a counter torque to the litter basket to slow the angular acceleration of the litter basket to provide stabilization. The first gyroscope and a second gyroscope ma...