US Patent Issued to Hourglass Medical on Aug. 5 for "Switch system for operating a controlled device" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,798, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hourglass Medical LLC (Monticello, Ill.).

"Switch system for operating a controlled device" was invented by Jeremy B. Ross (Monticello, Ill.), Blake S. Good (Monticello, Ill.) and Jacob Flagle (New Palestine, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for operating a controlled device via an activation accessory of a wearable device that includes a movable actuator, a sensor, and a communication element. The sensor is coupled to a controller, which has an output coupled to a control signal interface. The controller is programmed to receive and evaluate input signals from the sensor t...