ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,353, issued on May 27, was assigned to Invisalert Solutions Inc. (West Chester, Pa.).

"Patient safety monitoring method and apparatus" was invented by Peter A Nagy (Newtown Square, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for monitoring a patient in a healthcare setting may include one or more radar transducers to monitor a monitoring region to detect and prevent patient assaults and self-harm. The radar transducers, which may include millimeter wave, lidar, and ultrasonic transducers, can determine and track patient's location and determine patient welfare. Also described herein are systems configured to interpret ...