US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Sept. 23 for "Ultrasonic haptic system for patient nudging" (Indian, Dutch, Belgian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,593, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Ultrasonic haptic system for patient nudging" was invented by Sudipta Chaudhury (Bangalore, India), Rajendra Singh Sisodia (Bhopal, India), Mark Thomas Johnson (Arendonk, Belgium), Michael Gunter Helle (Hamburg, Germany) and Ravindra Bhat (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (PPS) for patient positioning in imaging or radiation therapy. The system comprises a transmitter (TX). The transmitter (TX) is configured to generate an outgoing signal capable of inducing, from a distance, a haptic sensation at an impact regi...